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Other Hunting => Upland Birds => Topic started by: floatinghat on March 08, 2010, 10:55:02 PM

Title: take a guess 2010 upland
Post by: floatinghat on March 08, 2010, 10:55:02 PM: With the mild, mild winter and spring what will 2010 look like?
Title: Re: take a guess 2010 upland
Post by: Shootmoore on March 08, 2010, 11:34:30 PM: More depends on the weather after they hatch I think, If we have a dry spring should be a good year.

Shootmoore
Title: Re: take a guess 2010 upland
Post by: BigGoonTuna on March 09, 2010, 08:04:25 AM: i'm already drooling at the prospects of another good grouse season coming up. you eastern guys can have your pheasants!
Title: Re: take a guess 2010 upland
Post by: Birdguy on March 09, 2010, 05:45:59 PM: The winter conditions have little impact on the upland birds when compared to the hatching and rearing weather. A warm dryer spring early summer with good bugs will be far more beneficial to the birds then a mild winter. There maybe more breeding birds but it does not matter how many get hatched if none live through to cold wet spring rains :twocents:.
Title: Re: take a guess 2010 upland
Post by: Old Dog on March 09, 2010, 06:39:47 PM: :yeah: and good habitat.
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 09, 2010, 06:44:41 PM: My guess is that the weather will be nice and produce a great hatch!!
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Post by: hogsniper on March 09, 2010, 06:54:07 PM: I hope there are as many grouse this year as last! Im calling for a great hatch!!!! The ruffed grouse were starting to drum right before this latest cold spell hit in the NW. Praying for a mild spring!!!
Title: Re: take a guess 2010 upland
Post by: floatinghat on March 10, 2010, 05:27:26 PM: I talked to a friend who "knows" some people in the weather prognostication business for the gubment and they are saying the spring will be dryer and warmer than normal.
Title: Re: take a guess 2010 upland
Post by: Birdguy on March 10, 2010, 06:15:49 PM: Quote from: floatinghat on March 10, 2010, 05:27:26 PM
I talked to a friend who "knows" some people in the weather prognostication business for the gubment and they are saying the spring will be dryer and warmer than normal.
That is the general forcast for an el Nino (sp) weather year. What we get can be different. If we truly get warm and dry, combined with our light snow pack it will be a year for forest fires and the woods maybe shut down for grouse, and other species as well.

Quote from: Old Dog on March 09, 2010, 06:39:47 PM
:yeah: and good habitat.
Old dog you are absolutely right about the habitat, but I thought we all new our habitat was poor or we would not be too worried about the season at all :bash: :bash: :bash: :'( :'(. If the birds had what they needed there would always be plenty. Funny how mother nature shows us we are wrong and she is right :chuckle:.
Title: Re: take a guess 2010 upland
Post by: Tealer on March 13, 2010, 04:50:25 PM: East side quail are already starting to do the "dance" looks like we could get 3 good hatches. Should be good for all birds with the weather, plus the bugs are out earlier this year.
Title: Re: take a guess 2010 upland
Post by: bobcat on March 13, 2010, 04:57:10 PM: Quote from: Tealer on March 13, 2010, 04:50:25 PM
plus the bugs are out earlier this year.

You must be right about the bugs; I just pulled a tick out of my dog this afternoon.
Title: Re: take a guess 2010 upland
Post by: floatinghat on March 13, 2010, 07:35:54 PM: BG, He was saying it would be warmer and dryer than a "typical" EN year. I guess there was something different with the ocean upwelling.

Either way I'm hoping to get to Cook Canyon once more this season.
Title: Re: take a guess 2010 upland
Post by: Tealer on March 13, 2010, 10:27:27 PM: Quote from: bobcat on March 13, 2010, 04:57:10 PM
Quote from: Tealer on March 13, 2010, 04:50:25 PM
plus the bugs are out earlier this year.

You must be right about the bugs; I just pulled a tick out of my dog this afternoon.

Yep they are out in force, really early. One thing some don't ralize is that quail and pheasant chicks eat bugs more then grains and seeds. Bugs early really helps the chicks.
Title: Re: take a guess 2010 upland
Post by: antlerbolic_bearoids on March 17, 2010, 01:51:17 PM: pway fo lots of gwasshoppa :P
Title: Re: take a guess 2010 upland
Post by: Skyvalhunter on March 17, 2010, 01:55:57 PM: More so than anything hope for a warm and not so wet spring.
Title: Re: take a guess 2010 upland
Post by: GoldTip on March 17, 2010, 01:56:57 PM: Hate to say it cuz it will be tough for the upland birds, but if we don't get some fairly serious rain in May and June, it will be dry, dry, dry this summer and fall and the woods may be on fire or on shut down come hunting season.
Title: Re: take a guess 2010 upland
Post by: Sumpnneedskillin on March 26, 2010, 12:12:28 PM: I have a pair of quail that have been hanging out under the bird feeder cleaning up what the squirrels spill and they were doin the "naughty" yesterday!
Title: Re: take a guess 2010 upland
Post by: Birdguy on March 26, 2010, 08:57:49 PM: Pheasants have been chasing each other around for weeks, weather has been good and they are starting to lay pretty good. I got 18 eggs yesterday and 22 today. Quail should start laying in a week or two and the incubators will be full. I can tell it will be a great year where ever I go :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:. Plan on hatching 400 or so chukar and about that many pheasants. I have not decided on the number of quail just yet but ought to be a couple hundred anyhow. Dog ought to be tired by the time I am through the birds this year :IBCOOL:. Either I will be a good shot or I will have added a few birds to the local population.