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Pheasant and Grouse on the other hand... Mmmmmmmm...mmmm...mmm.
Mike123 said:Pheasant and Grouse on the other hand... Mmmmmmmm...mmmm...mmm.
Swamp Puppy said:i always have trouble getting them to decoy though. how big of a spread should i use? i always like to set them out on the upwind end of the field so the wind is at my back, but maybe i should try a corner? possibly a "C" formation on the side of the field? i have even tried to mix in some confidence decoys with doves, sparrows, and a crow or two, but nothing works.
how about calling? effective or no?
Swamp Puppy said:actually we used to use a quail call very effectively down in arizona. we would find a large covey of gambels or california quail (a large covey was 100 to 200 birds) and scatter the heck out of them. quail would be spread out all over the dang place. we had these little reed calls made by loman's i think...anyway, the quail call to each other to covey up again and they would think you were another quail calling. just hide behind a cactus or mesquite tree/bush and call a few times...and pretty soon 4 or 5 would come haulin' butt right at ya. if you didn't get any action just move down the wash 50-100 yards and do it again.
strawberry shortcake said:oh my gosh that reminds me of a funny story! My ex and i were up in the mountains when we heard what we thought was an elk call. So we stopped along the logging road we were on to see where it might be coming from. We were on a road above a canyon and it seemed to be coming from the other side of the canyon so we started looking through our binocs. Kept looking but couldn't see anything. Then all of a sudden, the elk started calling out the star spangled banner! Turned out it was a hunter on the other side of the canyon on an outcropping practicing his calls! We eventually located him and laughed ourselves silly!