Mossy Oak Forum / Hunting / Upland Bird and Small Game

Selling a .22

Bowman123 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:26:46 GMT

Does any one know a good place to sell a .22?

Grouse Recipes

bowhunter07 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:17:52 GMT

What are some good grouse recipes?

Birddogs?

BretW — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:11:59 GMT

what kind of birddogs are ya'll running? Anyone else running pointing dogs?
Lets see some pictures

I have english setters myself.

Gun training dogs

NYBowhunter71 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:46:16 GMT

I am very new to training,
I have read on other posts about when shooting around your dog, watching out for adverse reactions.
What would these be, and what would you do for it?

Who else bow hunts rabbits? Post it up.

knowlzy1824 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:37:09 GMT

If there's anyone else out there like my hunting buddies and I then post up some good rabbit hunts with the ol' stick and string. The success rate is a little lower but it is a ton of fun.

Predator Hunting in Virginia

bowtechhntr — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:59:43 GMT

Is there anyone on here that lives in virginia and hunts coyotes and fox. I want to start but dont have a clue where or how. I've read a couple of article about predator hunting but thats about it. Can someone help please?

San Jacinto Wildlife Area Pheasant Hunt video

spectr17 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:50:54 GMT

This was the 16th annual San Jacinto Wildlife Area Junior Pheasant Hunt. This event is put on by the California Department of Fish & Game (DFG) along with Quail Unlimited (QU).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn42L0P274M

.32 squirrel hunt

hunt12ga — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:39:18 GMT

Check out this video! Watch the log behind me to see the little stinker trying to sneak past me. My cameraman ratted him out hehe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qNh2d3ZhSU

ryan

Coyotes and Bobcats

turkeymaster — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:49:20 GMT

I am new to the site and posting my first topic my question is i am very interested in starting to trap coyotes and bobcats and was wondering if any one knows where i could find good information on how to trap and the best traps to get.

Coyote hunting

CCP — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:54 GMT

Any coyote hunters getting out so far this year? Here is a 50# coyote we filmed and shot a few weeks ago. I have killed bigger coyotes before but this is the biggest we have gotten on film.I hunt coyotes only and love to read and see pic's of other coyote hunters. So come on guys get me some pic's and stories.

COYOTE MISADVENTURES

BowBo — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:49:28 GMT

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http://www.predatorxtreme.com/breakingnews.asp?NewsID=126

Coyote Misadventures Nationwide

Ed Park
3/6/2008

Our favorite predator keeps getting in the news as they learn that they can easily outsmart those two-legged, clothes-wearing predators we call humans.

Coyotes are only one of a very few species that has increased its numbers and range along with increases in our human population, and have become a growing problem in many urban areas as they dine on pets, such as cats and small dogs.

Populations of coyotes continue soaring in our eastern states and officials are scrambling to find solutions to some of the problems being caused. The Board of Supervisors of Bedford County, Virginia, had been considering a $50 bounty on coyotes after increases in complaints from citizens about livestock losses, but on February 27 decided against a bounty but in favor of a predator prevention education program. The Virginia State Code authorizes individual counties to create bounties by ordinance, and several counties already have such bounties on coyotes. For example, Campbell County pays $50 per coyote.

In Yellowstone National Park a female coyote stole a woman’s pack at the Old Faithful Snow Lodge. Family members got the pack back by throwing snowballs at the coyote. The coyote ran off, but circled back and attacked the lady. Bites to her leg punctured the skin. Within 15 minutes a Yellowstone Association employee, who was skiing nearby, was bitten on the leg by the same coyote. The skier hit the coyote with a ski pole. A park ranger tracked the pesky coyote to a safe area, then shot it. Tests for rabies were negative.

In Gulf Shores, Alabama, people in residential areas hear coyotes every night, and parents will not allow their children out at night. Residents call the howling “terrifying” and small children are scared. In Orange Beach, Alabama, officials have posted “Coyote Crossing” signs along parts of Canal Road.

This past winter a coyote began harassing skiers at the Copper Mountain ski area in Colorado. Its actions got more and more aggressive – approaching people with teeth bared. The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) was finally called when the coyote nipped at a skier’s boot, grabbed at a child’s jacket, bit the board of a snowboarder who had fallen, and was driven off as it approached a three-year-old child DOW officers arrived, the ski area was shut down, and the officers located and shot the coyote. Tests for disease are being conducted.

A DOW spokesman said the coyote’s actions suggested the animal had become habituated to humans and looked to them as a source of food. Perhaps skiers riding lifts were dropping food to it, or local residents had been feeding it. As the DOW spokesman said, when people feed animals such as this coyote, they think they are helping, but in too many cases it results in that animal’s death.

San Francisco’s city parks are experiencing a ballooning coyote population and the resulting problems, and city officials are trying to figure out how to handle those problems without raising the ire of the city’s animal-loving human population. The coyotes are showing actions typical of habituated animals. People unthinkingly – and illegally – toss bits of food to the “cute coyotes.” The coyotes begin associating humans with food, get aggressive in their begging, are fed more, get more demanding and nip at the hands that feed them – and end up getting removed and killed. City animal-care workers are encouraging people to scare the coyotes without hurting them – an action they call “vexing” – such as yelling, but not throwing rocks.

In all urban areas having coyote problems, officials issue lists of things not to do, and to do – such as don’t leave pet food or bird feeders outside overnight or allow pets to roam free, and do store garbage in critter-proof containers and keep all pets indoors at night. Too many people ignore any advice, so the coyote problems increase. Along with that, some people scream to leave the coyote alone while others scream to exterminate them.

The bottom line – which is no consolation for those suffering losses from coyotes – came from Curtis Herbert, a wildlife manager for the Arizona Game and Fish Department. He said, “There will always be coyotes. Eradication’s just not the answer. That’s been proven time and time again.”

Who Squirrel Hunts

hoskins — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:36:57 GMT

So who all squirrel hunts here?

Squirrel season opens Saturday........

twowetdogz — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:08:47 GMT

........think I'm going to have to go give it a shot soon.

Pheasant Hunting with Hank!

Skipmaster1 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:11:28 GMT

Ray and I took Hank up to some public land about 30minutes north of us on sunday and Logan and I did again monday. They stock it with birds but this place gets HAMMERED. It is the first public hunting land North of NYC. We didn't manage to get on any pheasants but it sure was fun, Hank did great and it was great for his training. He worked the property like a seasoned pro, even hough he is only 16months old. He knew what we were after, because quite a few times he got all "birdy" and found us a few feathers and even a wing way back in a thicket, of birds that had been shot earlier in the season. He even locked up on point inside of one thicket but the bird was some sort of wood thrush and not a game bird. He listened great and needed correction with the E-collar only twice. We stopped by a pond and just relaxed for a bit while Hank cooled down by going for a swim. Sunday was absolutely beautiful and i wish I had the camera. Monday was overcast, but Logan still got some great pics. We

Pheasant eggs

coonhunter31 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:04:59 GMT

Where is a good place to get pheasant eggs of chicks???

My 2008 Pheasant

turkeymaster — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:41:20 GMT

Here is a pic of my pheasant i took this year and the first i have ever taken, i dried it out and its finally dry, i was wondering if anyone knew of a way to display it flat on the wall

rabbit count so far!

jcgt2000 — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:04:41 GMT

well so far this year ive taken 15 rabbits with no ruined meat!! i cant balieve this eyar there are sooo many rabbits out. how many have you guys gotten so far this year???

Check this out

hamer — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:24:16 GMT

Tell me yall what ya think bout huntin squirrels with your bow.

.22mag for 'yotes?

hunt12ga — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:09:29 GMT

I was shopping for .22's a few years back for squirrel hunting, and I decided on the .22mag in case I ever wanted to go coyote hunting. I can't justify spending the $ on a centerfire for that purpose since I wouldn't get much use out of it. I bought a NEF single shot in .22mag and it has proven itself as a squirrel killer.
It loves the Winchester Supreme 34gr JHP rounds, but I've got it sighted in for 40gr Winchester JHP's since they're a little more forgiving on the squirrels if I don't make a good head shot. I know the gun will put a bullet in a coyote's head at 75yards (if the thing stands still...). My question is whether this round is mean enough to put in the shoulder of a coyote, and at what range?

Thanks for any help,
rw

Runnin the dogs!

NerdHick — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:18:25 GMT

Mike was great and brought his dogs and we ran some bunnies!! What a great morning!! 3 runs, 3 shots and 3 rabbits!

Mike, Jake and Bear

me, Jake and Bear

Molly didn't make the pics, she was off running around...

Thanks again Mike, I sure hope we get another chance to get out before the end of the season!!

need rabbit hunting on tv!!!

jcgt2000 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:35:15 GMT

i have only ever seen one show that did rabbit hunting and they were useing the new air shotguns. i could balieve it it was on the VS channel. are there any other shows that do that if not i think it be cool if they did a shwo or two on that and show what they have to do to get those boogers out. ive seen the vids on youtube and stuff but there just shooting rabbits with 308. and crap and laghing. id like a real show even with young kids just got there license showing that its a fun sport and addicting.

Rabbit hunting

Mike_K — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:01:56 GMT

This is the way to go.

12/20/2008 Rabbit Hunt

BigStrutter — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:28:31 GMT

Deer season is over here, so now it is time to put some heat on the rabbits. We have had some good hunts the last 2 Saturdays but yesterday was freaking awesome. I teamed up with a buddy and his dogs and man we had rabbits going everywhere. We ran a total of 11 and got 10 of them. Our shooting even started off good, with the first 7 rabbits with 7 shots. But then things got back to normal, it took 8 shots to get the next rabbit!! The best part was we did all this and I was home by noon!!!! This is the best day I have had in a long time, and an awesome day for western NC. So here is the tailgate total for the day, 2 friends, 6 dogs, and 10 dead rabbits!!

Ned

smoked squirrels

hunt12ga — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:16:23 GMT

I was just going through all of my pictures and thought that I'd put these up. Anyone else on here chase tree rats with a smokepole? This is a Traditions Crockett Small Game .32 rifle. It's a blast (after much trouble working up a load for it). Head shots would be nice though...

rw

breaking beagles from deer

bunnybuster — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:19:09 GMT

does any one have a good solid way of breaking beagles,or any hound,from running
deer.they will run the hell out of rabbits but just cant stop them from running deer if they come across one.........have tried breaking scents...and several head thumpings.thinking of trying an
e-collar....any tips would be great.

Officially a hunter now...

tntrkyhntr — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:41:59 GMT

I took my 7 year old dove hunting for his first time ever today. He has been going deer and turkey hunting with me since he was 4, my 9 year old daughter has as well. (This year my four year old son went turkey hunting, he won't stop talking about it.) So, back to the dove hunt-it was a youth only hunt, and my son's first experience at shooting flying objects-and a brand new .410 single shot winchester youth model. On his 5th attempt, he finally connected with a dove. He was so proud of himself, and I was very proud for him. How many boxes of shells did I go through before I ever shot my very first bird-I don't want to talk about it, and he did it on his 5th try ever...So, it is now official, he has drawn first blood on his pursuit of becoming a hunter. And, the day before his 8th birthday! Tell me he won't remember this day for a long time to come, and I say it is a day that I will never forget myself!! Picture to be added, hopefully before the weekend is out. I am one proud daddy, the heritage has officially been passed to my next generation!!! (The addiction has begun.)

Doves

gobble — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:40:01 GMT

went on a trip to a decent field today,, 6 people, all limited out at 15 birds each within 2 hours... those creatures can sure fly fast!! went through 3 boxes of shells (75)... little crusty right now but it'll change here shortly... anyone else do anything?

alot a birds this year

stephendunn — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:24:49 GMT

as anyone else been seeing alot more doves already this year. ( squirrels and rabbits too ).
should be alot of birds to shoot this year.

Some Hunts from last year

kele — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:25:12 GMT

I've never got around to posting any birds here yet,so heres some fore you enjoyment.

I might of wanted to let that one get out there a little more????

Just a little Quail shooting.The Red ones are from Tibet,It's a long fly

Be Careful

gobble — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:35:22 GMT

well i went out today to check the new field, everything's popping the dirt,, i planted corn, sunflower, and some other seed that i forgot... check it out

i put out plenty of scarecrows/moth balls to keep the turkey and deer out.. the dove found it already and the scarecrows aren't phasing them, can't wait till it's ready and season is here..

more pics to come as it progresses

slinky pics + controlled burning pics deleted

Coyotes anyone????

Fatrooster — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:16:24 GMT

Theres only one thing I like better than calling in coyotes and that wouldn't be an appropriate subject on this forum. Any other coyote hunters out there???? As the season draws near I thought I'd post some of last years handy work to get the juices flowing.

Forgive the "spock" sign. It was to prove they were shot during last years contest and not old pics.

from 05

Hey Jason!!!!

FL_Cracker — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:42:02 GMT

Hold my beer....I'm gonna try something....

I gots an idea....

This weekend....

Let's grab our:

& let's not forget lots of:

& head out to the......

& look for some of these guys doing this kind of stuff:

Because they like to do this:

(You get the idea)...

& naturally we'll have to give them a ball or two to play with.....being the dogs they are...ball lovers of course...

Of course they'll get their dirt nap and join the departed...

Load em up in the truck and we'll head on back to the house...

We'll add a couple more to our modest collection of pelts...

Of course we'll have worked up a thirst by then so we'll need some Oat Sodas to cool down and chill out...

OK let's see what else I can Dig up from last seasons pics,

kele — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:19:27 GMT

It's hard Keeping everything you kill straight at my age

See if you can find the one I blew the head off...Hint,it's a hen in the pile,but you can see she missing something

That wing next to the water bowl is all that was left of one of them,I couldn't even find his head,and the part he brought back to me,I told him just to drop it

West Coast Bird,Very rare indeed

That's not close to just last years,that's just all I have loaded on Photo-bucket
Yep,that boy's a Keeper,I need to find a female worthy of breeding with him,I want his boy for sure.
Enjoy guys...Lord knows we did

Coyote Killing Methods

FL_Cracker — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:49:23 GMT

I know my favorite way to kill these flesh suckers is with a big bore rifle but I just thought it would be a good thread to post other creative ways y'all have found to deal with these turds.

Two (rather) new methods I've heard of recently that I want to try are:

1. Tie/crimp a big treble hook onto some 60# + wire. Hook the wire to a sturdy tree branch. For bait, you can gut a turkey, hog, or whatever animal and leave the guts on top of the treble hook, or simply bait up a small chicken or something. Apparently this has been effective.

2. Buy a bunch of foam rubber and soak it in bacon or some other type of grease. The yotes will eat the foam and not be able to digest it and kick over.

So post up your ideas....and lets send some yotes back to their maker.

ELECTRONIC PREDATOR CALLER

BowBo — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:08:12 GMT

I'm thinking of trying an electronic caller for the coyotes here............ but don't want to pay a fortune for one either.

Anyone know of a "good" E-Call that is reasonably priced?

HELP!

pheasents

travo — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:45:50 GMT

this is a pheasent hunt i went on a few weeks back. 7 guys limits by 3 every day. a very good hunt.

WENT YOTIE HUNTIN' TODAY

BowBo — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:39:37 GMT

Well, me and Romer finally got a chance to go yotie hunting this morning. We tried one set for close to an hour, with no dogs in site. Then we tried another set for about an hour, still no dogs!

Oh well, at least we got out there and gave it a whirl. We'll be going back the next good chance we get!

Anyone else been able to get out and call some yotes yet?

Rabbit hunting land

JDK — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:55:51 GMT

Anybody got any good rabbit hunting areas in York/chester/Lancaster or Fairfield county S.C.? I have a couple of guys with pretty good dogs that are always looking for someplace new to chase bunnies. It's not all about numbers with us, we like a good race with a shot thrown in here and there.

Chickens from a can...

xOZx — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:14:15 GMT

A local church organization I belong to put a shoot together up at a club in central IL for last Saturday. I figure it sounded like a good time to hang with the crew for some laughs and fellowship, so I tagged along.

It was at a neat little club that does 6 day deer hunts and turkey hunts as well as the pheasant/chukar/bobwhite put and shoots. Had some real nice deer on the walls too.

The Group:

We set up the throwers when we got there to warm up on a few clays, after all, we done paid for these birds, can't be lettin' em go off to the wild as coyote food. I unleash the Benelli prepared to wreak havoc on some clay birds and find myself with little or no breakage. I was feeling ill...I mean, it been a while but daggone!

Now I see it, I got an IC in there and this hand had me feedin' the M1 #9 shot! So I proceeded to redeem myself by smoking them birds about 10' from the trap! I was lettin' em get out too far for that sand I was shootin at em.

We go out to the field and the guide lets the dogs out. We do the meet and greet with the guide and assure him we ain't gonna shoot his dogs and off we go.

First patch, the dogs were up ahead a flush a chukar. I watch that mug fly off and think, "well dang, if them hounds is nothing more than flushers, he can take that junk back to the rig!"

Ah, but then they settle in and get a nice point on a pheasant.

We all took turns after that with the shots and backing each other up. On my first shot my mechanics were still in the trap mode...when that bird got shoulder high I fired and all we could see was feathers! It was a nice shot I tell ya! Just kinda had a bit of picking when it came to cleaning him.

The shot:
Me and my backup on the final "prized bird". See the smoke coming out of the Benelli!

So, it was a fun day of hanging in the outdoors, cutting up and having a good time. One thing this club did was put out one real dark pheasant for each group. These things were beautiful. Hold them up to the sun and blues, purples, reds...really pretty. They were almost black in color when they got up and flew and well, our guy up missed, but we marked him. So at the end we trounced over to see if we could get another crack at him. Sure enough, the dogs pointed him. Another guy flushed him and I was primary gun. I was letting the bird get out a bit so as to not mutilate him...and then I fired. Almost at the same time, my back-up fired (didn't want to see him get away again....LOL). We both hit that mug and he dropped like a sack of rocks.

A good time was had, even if it was chicken from a can...

Me and my BIL with our "harvest"

Hilltophunters Rabbit(kinda)

mspaci — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:40:47 GMT

Me & Hilltophunter went out with my dogs for a few hours. I got one & he was bowhunting them. Dogs started a bit slow but started hammeringthem pretty good about 10am. 5-6 good runs. Hilltop did get a shot about 18 yards & hit the rabbit(kinda) unfortunetly the rabbits butt may be a bit cold the rest of the season. I wish I had a camera when he came out with just a tail. Never saw that one before. Seriously we had a good time & dogs did great. He might of killed that rabbit had he been shooting a hoyt????? Mike