Recent content by stonefly

iv'e been following this too. pretty clearly a case of "what are they really doing?" isn't it? goe's hand in hand with all the logging roads being blocked off and the aggressive federal law enforcement establishing control in the forest and the onerous new regulations. who are they reserving...

i grew up in el centro and unless too much has changed the big secret on cagey wild roosters is that they roost in mexico and migrate north to eat. go west of calexico along the border. look for brushy land in mex. opposite alfalfa on the north. no hotspot, its miles of area all the way to open...

well.... not as good as i had hoped. (is it ever?) i got one and my buddy got four. again this year i was with an 8 mo. old chesapeake. i lost my boy ozzy at 16 mo. (this may) to epilepsy. his half brother reo is on board now & he isn't as far along. he had a profound apprehension about that...

i read back and remember your'e south of here. last year up here we had a lot more young birds than i'm used to seeing. i gave a few free passes. i don't think it was that the early broods failed as they seemed to be in different age classes. so maybe they got several broods off. rainfall was...

that time of year again. iv'e got to think this will be a great season. all the different brood class babies we saw last year, the mildest winter in 100 years plus all the fruit from last years good rains. don't want to jinx it but i'm thinking bumper crop.

just down the road from you sooty. i went in on forest hill this morning but turned on 49 & down through crystal basin. i tried mckinstry lake first, 15 years ago there were alot of quail in there. still are but it's grown up so much i never saw the two coveys i located, did see a bear though...

thanks sooty i just joined up here and was surfing grouse online when i found your thread. seems we are stomping some of the same whitethorn too. i got 4 quail sat. over my young pup, all in pin feathers but beat it out of the high country about 2 p.m. when the weather hit. they were his...

hello my names randy, i,m just getting back to it with my third chessy. second one wouldn't hunt , swim or protect anything..go figure. i was fond of him though. ozzy is 7 1/2 mo. old now and retrieved his first 4 birds saturday, mountain quail here in the california sierras so i'm in proud...