Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Upland Birds => Topic started by: Sumpnneedskillin on August 02, 2010, 12:41:05 PM
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Looked out my back door Saturday and there were 7 little fluff balls following mom and dad quail around. They weren't any bigger than a golf ball. Still had fuzz. So both sets of quail in my yard have had a clutch of eggs. The first set is almost full grown. I see them almost daily. They raise quite a ruckus too.
Have started to see some pheasant chicks too and have seen a few other batches of quail chicks around. Talked with my parents in Yakima and they said the pair of quail the frequents their yard finally have some chicks too.
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That's good news. I was in the palouse late last month, and I didn't see anything. The cover in the CRP is amazing this year, and that may have contributed to my lack of success in locating any birds.
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That is good news but it is still hard to get excited as bad as it has been in this state for the last decade or so.
:dunno: I've read your posts, and seen your pictures on two different forums over the last several years, and you and that dog of yours seem to do all right ;)
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I'm finding the same situation in the palouse. In the 70s and 80s the birds where everywhere, and a guy could afford to miss now and then, and still get a limit. I don't think the CRP in WA. is very good for birds. After the first couple of year the fescues take over, form a mat that doesn't allow any other growth, and the field essentially becomes a wasteland. :'(
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That's an astute observation about the CRP. I hadn't considered that. I live in Pierce Co. too, and I drive 5 hrs to get a limit of roosters on the Snake (and I hunt scatter creek too, but that doesn't really count since they are planted birds). I can't imagine hunting 15 min. from my house for a limit of birds. Talk about spoiled! :P 15 min. from my house gets me to a corner gas station to fill up my jeep so I can drive east, and that's about it.
