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Other Hunting => Upland Birds => Topic started by: shootem on August 14, 2016, 11:26:56 PM

Title: Bird hatch
Post by: shootem on August 14, 2016, 11:26:56 PM: Anybody seeing any kind of hatch on birds this year? I hope to do a scouting run coming back from dropping my daughter off at WSU.
Title: Re: Bird hatch
Post by: Old Dog on August 14, 2016, 11:41:27 PM: I did some dog training at the Buckshot wildlife area today, and saw a covey of 12 to 15 young quail. I had my own training birds, so I left them alone. That won't be the case in Oct. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Bird hatch
Post by: Timberstalker on August 15, 2016, 07:17:34 AM: Saw 2 covies of chukars on Saturday. Both had several young ones. Good sized covies as well. :tup:
Title: Re: Bird hatch
Post by: Birdguy on August 15, 2016, 09:43:56 AM: Saw a couple batches of valley quail around Chewelah last week. Still seemed pretty small for mid August but glad to see them.
Title: Re: Bird hatch
Post by: Sumpnneedskillin on August 15, 2016, 10:01:19 AM: Have seen varying sizes of birds and clutches. I've seen hens with 1 or 2 chicks and I've seen hens with over a dozen chicks. Some quail chicks I've seen have been little but some were sub adult/juvenile. Looks like turkey did well too.

Saw a batch of young pheasant the other day. I couldn't count them all. There was at least 2 dozen juveniles running around in, on and around the road.