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Other Hunting => Upland Birds => Topic started by: lokidog on February 06, 2013, 12:03:18 PM

Title: Quail for training and eating
Post by: lokidog on February 06, 2013, 12:03:18 PM: Anyone raise quail for training? What kind and what permits are needed, if any. Do you use a call back box?

Thanks for any help.
Title: Re: Quail for training and eating
Post by: Special T on February 06, 2013, 12:04:47 PM: PM on the way
Title: Re: Quail for training and eating
Post by: AWS on February 17, 2013, 11:16:43 AM: I like quail for dog training, they are so much hardier than chuckar. My dog would retrieve clip wings so offten they were soaked with slobber, put them back in the cage and they were ready to go again the next day. One retrieve and chukars give up the ghost.
Title: Re: Quail for training and eating
Post by: Stilly bay on February 17, 2013, 11:36:57 AM: Quote from: AWS on February 17, 2013, 11:16:43 AM
I like quail for dog training, they are so much hardier than chuckar. My dog would retrieve clip wings so offten they were soaked with slobber, put them back in the cage and they were ready to go again the next day. One retrieve and chukars give up the ghost.

REALLY?!

I have had no luck with raising quail. I have always viewed them as too delicate to bother with for training unless I had a small pup... granted I am probably doing a thing or three wrong.
Title: Re: Quail for training and eating
Post by: AspenBud on February 17, 2013, 12:16:39 PM: I hate pen raised quail. They often aren't great fliers and when they do, it's frequently low to the ground.

I've had better experience with barn chukar.

A guy looking to do some steadying work on the cheap, assuming he can built a coop, would be well advised to invest in some homing pigeons.
Title: Re: Quail for training and eating
Post by: jfig on February 17, 2013, 01:37:33 PM: Anyone currently raising quail for training? I am in need of some to finish my dog this spring. Please PM me if you have any resources.
Title: Re: Quail for training and eating
Post by: Special T on February 17, 2013, 02:10:12 PM: If you ask for help, its useful if you give us a basic location of where you are...
Title: Re: Quail for training and eating
Post by: robert_lh on February 17, 2013, 08:14:36 PM: I am also interested in finding some birds to finish my dog this Spring. I am in Snohomish County. If anyone knows of any resources please PM me. Thanks!
Title: Re: Quail for training and eating
Post by: jfig on February 17, 2013, 10:36:41 PM: Sorry I forgot to put I am on Whidbey Island. I am definitely in need of Quail for dog training if anyone has some resources.