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Title: 0 for 14
Post by: joe ashton on January 09, 2014, 04:13:00 PM
Hi we have a large covey of Quail that live in the neighborhood.  I get a shot at them from time to time.  I  hide behind our hot tube on our second story deck and get a 25+ yard shot.  So far this year I am 0 for 14 shots....   :banghead:  
Joe
PS In the last 3 big game seasons tho, I'm 8 animals with only 9 shots.. mule deer,  white tail and an elk...
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: KellyG on January 09, 2014, 04:14:00 PM
Well joe stay at it and I bet you get one.
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: Sean B on January 09, 2014, 04:16:00 PM
Ha!!  That sounds like my score with grouse!!!  Good stuff Joe!!
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: Blackhawk on January 09, 2014, 04:16:00 PM
A 12 ga. and some #8's will remedy that right now!   :D
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: Pete McMiller on January 09, 2014, 04:29:00 PM
That's about my score with yard rabbits until the dumb one made a mistake.  Now I only get 30 yds shots at the smart one and lately it's been a running shot.  

Make'em wear little hats with antlers on them so you can focus better.
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: Orion on January 09, 2014, 04:46:00 PM
You're flock shooting.  Pick a bird.    :bigsmyl:
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: The Baron on January 09, 2014, 04:49:00 PM
Try hiding IN the hot tub.  It will make the misses more... relaxing...  ;-)
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: Kevin Winkler on January 09, 2014, 05:03:00 PM
Get one of those "Big" snaro bird loops......that will increase your odds!
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: Matty on January 09, 2014, 05:25:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by The Baron:
Try hiding IN the hot tub.  It will make the misses more... relaxing...  ;-)
That's awesome!!   :biglaugh:
Pretty cool that you have quail to shoot at too.  We have rabbits in places up here but no small game birds near by.
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: elkken on January 09, 2014, 05:39:00 PM
pick a feather ...     :archer2:
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: J. Holden on January 09, 2014, 05:48:00 PM
Feel fortunate you can shoot in your 'hood.  If I did that I'd have the s.w.a.t. team arriving shortly after my first shot.  I gotta move...

-Jeremy  :coffee:
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: steadman on January 09, 2014, 05:52:00 PM
Sounds like fun  :)
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: Killdeer on January 09, 2014, 05:57:00 PM
You are wing shooting, right?

Killdeer   :biglaugh:
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: Bear Heart on January 09, 2014, 06:35:00 PM
Qual are tough targets.
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: RAGHORN 3 on January 09, 2014, 10:01:00 PM
AIM SMALL MISS SMALL....   ;)
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: Keith Zimmerman on January 09, 2014, 10:24:00 PM
Ur just practicing good game management:)
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: Friend on January 09, 2014, 10:43:00 PM
Perhaps it may be the enjoyment of the challenge which spurns you on.
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: SELFBOW19953 on January 09, 2014, 11:10:00 PM
Ya know, I've noticed that "small game" is much flightier (is that really a word??) than big game.  Smaller critters have to watch out for attacks from air and land (hawks/owls and fox/coyotes).  I've had best luck shooting up (me on the ground, them in a tree), as opposed to shooting down (from tree stands) or on the level (when we're both on the ground).
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: chinook907 on January 09, 2014, 11:20:00 PM
Well it seems obvious...  You need to move the hot tub closer.
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: joe ashton on January 10, 2014, 12:06:00 AM
Tim  I think you are right.   :knothead:   I need to move the hot tube... but then I'd have to move  the whole house...  I'll get on it tomorrow...
Joe
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: LittleBen on January 10, 2014, 11:04:00 AM
Don't move the hot tub, move the quail cover ... plant some quail cover around the hot tub and tell your wife it's landscaping!
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: johnnyk71 on January 10, 2014, 12:25:00 PM
sounds like the squirrels in my yard. they still run, but they laugh while doing it!  :biglaugh:
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: Jerry Jeffer on January 10, 2014, 04:58:00 PM
Joe, 25 yards on Quail is no easy task. However, it sounds like you had a pretty good year in all. Keep trying. You'll need a few of those little fellas to make a nice meal.
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: Rudy Cariello on January 10, 2014, 08:08:00 PM
You need to get back elk hunting??
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: Blueridge on January 10, 2014, 08:21:00 PM
Shoot where they "ain't "
Title: Re: 0 for 14
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on January 10, 2014, 08:23:00 PM
Sounds like me and my geese... Early in the am now and then I go running out the french doors in my bath robe fling arrows at em as they fly over the shop.... makes my wife chuckle.

One of these days i'll get one.... Hang in there bro!   :biglaugh: