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Quail Hunting
Coosawattee, Talking Rock and Ogeechee. What do these WMAs have in common? Two of the three are no longer WMAs, and unfortunately, it appears that Coosawattee WMA could be the next in line to disappear from our WMA system. If you are not familiar with Coosawattee WMA in Murray County, just outside of Chatsworth, it’s…
“Hello,” said the voice on the other end of the call. “Is this James Haygood?” I asked. “Who’s calling?” he cautiously replied. “James, this is Steve Burch with Georgia Outdoor News,” I said. “Oh… Yes sir,” he responded, “This is James.” I could hear the caution in his voice turn to curiosity. “Do you remember…
WRD Biologist Reggie Thackston gets a child-like grin on his face when you talk about good dog work and a south Georgia covey rise on a cold morning. Along with enjoying a good quail hunt, Reggie has been instrumental in the state’s success of its Bobwhite Quail Initiative program. He contacted GON a few weeks…
Quail Unlimited, the nation’s primary conservation group dedicated to bobwhite quail, is working to reorganize its ranks amid financial turmoil and a series of personnel changes and resignations. The 28-year-old non-profit, which has been headquartered in Edgefield, S.C., ever since it was established in 1981, has also placed its national headquarters building and adjoining property…
Chatter, chatter, chatter was all that could be heard in the bird-hunting fields at Clybel Farms located just outside Covington. With the dogs pointing and the kids shooting, there was enough for the 15 participants to talk about for a lifetime. On March 7 there were 15 kids from Henry, Cherokee and Pickens counties gathered for a day of…
Drawings for a pair of SEEDS hunts were held at the Georgia Outdoor Network (GONetwork) office on the afternoon of Dec. 1. The two hunts will send eight kids hunting at Springbank Plantation at Barnsley Gardens Resort, an Orvis-sponsored hunting preserve in Adairsville. SEEDS members Walker Scarbrough of Hogansville and Brandon Lee of Macon were…
I can’t remember a time in my life when I did not own brittany spaniels. Over the years, one or two have been good bird dogs, one or two have been real- ly good bird dogs and one was unbelievable. His name was Pepper, my first brit. He was a gift from John Garner of…
Ten kids plus parents, five guides and dogs, plus 33 quail and 23 pheasants made for a great day last month. Kids that were quiet and a bit shy in the morning were, at the end of the day, sitting on tailgates discussing the finer points of shot angles, dog work and shotgun kick with…
I don’t know who said it first, but memory is the paradise from which we cannot be expelled. I vividly remember my first pair of hunting boots, my first shotgun and my first deer, but most of all I remember my first dog. She was a great gal. Just ask any dog lover, and they’ll…
We were walking a waist-high field of cover frozen hard by the winter’s first real cold front behind an energetic French continental pointer. Baylee, a Braque Du Bourbonnais the other guides jokingly called a French poodle, was doing his job, methodically working one section of the tall grass and briars with his nose, seeking out…
Quail Recipes
If you book a quail or deer hunt at Piney Woods Hunting Lodge in Eufaula, expect a breakfast fit for a king. This is the lodge’s signature dish. 3 lbs. quail breast filets 1 quart buttermilk No hindsight ip unit displayed. 4 cups self-rising flour 1 teaspoon garlic salt 2 teaspoons Tony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning…
I doubt seriously if you will ever be called upon to cook quail for 600 people like my friend Ron Chamblee and I do every February, but let me warn you that if you ever do, don’t even consider frying that much quail. We manage to feed everyone at the Ashville First Baptist Wild Game…
If you have some quail in the freezer, get out the cooker and try this recipe. This recipe works great with dove, too. What You’ll Need: cleaned and dressed quail pepper jack cheese bacon beaten eggs breadcrumbs oil First, boil quail for three minutes in a pot of water. Debone the birds. Place a small…