Ducks, dove, quail, turkey, pheasant, grouse or anything else that flies. My only rule is I dont kill anything with eyelashes.....deer, elk, rabbit etc. I love to eat all of it though.
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Ducks, dove, quail, turkey, pheasant, grouse or anything else that flies. My only rule is I dont kill anything with eyelashes.....deer, elk, rabbit etc. I love to eat all of it though.
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Hunting is great. I highly recommend bird hunting. Here's a picture of a couple of bufflehead from last weekend's hunt:
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It's a little early in the migration, so we only got 7. No mallards, but we got one goose.
If you're looking for a big bird for a holiday meal, go for goose. First, it's different. Second, as mentioned earlier, turkey are difficult to hunt. Third, goose hunting is more fun.
Finally, if you hunt over water, you might get to hunt ducks too! w00t!
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I leave Friday with my buds for a duck hunt in Arkansas. Season opens Saturday, but I'm not sure its been cold enough up north to push the greenheads down in any big numbers. Shooting the ducks is only part of the fun. Being with your pals and all the retrievers makes it good no matter how the ducks fly.Originally Posted by LOki
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Whoever said that hasn't tasted it. It's very chewy, doesn't have much of a taste to it though.Everyone says that. They tell me gator tail tastes just like chicken. I'll just have to trust them on that.
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We saw no more than a pair at a time.
It's still in the 50's up here. There's the promise of crappy weather by Friday though!
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I've hunted wild turkey. Yes, they have incredible eye sight and easily spooked. But they're dumber than a brick. They do taste different. It's "gamey" is all I can say. I happen to like it. And I don't how your son, if he's "six," is going to do any shooting. You need to use a 12 gage shot gun with at least number four shot on a turkey, and I don't think a six year old is ready to shoot a shot gun. It'll knock him flat on his keester.
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I love squirrel. My grandmother used to pressure cook them. My God was that good. They can be hard to cook if you don't know how. Squirrel meat is real lean and tends to cook out dry. Grandma's weren't though. I'd slap the President for another one of those meals.
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Yeah, I'm agreeing with Pale Rider here. You'd better check your regulations. I don't know of any places that disallow children on a hunt, but there may be limits on the age of shooters.
Then there's the gun issue. Though there's plenty of discussion to be had about the approptiate amount of gun for a particular amount of animal--you need to be careful about the amount of gun you introduce a new shooter to. Fear of recoil will cause all kinds of bad habits in a shooter. A .410 is about all the shotgun I'd put in the hands of anyone weighing less than 100 pounds. And with a six year old, I'd even be a little cafeful that the load is not too punishing. That being the case, small soft bodied birds are your only choice for hunting--try Bobwhite Quail.
Quail are appropriatly challenging; you have to walk around, which is better than sitting still for a six year old; they are fast and easy birds to process; and there are plenty of plantation hunts that are reasonable in cost, such that you can insure a certain level of success, AND have a more controlled environment for this first outing.
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Good advice LOki.
I remember the first time I hunted Grouse. They get up so fast and make so much noise that it scared the shit out of me. Walking along in a relatively peaceful and quite woods, and all of a sudden it sounds like all hell is breaking lose as two or three Grouse get up and fly. You have to get used to it and be expecting it, otherwise you'll never get off a shot if you're not composed in time. It surely is worth it though, because other than Pheasant, I think Grouse is the best tasting game bird. Well Goose it good too. Heck I like 'em all...
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Good advice LOki.
I remember the first time I hunted Grouse. They get up so fast and make so much noise that it scared the shit out of me. Walking along in a relatively peaceful and quite woods, and all of a sudden it sounds like all hell is breaking lose as two or three Grouse get up and fly. You have to get used to it and be expecting it, otherwise you'll never get off a shot if you're not composed in time. It surely is worth it though, because other than Pheasant, I think Grouse is the best tasting game bird. Well Goose it good too. Heck I like 'em all...quail are like that too.
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My son just got his first deer, a nice 8 pt. two days ago.
He was holdin out for a buck ,He had lots of chances for a doe.
I cannot rembember when I started huntin. Just have allways done it.
Sometimes I just grab a rifle and tell my son grab your gun let's go kill somethin. Elk or dove are likely my favs.
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I've hunted a lot since coming to Texas 30 years ago--deer, turkey, game birds of all kinds, etc. I took son hunting when he was 7 but he just sat in the blinds with me. I took a chance once and let him fire my 12 guage and it knocked him on his ass. I'll never forget how damn bad I felt.
Tip on turkey hunting--if you only have an ass shot -take it. Still knocks em down good and spares the good meat in the breast. And be prepared to be a "statue" for hours if you wanna see one.
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Last elk shot around here was in the 50's, maybe. The eastern elk was hunted to extinction.
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In my opinion Elk is about the best steak there is.Last elk shot around here was in the 50's, maybe. The eastern elk was hunted to extinction.
It is work to get one. But worth it to me.
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And just in case your wondering I do not use the .50 cal.
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Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son,
Though battled oft' Is never won.
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Never had one. I've had moose and that was quite tastey. Too bad we easteners hadn''t figgered out the correct length of the elk season long ago...
Actually I wasn't wondering about that at all. I figgered you hunted to eat steaks, not hamburger.
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