quail

dogsandguns

did any of ye ever release quail and are are they any good as a target spieces or would it just be a waste of time and money to release a few heard that they taste nice:D:pac:

dermot218

dogsandguns wrote: »

did any of ye ever release quail and are are they any good as a target spieces or would it just be a waste of time and money to release a few heard that they taste nice:D:pac:

i have tried it they arent really suited to the damp climate here but they taste great and are greaat for training a gun dog

dogsandguns

dermot218 wrote: »

i have tried it they arent really suited to the damp climate here but they taste great and are greaat for training a gun dog

shooting wise how did u find them are they challageing to shoot

dermot218

dogsandguns wrote: »

shooting wise how did u find them are they challageing to shoot

good shooting and as i said great hunting 4 setters and pointers they seem to hav a sent like phesant

dogsandguns

ya they sound good its a setter and apointer i shoot over wat speices of quail was it that you released

dermot218

i tink they were french .il find out 4 definate

dogsandguns

dermot218 wrote: »

i tink they were french .il find out 4 definate

that would be great ifyou could

dermot218

dogsandguns wrote: »

that would be great ifyou could

THEY WERE THE FRENCH OR SPANISH QUAIL SO IM TOLD .THE JAPANESE ONES ARE V FRAIL

Birdnuts

Both California quail and Northern Bobwhites have been introduced to parts of continental Europe, though as someone else pointed out the damp Irish climate is unlikely to suit them.

MacraPat

Wild Quail are said to frequent Ireland, they're a summer visitor from the med. They've a huge reproductive capacity and are said to be good sport. We've never had serious quail numbers due to a loss of wildflower/haymeadow/ rough grassland habitat types in modern farming. Plus the climate here probably isn't the best for their tiny young.

I remember reading in Douglas Butler's book about Bobwhite quail being released in huge numbers somewhere but they virtually all disappeared over the winter.

Here's a European report on Quail : http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/conservation/wildbirds/hunting/docs/Quail%20EU_%20MP.pdf

jap gt

i have bobwhite quail at the moment for training the dog, i have a few in the incubator at the moment, i got them from a friend who trials and he swears by them for getting a dog steady