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oneshooter

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11. I reintroduced Bobwhite Quail onto my 40 acres three years ago

Reply to Eleanors38 (Reply #8)

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 05:24 PM

Aug 2015

Used to have 3 coveys bu the feral cats got them. Hunted cats for 2 years real heavy. Then brought in 6 breeding couples. Have counted 30 or so birds last week. Still kill every cat on my property to protect them. But may hunt them next year. Also flushed out 3 pair of Phesant last month. Got to keep the cats under control and I will have some more of them.

The cats are unwanted pets from the Houston area. People just bring them out and let them"be free". Average 3-5 amonth, down fron 10-12 a month, I believe the drought killed a lot of them.

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"Summer time and the ammo's expensive." [View all] Eleanors38 Aug 2015 OP

What happened to hunting season sales tax free weekend? Hangingon Aug 2015 #1

Oh, it's still around, but a case is in the 60s instead of the 40s, now. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #2

Southern zone opens a month from tomorrow for dove. Hangingon Aug 2015 #3

I deer hunt a mile from the Uvalde Co. line near Campwood (Real Co.)... Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #5

Apples started dropping today so it's time to walk the trails and see where they can do their best Brickbat Aug 2015 #4

Ha! You must live north of Texas, if you have apples. We watch for acorn crops... Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #6

Yep, northern Minnesota. I wish we had some oaks, but it's all spruce, pine and birch here. Brickbat Aug 2015 #7

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Grouse are good hunting and good eating. They cycle, and for some reason the good years mean Brickbat Aug 2015 #9

HA! The glass frontier. Dove will do that, too. I've bagged a couple that way in Austin. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #10

I reintroduced Bobwhite Quail onto my 40 acres three years ago oneshooter Aug 2015 #11

Those people who abandon their pets are singularly intractible Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #12