Sundays upland hunt with some pics

leadeyedbugger · 11-24-2008, 06:56 PM

Hey guys, when everyone gets tired of hearing about upland hunting let me know. Actually have some pictures today thanks to Craig(pointnshoot) who went with me. We hunted over his GSP yaeger chasing quail mainly with the pheasants mixed in.

We hunted a larger draw that gets little pressure due to the fact that you have to walk across a large wheat field to get to it. It was perfect quail hunting for a pointer......the birds were spread out in the sagebrush and grass...not just locked into the thick cover in the creek bottom. And yaeger loved it. The birds held extremely tight for him and i bet he pointed over 30 quail.......Craig and i did much better shooting yesterday also. Just another day in paradise........

Adjhunt · 11-24-2008, 07:04 PM

Great job!!
That's some beautiful country you get to hunt!
Good looking dog too!
Thanks for sharing with us here at Ifish!

duckboy · 11-24-2008, 07:09 PM

any guy that can swing down all those birds with a cowboy action scattergun is going to be really big medicine on a standard uplanders gun!
no knock intended, you must be one with that gun!

Nice shootin Tex.

Oh, remind me, if ever we hunt together, You have to shoot the shorty...

pointnshoot · 11-24-2008, 07:37 PM

Leadeyedbugger
That is paradise...I hope heaven looks like that. Jager Meister says thanks...he didn't even seem to mind the porcupine with all those quail to point.

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leadeyedbugger · 11-24-2008, 07:41 PM

Duckboy....i was confused with the cowboy action comment for a sec...after looking at the pic again i see what your saying...it does look like a shorty sxs in the pic......actually a standard 26" 12 gauge o/u is what i pack....And don't worry about me showing anybody up on the shooting...it was a lucky day.

No Fences · 11-24-2008, 07:43 PM

I may have another bug now. This ain't good, first waterfowl and now upland.

leadeyedbugger · 11-24-2008, 07:44 PM

sorry rob, i would apologize to your wife if i knew her......great weekend

craigcw · 11-24-2008, 07:46 PM

Very nice. So that's where one hunts for quail in Oregon! I moved to Arizona in April and I am headed out for some quail tomorrow. I don't have to go too far...those things are all over down here. I get around 30 in my backyard every day: My dog goes nuts in the house

Art Vandeley · 11-24-2008, 07:53 PM

Very nice! It's amazing how much prime real estate does not get hunted because you have to walk a short distance from the road. How lazy are people??? I'm not complaining though.

Mitch

Hooked up · 11-25-2008, 06:24 AM

Very nice!

I love hunting that country. What a great way to spend the day. Congratulations on the birds.

DogZilla15 · 11-25-2008, 08:05 AM

You are extremely fortunate to have access to private land. Makes all the difference.

Nw dukn · 11-26-2008, 07:50 AM

Great photo's and nice job on the birds congrats..

duckkiller · 11-27-2008, 09:17 AM

great pics nice job

DAB · 11-27-2008, 11:28 AM

Good on you. I like post's on upland bird hunting

, sorta getting tired of all the water fowl post

Just kidding about the Water Fowl post's.

DAB

gottafish · 11-27-2008, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leadeyedbugger

Hey guys, when everyone gets tired of hearing about upland hunting let me know.

I love upland posts. I want to go so bad!!! I tried to train a dog (fail) Im not sure how to get into it. One of these days Im going to go.

duckboy · 11-27-2008, 03:08 PM

Now I ain' t saying you are a liar, or that you are wrong, But I am confused, and I think you may have either: a stoeger coach gun with 20 inch barrels,
or
a shotgun that used to have 26 inch bbls and was hacked short... which puts you behind the 8 ball even more for longer shots, since both of your chokes would be "OPEN Cyl".. A true scattergun.

Here is why,

In the photo, you are hunkered down, and your gun appears to be locked with the breech shut. Draw a horizontal line from your eyes and it nearly perfectly meets the top of those 20 inch bbls.

I have attempted a similar posture and used a 28 inch model shotgun.

From my eyes to the tip of the bbl..in a horizontal line. bout 8 inches of bbl above the line...

So either you have a Coach gun
or
a hacked gun.

Either way,

If you can lay it out with that shooter, then one that will swing and has a longer barrel will mean that the birds are really shafted when you flush them...

pointnshoot · 11-29-2008, 07:28 AM

Duckboy...I took that picture of leadeyebugger...true story it is a std O/U. Check out this pic taken eariler in the day. Must be the way the light picked it up and the way he was holding it. By the way Leadeyedbugger shoots it well and he is also a large person...I wouldn't want to upset him.

Quote:

Originally Posted by duckboy

Now I ain' t saying you are a liar, or that you are wrong, But I am confused, and I think you may have either: a stoeger coach gun with 20 inch barrels,
or
a shotgun that used to have 26 inch bbls and was hacked short... which puts you behind the 8 ball even more for longer shots, since both of your chokes would be "OPEN Cyl".. A true scattergun.

Here is why,

In the photo, you are hunkered down, and your gun appears to be locked with the breech shut. Draw a horizontal line from your eyes and it nearly perfectly meets the top of those 20 inch bbls.

I have attempted a similar posture and used a 28 inch model shotgun.

From my eyes to the tip of the bbl..in a horizontal line. bout 8 inches of bbl above the line...

So either you have a Coach gun
or
a hacked gun.

Either way,

If you can lay it out with that shooter, then one that will swing and has a longer barrel will mean that the birds are really shafted when you flush them...

johndeeregreen · 11-29-2008, 09:14 AM

I so wish I was there.

No Fences · 11-29-2008, 09:39 AM

I've hunted with him as well. It's an O/U and he's just a big feller.

Cliff D. · 11-29-2008, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by craigcw

Very nice. So that's where one hunts for quail in Oregon! I moved to Arizona in April and I am headed out for some quail tomorrow. I don't have to go too far...those things are all over down here. I get around 30 in my backyard every day: My dog goes nuts in the house

Dove season must be over ?

leadeyedbugger · 11-29-2008, 05:12 PM

LOL....i don't think i could hold up a gun with 20" brls. Nothing to hold onto. Nope, standard stoeger condor, no ejectors,26" barrels. I just double checked, they measure exactly 26". Total gun length is 43" tip to tip. And yes it lines up just slightly above my eyes. BTW, nice looking 0/u duckboy and why is hat not on straight

strictlyRUM · 11-29-2008, 07:03 PM

I am headed over that way again tomorrow. Maybe I can find someone to let me hunt that actually has birds on their property. Friday ended up with one nice expensive quail and a few "nope I have people hunting" answers. I must be crazy to drive 3 hours for one quail!

Jason