Recent content by quailguy

We are now on a ranch with a lota turkeys and a rebuilding quail population. Coupla years ago we had a lease on a west Texas ranch that had very good quail populations and a HUGE number of turkey. We saw a flock that we estimated at more than 200. Great horned owls will take a turkey out of a...

Most current skeet guns have 28 inch barrels and many skeet shooters use 12 ga O/Us, with tubes for the other gauges. For $1500 or thereabouts you could find a new B Rizzini Omnium, or a used Citori or Beretta O/U. Choked in skeet/skeet or something close and you will do alright. Get out in a...

ah, yes, I have been through there, years ago. Stilton cheese is my fav. :) A lovely area. Best,

That is a good idea. May I ask the location of your shoot? Thanks,

Road runners eat anything that doesn't eat them first! Eggs, nestlings, snakes, lizards, etc. We once had a female with her young birds running around trying to catch hummingbirds! We have a number of hummer feeders and the roadrunners were all over the bushes and trees trying to get a...

Same here; the dog brought up the armadillos, very much alive, just as if he had the biggest bird ever found. :rolleyes: He brought them to hand, then went right off to hunt 'em up as if this were an everyday occurance. What a goofball!

Skunks, turkeys, 'coons, groundhogs, the normal stuff. :rolleyes: My male GSP has retrieved a number of live armadillos, much to my hunting friends amazement. Most shocking was a bobcat and a greenhead mallard. Where the *&!@#$^$ did he come from?? Out in a field, behind a grass clump. Wonder...

Off season I shoot sporting clays and some skeet. It definately helps me. Best,

Red grouse are considered a delicacy in the UK. They are nomally roasted after hanging for 3 days (I think its 3 days.) It all dark meat, but prettty good, especially with a nice red wine. Best,

BirdRanger, lemme know if you still some info about the Austin area. Best,