Raising Quail for Eggs and Meat

[ZX9RCAM]

Looking good.....

 

[MR Redneck]

This is how I deal with those quail.

 

[TexMex247]

Damn MR Redneck those look pretty tasty. However, I think I'll stick with deer for my annual meat supply. Just gotta wake up early a few times and put a couple of shots where they count then Voila!, meat in the freezer. Those birds and rabbits look like too much work.

 

[MR Redneck]

Damn MR Redneck those look pretty tasty. However, I think I'll stick with deer for my annual meat supply. Just gotta wake up early a few times and put a couple of shots where they count then Voila!, meat in the freezer. Those birds and rabbits look like too much work.

Bird hunting is 100X's better than deer hunting. You get to shoot a whole bunch, move around, chase the dog, shoot a whole bunch more, yell at the dog, make all your hunting friends mad when your dog gives you their birds, " Should of brought their own damn dog", lazy bastards, and lets not forget all the fresh air you can take in.
Bird hunting is the best kind of hunting.

 

[matefrio]

Damn MR Redneck those look pretty tasty. However, I think I'll stick with deer for my annual meat supply. Just gotta wake up early a few times and put a couple of shots where they count then Voila!, meat in the freezer. Those birds and rabbits look like too much work.

Ask some old timers how hard it was hunting during the great depression. Honestly I'd go to trapping even urban trapping before I went out hunting. I've figured out ways of catching several birds in traps left out a day and bunnies, snakes and deer if needed.

Best to have the resources to grow your own food. If a box of .22 shells gets to be the new currency think what a breeding pair of rabbits and a few laying quail will bring.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Bird hunting is 100X's better than deer hunting. You get to shoot a whole bunch, move around, chase the dog, shoot a whole bunch more, yell at the dog, make all your hunting friends mad when your dog gives you their birds, " Should of brought their own damn dog", lazy bastards, and lets not forget all the fresh air you can take in.
Bird hunting is the best kind of hunting.

Yep, thare aint NOTHING better than hunting Quail over good dogs!!

 

[TexMex247]

Whoa, whoa,whoa, y'all are comin' at me like I don't bird hunt too. I just don't want to raise and feed em', I 'd rather just shoot em'. I DO eat what I kill with the exception of boar hogs.

 

[MR Redneck]

I sure hope we dont end up like it was during the depression.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I sure hope we dont end up like it was during the depression.

Could be awful depressing for all those Government employees come Friday......

 

[MR Redneck]

Could be awful depressing for all those Government employees come Friday......

Im sure we wont notice anything but positive effects.

 

[matefrio]

As for the most fun hunting birds, it's with birds not dogs in my opinion.

 

[matefrio]

Music sucks but this looks fun.

 

[MR Redneck]

Why would you want to eat a bird that just got raped by a buzzard?

 

[TheDan]

As for the most fun hunting birds, it's with birds not dogs in my opinion.

A long time ago I really wanted to get into falconry. After learning a lot, I decided it was not something I could do until I was retired... It takes quite a lot of time to keep and train hawks and falcons.

 

[matefrio]

Quail Heaven is a sandbox.

5 weeks old. Playing in the sand. Man they all wanted in the first box and it was getting ugly so a second was provided.

 

[MR Redneck]

I dont think you have enough quail.
I could eat all those in one sitting.

 

[matefrio]

Going to get eggs off of them is the plan. Meat is just going to be from males I don't want.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Very nice, going to need more room soon.

 

[zembonez]

I dont think you have enough quail.
I could eat all those in one sitting.

That's funny.

Nice setup you have there. I'd bet you start expanding it once it comes time to eat em!

 

[MR Redneck]

Going to get eggs off of them is the plan. Meat is just going to be from males I don't want.

Do you know how often quail lay eggs? Im kinda wondering how the population of them might be managed.