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    Besides backwoods. Where around the Lowcountry are some good quail hunting operations?
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    There’s a place near Swansea. Can’t remember the name

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smilee View Post
    There’s a place near Swansea. Can’t remember the name
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    Spring grove shooting preserve near St Stephens, sporting clays, quail, pheasant and chukar- overnight accommodations in the lodge. If you want a great outlaw redneck guide, get Doug, if you want a old retired cop- get Bo.
    We usually do the combo hunt of all 3 birds.

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    Second Spring Grove

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    If tamie duck hunting is anything like tamie quail hunting, why no bitching about the tamie quail operations? Backwoods is where I went.
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    There's also a spot near Society Hill. Ducks, deer, pigs and quail.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rp View Post
    There's also a spot near Society Hill. Ducks, deer, pigs and quail.
    That would be moree's shooting preserve
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    Quote Originally Posted by mudflat View Post
    If tamie duck hunting is anything like tamie quail hunting, why no bitching about the tamie quail operations? Backwoods is where I went.
    Tamie quail don’t survive more than a week in the wild and there aren’t enough wild birds for the tamie birds to breed with. Also quail aren’t migratory!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Quackhead22 View Post
    Tamie quail don’t survive more than a week in the wild and there aren’t enough wild birds for the tamie birds to breed with. Also quail aren’t migratory!


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    On many occasions I have had birds that not only survived a release but coveyed up and thrived. There’s 3 coveys I know of on our club in Gtown that were started on release birds. Does it always happen, nope but occasionally it does.

    My dad and I use to work our dogs on a place in Grey Court when I lived in the upstate. Use to get Wisconsin giants IIRC from a guy up there. I’d work the dogs and let my dad shoot but as he got older, he wasn’t a very good shot so he missed a lot. Those missed birds coveyed up too. One day we pulled the truck up and Ike my male GSP jumped out of the truck and flipped around in mid air, I swear that dog locked up on point in mid air because when he landed he was frozen. My female Abby was locked up standing on the back seat. My dad went to step out of the truck and about 15 birds blew up at his feet. He couldn’t shoot, he didn’t even have a gun. I’ll never forget the look Ike gave him. It was like look dad, that was some acrobatic shit I did locking up on point in mid air and sticking the landing, least you could do is shoot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Saltydog235 View Post
    On many occasions I have had birds that not only survived a release but coveyed up and thrived. There’s 3 coveys I know of on our club in Gtown that were started on release birds. Does it always happen, nope but occasionally it does.
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    Yep, have 2 coveys I know of on our place that started as tamies from a dog trainer that hasn’t released any in a few years, and I only found them by happenstance. I’m sure if I searched I could find a few more. It’s quite the rush having a dozen of those acrobatic birds explode right next to you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wskinner View Post
    Yep, have 2 coveys I know of on our place that started as tamies from a dog trainer that hasn’t released any in a few years, and I only found them by happenstance. I’m sure if I searched I could find a few more. It’s quite the rush having a dozen of those acrobatic birds explode right next to you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Saltydog235 View Post
    On many occasions I have had birds that not only survived a release but coveyed up and thrived. There’s 3 coveys I know of on our club in Gtown that were started on release birds. Does it always happen, nope but occasionally it does.

    My dad and I use to work our dogs on a place in Grey Court when I lived in the upstate. Use to get Wisconsin giants IIRC from a guy up there. I’d work the dogs and let my dad shoot but as he got older, he wasn’t a very good shot so he missed a lot. Those missed birds coveyed up too. One day we pulled the truck up and Ike my male GSP jumped out of the truck and flipped around in mid air, I swear that dog locked up on point in mid air because when he landed he was frozen. My female Abby was locked up standing on the back seat. My dad went to step out of the truck and about 15 birds blew up at his feet. He couldn’t shoot, he didn’t even have a gun. I’ll never forget the look Ike gave him. It was like look dad, that was some acrobatic shit I did locking up on point in mid air and sticking the landing, least you could do is shoot.
    That was a generalization on my part. There are most certainly instances where released birds survive and breed. But in my decade of managing wildlife and time spent in the woods those instances a far less common than finding quail feathers where a hawk or some ground predator has had a snack.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Quackhead22 View Post
    Tamie quail don’t survive more than a week in the wild and there aren’t enough wild birds for the tamie birds to breed with. Also quail aren’t migratory!


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    Not in the Lowcountry but Palmetto Quail Club in Pamplico is a great option. Full disclosure this is my uncle's place. However that being said, his is the closest I've seen to hunting wild birds. He uses flushing dogs in conjunction with his pointers and setters and I've seen how that makes a big difference in how the birds fly. I would not recommend any place that didn't use flushing dogs since hunting with them.

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    Best operation around the low country in my opinion, is Turkey Hill. This isn't a sling 'em around in a croaker sack type of operation. Closest I have found to the wilds hunts we did growing up.

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    I shoot pen raised birds in hunt tests and it is fun, but hunting wild birds is a totally different experience for the hunter and the dogs.
    If it ain\'t accurate at long distance, then the fact that it is flat shooting is meaningless.

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    There is nothing worse than a kick and shoot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gregory View Post
    There is nothing worse than a kick and shoot.
    Agreed...only reason I even entertain it is because I like watching and working my dog!


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    Billy Rhoad in Bamberg if that is any closer to you

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