Worried about the hatch

[sisu]

I've been driving to Lewiston-Pullman-Moscow-LaCross every Thursday, Republic-Curlew-Colville etc. every Tuesday, Lake Roosevelt area(7Bays, Deer Meadows etc.) on other days and been heading to Hayden, CDL on the days I don't do the other driving, so far I've not seen a single chick only adult quail, no pheasant and because I drive to Curlew Lake area most of the time I go thru Boulder Pass where I've seen only cows, a deer now and then but no grouse.

[Gutpile]

I've been seeing tons of quail as of late. Little tiny golf ball sized buggers. Maybe the pheasants gave it another go too? 

[addicted]

we need to put aphrodisiacs into their water supply.

[rjm5]

My buddy just drove over to spokane and back and said he didn't see a bird. Probably another bad year. 

[Head-shot]

I have not seen squat around my place  Normally there are about 200 quail and about a dozen pheasents around my house, but this year for some reason nothing...Depressing

[demontang]

I have seen three diffenert hatchs this year at my parents place. There are so many quail there you wouldnt know which way to shoot . I have seen a lot of birds out the LT, I've even seen a ruffled grouse for the first time.

[luvtohnt]

How do these look for hatchlings!!

Brandon

[chukar-ridge-quest]

Pretty sure it's still gonna be a poor year, but I'm starting to see a lot of little quail. 

Headshot-- damn near ran over a "pair" of quail right out your front door this morning.  They had 8-10 chicks with them. Nothing like driving east with the sun coming up.

I'd spill my coffee for a bird-- but never a cat.  Unless it's one of those black and white puddy cats.

[Head-shot]

Chukar -- Yeah I started feeding them the other day and more are coming in, it's nice to see all those little *censored*s.

I want to mow down the field  at my place but I'm afraid of chopping them up too.

[Shannon]

The hatch doesn't seem that bad to me. Late but not bad. The quail are thick and the chukar seem to be average. The pheasant seems low but that is average for Washington. If nothing else we will have some good quail shoots in.
Shannon

[cabin308]

There are two breeding pairs with only two chicks each  in the neighbor's backyard.  Been hearing lots of them calling around the area, tho.  They drive my Brittany Spaniel nuts thru the fence.     This is in the Spo Valley near the "Valley View" big burn from a few weeks back.  Kinda late but encouraging.

[rjm5]

Drove through our pheasant spots and didn't see a bird. Not looking good.

[boneaddict]

Second quail hatch came off stong.  Huns and chucks are average I suppose, they not stellar.  The Pheasant hatch sucks this year.

[Slenk]

Starting to see some late quail hatches around here. Sure would like to get rid of some neighbors cats though.
Slenk

[yelp]

SEEING LOTS OF BIRDS IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...LOTS OF QUAIL, CHUKARS AND PHEASANTS...EVEN TURKEYS.  OVERALL NUMBERS ARE STILL DEPRESSED.  SOME BROODS MAYBE HAVING SECOND CLUTCHES BECAUSE FIRST ONES FAILED.  WHICH ISN'T GOOD GOING INTO WINTER.  THIS SEEMED TO LOOK GOOD COMING OUT OF WINTER...HAD A FEW RAIN  SHOWERS DURING HATCHING TIME...NOW THINGS ARE DRY AS A BONE...AND i HAVE PLENTY OF INSECTS AROUND FOR TABLEFARE.  eVEN FOREST GROUSE LAST YEAR WAS A LITTLE DEPRESSING...i AM HOWEVER SEEING LOTS OF DOVES STARTING TO SHOW UP AFTER WHEAT HARVEST....AND LOTS OF THOSE EURASION COLLARED DOVES...THEY LOOK LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN A MOURNING AND PIGEON..BIG AND SLOW.  THEY WERE PUT ON THE DELETERIOUS SPECIES LIST SO IF YOU SEE THEM BLAST EM IF YOU CAN.  BE SURE ON ID HOWEVER.