Video of Our Closing Day Quail Hunt

[Seabass_Seeker]

The vid is here for those who would rather watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLQQvUc9BM4

Now for the story:

We stayed close to home and pretty much just took the puppies for a walk. Ran into a 3 other hunters with their weimariner who had picked up one bird. As we hit the back end of the reservoir, I went to check the pond for ducks when I bumped a covey tucked away from the hunters up in the hills. Took 3 shots at 3 different birds and nailed the last one. In a funny turn of events, the birds all flushed toward the girlfriend on the main road. Louie (the mini lab mutt) was able to find and flush out the singles, the first which I dropped, the second which put a tree between he and I, and the last one which I shot at but hit nothing but branches. Can't wait till next year! I'm training with both Louie and Penny (the cocker spaniel) using George Hickox's "Training the Upland Retriever" so next fall should be even better!

[stonefly-2]

The vid is here for those who would rather watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLQQvUc9BM4

Now for the story:

We stayed close to home and pretty much just took the puppies for a walk. Ran into a 3 other hunters with their weimariner who had picked up one bird. As we hit the back end of the reservoir, I went to check the pond for ducks when I bumped a covey tucked away from the hunters up in the hills. Took 3 shots at 3 different birds and nailed the last one. In a funny turn of events, the birds all flushed toward the girlfriend on the main road. Louie (the mini lab mutt) was able to find and flush out the singles, the first which I dropped, the second which put a tree between he and I, and the last one which I shot at but hit nothing but branches. Can't wait till next year! I'm training with both Louie and Penny (the cocker spaniel) using George Hickox's "Training the Upland Retriever" so next fall should be even better!

Parboil those birds first then do just what you did and the meat will just slide off the bone.

good video.

[novabrian]

Cool video,You could also put them in a Sugu.

[SonofWWIIDI]

Nice OP, nice!

[Seabass_Seeker]

Parboil those birds first then do just what you did and the meat will just slide off the bone.

good video.

I'll have to try that! These older birds were a bit tougher.

[NATEWA]

Cool video - like an episode of hunt/fish/cook.

[stonefly-2]

I'll have to try that! These older birds were a bit tougher.

Yeah there's always one or two in a bunch.

I'm not sure "parboil" is the proper cooking term exactly.

What i do (and especially with ducks) would be to get a pan of water to a roiling boil, drop the birds in until they kill the boil 20 seconds?, dump the works into a colander in the sink to drain, cool the pan with cold water, put the birds back in and fill to well cover with cold water, bring that to just a boil and then do what you did.

The first boil seals the skin and the second dosen't boil long enough to rinse any flavor out.

Game birds are too tasty to mess with tough food.