Goin bird huntin in the mornin

[mirage1988]

Got these with the red ryder calli-boy!

http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,192756.0.html

[Cabin4]

Its always good to dream big dreams Mirage. Maybe some day you'll grow up to be a big boy and go hunting with a real gun. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone you lifted those pictures. I understand how much you wish to go hunting. Your dreams are safe with me.

[Squib]

I'm not a big bird fan, but I find chicken to be alright (mainly for dieting, I don't hate it but it's too bland for me) if spiced appropriately.  I like to put just a little pinch of cardamon into ?preferred sauce? (mine is heinz 57 usually) with a bigger pinch of black pepper, and about a spoonfull of lemon pepper and a spoonful of season salt.  water it down with whole milk just enough to get it "soupy" and put it on the meat (flesh, poultry, whatever) after slow-cooking in a croc pot and shredding.  man that's a pain but so is going out and getting them and cleaning them, go all out.

thinking about that makes me want some nasty chicken now, I can only imagine that the chukar and ?? are even better with that recipe.

[Squib]

those pictures, two are minnesota and one is missouri- didn't he say something derogatory about missouri?  yet he claims to hunt here?  hey, I'm just surprised that it wasn't just a disguised attempt of his to get you to go to a jewelry link and pick out a v-day gift!  so do you want the truck or a thirty-thirty cabin?    he's buying

[Cabin4]

those pictures, two are minnesota and one is missouri- didn't he say something derogatory about missouri?  yet he claims to hunt here?  hey, I'm just surprised that it wasn't just a disguised attempt of his to get you to go to a jewelry link and pick out a v-day gift!  so do you want the truck or a thirty-thirty cabin?    he's buying

If he's buying, I'll pass.

[LONGTOM]

Per Dictionary.com the definition of Mirage:  something illusory, without substance or reality.

What can I say. Leave it to mirage to step in with a few stupid comments on a subject he knows nothing about.

With a comment like what he just posted I would say the name fits very appropriately according to the dictionary!


mirage1988:

Why would you make such a statement?
It was really uncalled for.



LONGTOM

[Cabin4]

Per Dictionary.com the definition of Mirage:  something illusory, without substance or reality.

What can I say. Leave it to mirage to step in with a few stupid comments on a subject he knows nothing about.

With a comment like what he just posted I would say the name fits very appropriately according to the dictionary!


mirage1988:

Why would you make such a statement?
It was really uncalled for.



LONGTOM

I agree Longtom. Mirage has a long history of doing nothing but roaming around this site to sabotage threads. It’s one thing to step in and offer insight, opinion and or disagree with people in a constructive manner. His comments here are ONLY meant to degrade and sabotage what was a good thread until he stepped in. To the average person, you would think there's nothing controversial about taking your son hunting. Only Mirage could find the means to throw even this into the gutter.

Some people never grow up.

[dukkillr]

Per Dictionary.com the definition of Mirage:  something illusory, without substance or reality.

What can I say. Leave it to mirage to step in with a few stupid comments on a subject he knows nothing about.

With a comment like what he just posted I would say the name fits very appropriately according to the dictionary!


mirage1988:

Why would you make such a statement?
It was really uncalled for.



LONGTOM

I agree Longtom. Mirage has a long history of doing nothing but roaming around this site to sabotage threads. It’s one thing to step in and offer insight, opinion and or disagree with people in a constructive manner. His comments here are ONLY meant to degrade and sabotage what was a good thread until he stepped in. To the average person, you would think there's nothing controversial about taking your son hunting. Only Mirage could find the means to throw even this into the gutter.

Some people never grow up.

I think he probably has a real point there somewhere.  I suspect he was trying to convey the opinion that buying a half day tame pheasant hunt wasn't much of an, "experience" at least with respect to someone who is a sucessful DIY guy.  To that extent, I agree, and this is from a guy who's family was part owner of a tame pheasant place growing up. 

But for whatever reason he was incapable of expressing his opinion without resorting to name calling and cheap insults, although others quickly followed him to the gutter and are nearly as guilty in my book(more guilty if you consider gay slurs to be especially insulting and/or childish, which I do)...

I'm glad you got your son out Cabin4.  Any time spent outside is better than time spent watching TV.

[mirage1988]

Thats what I was getting at Dukk, I just didn't explain it well enough I guess.    I think I'll just keep my mouth shut from now on.

[Cabin4]

Duk,
So let’s get a few things straight.

This was not a 1/2 day tame pheasant hunt. I know you keep pushing that idea and I'm well aware of the variance between tame and wild birds. I lived in northern IL for 20+ years and never once hunted planted birds or hunted any preserve. None of these birds are native to the USA so let’s finally set aside this ridiculous notion. Not every area in this country is as fortunate as some and the only way to hunt certain birds is to plant them. It was 1/2 day hunt by my choice, not some clock we were under. Yes, we did as I said earlier augment the with some planted chukar. No pheasants were planted and this was on a private farm, not a preserve. The trip had a number of goals in mind:

1. Spend some time in the field with my son. He spends most of his waking hours studying or going to college to maintain is honor role grades. Make sure he gets some action with the planted chukar in case we did not run across any pheasants.
2. Run my dog as well as run a pointer for a buddy of mine. The planted birds helped us work out the dogs.
3. Put some birds in the freezer

As far as this dropping to the gutter you can thank mirage for starting that but yet you fall short of critisizing him at all. Your comments about me making gay slurs is completely and totally inaccurate. I dare you to point to my post with these slurs?? Let see it. Your comments offer nothing to bring this simple thread back in line. I could care less if mirage is a DIY guy as you put it. It implies that I'm not a DIY guy and I don’t particular like you insinuating that since you have no idea who I am or my outdoor history. In any case, I don't believe anything mirage writes or photos’ he posts on this site. Given his long history of roaming to sabotage, I'm surprised you would give him an ounce of your pro bono defense time. But then again, even those most helpless in our society need a "fireman" once in a while.

[dukkillr]

Duk,
So let’s get a few things straight.

This was not a 1/2 day tame pheasant hunt. I know you keep pushing that idea and I'm well aware of the variance between tame and wild birds. I lived in northern IL for 20+ years and never once hunted planted birds or hunted any preserve. None of these birds are native to the USA so let’s finally set aside this ridiculous notion. Not every area in this country is as fortunate as some and the only way to hunt certain birds is to plant them. It was 1/2 day hunt by my choice, not some clock we were under. Yes, we did as I said earlier augment the with some planted chukar. No pheasants were planted and this was on a private farm, not a preserve. The trip had a number of goals in mind:

1. Spend some time in the field with my son. He spends most of his waking hours studying or going to college to maintain is honor role grades. Make sure he gets some action with the planted chukar in case we did not run across any pheasants.
2. Run my dog as well as run a pointer for a buddy of mine. The planted birds helped us work out the dogs.
3. Put some birds in the freezer

As far as this dropping to the gutter you can thank mirage for starting that but yet you fall short of critisizing him at all. Your comments about me making gay slurs is completely and totally inaccurate. I dare you to point to my post with these slurs?? Let see it. Your comments offer nothing to bring this simple thread back in line. I could care less if mirage is a DIY guy as you put it. It implies that I'm not a DIY guy and I don’t particular like you insinuating that since you have no idea who I am or my outdoor history. In any case, I don't believe anything mirage writes or photos’ he posts on this site. Given his long history of roaming to sabotage, I'm surprised you would give him an ounce of your pro bono defense time. But then again, even those most helpless in our society need a "fireman" once in a while.

I'm glad you and your son got out and had a good time.  I said it once already, and I meant it.  The comment about gay slurs wasn't directed at you, and you should have been able to figure that out by reading the comments in this thread.

To be clear, I said, "But for whatever reason he was incapable of expressing his opinion without resorting to name calling and cheap insults..." which seems to me like a critique of of Mirage but if I need to be more clear let me be:

HE WAS WRONG.  SO WRONG.  SO UNBELIEVABLY WRONG THE ONLY PUNISHMENT APPROPRIATE WOULD BE TO STONE HIM AND ANY OF HIS OFFSPRING.  There, no are you happy?  You and Squib are pure as the driven snow.  Not the point I was trying to make, but hopefully it will make you feel better.

I'm glad you and your son had a good time.

[rex6666]

We have always had quail and coyotes and bobcats and deer in Oklahoma and
Texas, lived together for as many years as anyone can remember.
but when the fireants moved in the quail have left, State of Texas Parks an
wild life seem to believe it is fireants last i heard.

[Cabin4]

We have always had quail and coyotes and bobcats and deer in Oklahoma and
Texas, lived together for as many years as anyone can remember.
but when the fireants moved in the quail have left, State of Texas Parks an
wild life seem to believe it is fireants last i heard.

We have a great population of wild, what's referred to here as California Qual. I don’t know if they are native. But they are all over the place. Except for the farm area I was in. They are plentiful in the what are called the brown hills/mountains. I’ve been on hog hunts here in the brown hills and we kicked up tons of qual. Also, I go hiking here and run across them all over the place.

[mirage1988]

Isn't this what you were accusing me of doing c4, Trolling? I really didn't see the relevance of your comment to the sale of the omega.

  http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,197566.0.html

[Cabin4]

Isn't this what you were accusing me of doing c4, Trolling? I really didn't see the relevance of your comment to the sale of the omega.

  http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,197566.0.html

A little taste of your own medicine mirage. What’s the matter? Huhhh..... you can dish it out all day but when someone gives you a bit of your own trash, you fold like a kindergarten child running to the teacher. If you had any even minor adult sence about yourself and the trash you pour all over this place, you'd leave this alone, keep your pie hole shut and move on in the best interest of the other members.

[beerbelly]

Here in central Alabama where I am there just are no more quail. They once were plentiful.  South Georgia used to be where presidents went to bird hunt and they have disappeared there also. My doctor went to Texas a few years ago to hunt quail. He said they were still plentiful there.
  I think the fire ants may be a possibility.
                                        Beerbelly

[Cabin4]

Game birds like any wild game can go through cycles of high to low populations in certain areas. I remember living in the upper midwest and there were years we never bothered to hunt the hungarian partridge in Wisconsin and there were years when it was great. The state would track the cycle and if I remeber it was a 5 to 7 year cycle. In that low year, it was nothing more than a hike in the woods. Curious if Georgia has the same sorta cycle thing going for quail....

[LONGTOM]

Here in my part of VA we used to have a good stand of quail.
It was nothing to kick up at least 2 or 3 coveys each time you went out.
I would never hunt them in hopes of more staying around.
That was in the 60s.
Today we hardly ever see one.
I did see 2 or 3 a couple of years ago during deer season and thought maybe they were coming back.
It has not happened.
Haven't seen any since.
Some think it is the fox population that are getting them but I disagree.
I am sure that the foxes do get there share, but I say it is from 2 other sources as well.
1- the hawks.
We have a lot of them around.
I love seeing them but they do take a lot of small game.
Rabbits, birds, squirrel.
Also we have a lot less farm land around us now.
I am almost surrounded by subs now where there used to be open fields heavy with undergrowth.
Would love to see the small game come back in numbers the way they once were.
Nothing like the rush one gets when a covey flushes from a fence row just in front of you.
Even though you know they are going to do it they still startle you a little.



LONGTOM