Recent content by EngCocker&16ga

Thank you for the reassurance! :D But I must confess, I have also been considering an English Setter to add to the pack. But not now, I have my second English Cocker Spaniel puppy to train. I don't ever want to be without a field bred Cocker/Springer either. Too many good dogs and not...

That's good to hear. I would love to hear reports about his native bird hunts too sometime. Regardless, I going to try that outfit at some point in the near future. It seems like everyone's been happy with it so far. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I went out to hunt the DWU fields last...

:cheers: You should brag about Buddy more often. I love hearing about gun dogs work, especially spaniels. I'll post pics of mine with his first too just as soon as his first pheasant is bagged. We went out last Tuesday and hunted pheasant for about two hours then got side tracked on a couple...

It looks like Wister and San Jacinto WA will be closed to pheasant hunting again this year. So if I want to find public land pheasant hunting I need to go northward. DFG report for pheasant hunting.

I'm going to head down there on my birthday Nov 13. It's on the Tuesday after opening weekend. I'm gonna hit the cover along the ditches with my dog, he loves going through the nastiest cover. I just really hope the snake training I gave him works! :eek:

Imperial Valley does have some native birds. I've seen them. . . but I haven't during the pheasant season. I won't hunt that area until I can find the time and motivation to really get to know the area and the people who work there in hopes of getting some good private land to hunt on. I...

Outstanding! Looks like you're into them. Are they mostly hold over birds? I'll be out again this Saturday in hopes of finding them. I'm getting hungry. But yes, California is a great upland game bird state. Especially for three species of quail. So many places to hunt on public...

Great to hear quail hound! We hunted hard all weekend and didn't see a single quail. Never had that happen before. We hunted Mountain Quail on day one and Valley Quail day two. Very few birds were taken in the areas we hunted. Very slow year down here I'm afraid. The only bright spot for...

For ducks, yes, I have. I know they pull a few native pheasants out of that area every year along with the stocked ones. A little further down the road they have Four Winds pheasant club as well as about five duck clubs.

I'm from OC. I'm more familiar with the southern coastal mountain areas from San Diego up through San Luis Obispo and the western Mojave regions and down near Niland. I would like to explore the area around Tehachapi and Mid Hills/Hole in the Wall later this season though. Really, there are...

I'll be taking two newbies hunting next Saturday. Was thinking of hunting mountain quail up in the San Bernardino Mts. Went up there today to check things out. The weather is nice up there at this time of year but mountain quail hunting can be spotty sometimes, I really want their first hunt...

1 Field bred English Cocker Spaniel. I was apprehensive about getting one of these at first, but now I'm convinced that I will always have at least one for as long as I can. I've had other field bred breeds of dogs but none have been as much of a joy to own and work with as this little guy...

I'll be trying Four Winds for the first time. Last Saturday I got my young dog snake broke there and had a nice chat with the operator. Glad to hear that you're seeing good numbers up in the San Bernardino's. I have a buddy of mine that's taking up hunting for the first time this year. I...

Last season I wasn't able to get out more than a couple of times. This year I'll be able to get out to hunt much more. This evening my hunting buddy and I are going to make some plans and save some dates. The early mountain quail season looks like it will be skipped by me this year in favor...

For various reasons I'm having difficulty getting out to hunt anything. A far cry from my intent to hunt at least 20 days this year. I finally did go out for Valley Quail last Saturday and it was perfect; nice weather and lots of birds. My year old pup proved useful and a joy to get out with...