Favorite bird to hunt

[Murphy]

Grouse for me. I don't hunt turkey anymore so my vote probably doesn't count much because those are the only two birds I've ever hunted. Grouse sure taste amazing on a moose hunt when you can't find a moose to shoot.

 

[dtrkyman]

Turkeys no doubt.

Ducks and Doves, then Quail and grouse.

Sandhill cranes are fun but it’s a draw hunt so I’ve only been once!


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[Ethan Parry]

Turkeys

 

[Cant hit em]

Anything with a dog


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[BravoNovember]

Woodcock over a pointing dog for me.

 

[WCB]

For me it is hands down Snow Geese in the spring (or fall I guess). Having giant wads of geese flip floppin into a spread is the best. Also, I love a good 30mph blizzardy pass shoot on snows when they have their bellies on the ground.

Also, you get to shoot more. Duck hunting is cool for 30minutes until you fill out. 20 snows in the fall and unlimited in the spring...count me in.

Then you aren’t hunting them in the Great Lakes states.

I hunt them here in MN....they are dumb and die easy. The only thing that really makes them difficult is when the leaves are on early in the season. The best part of Grouse hunting is when the Woodcock migration is coming through.

 

[TheGreek]

For me it is hands down Snow Geese in the spring (or fall I guess). Having giant wads of geese flip floppin into a spread is the best. Also, I love a good 30mph blizzardy pass shoot on snows when they have their bellies on the ground.

Also, you get to shoot more. Duck hunting is cool for 30minutes until you fill out. 20 snows in the fall and unlimited in the spring...count me in.


I hunt them here in MN....they are dumb and die easy. The only thing that really makes them difficult is when the leaves are on early in the season. The best part of Grouse hunting is when the Woodcock migration is coming through.

We must have hunted very different parts of MN. I thought the grouse were very sporting last fall when we hunted MN.
You’re not road hunting are you?

 

[MarkOrtiz]

Chukar

Nevada


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We had a blast trying this on my son's deer hunt this year. We will definitely try it out again this next season. We are here in Minden too.

 

[WCB]

We must have hunted very different parts of MN. I thought the grouse were very sporting last fall when we hunted MN.
You’re not road hunting are you?

absolutely not road hunting or walking trails. We hunt over pointers on swamp edges/poplar stands.

 

[Brigsefua]

Calling in speckled belly geese is a favorite of mine.


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[N8H]

Grouse, preferably ruffed grouse. I love where they live, I love the camouflage and challenge it is to find them, and I like to listen to them in spring. Phenomenal taste.

 

[MallardSX2]

Crows for sure.

 

[Cornhusker]

Sharptails and prairie chickens. I really like the idea of being the only one around for miles in the Sandhills of Nebraska and just walking mile after mile if it's a difficult year for birds.

 

[cubdriver84d]

 

[Public Land Drew]

This is a tough question.

Gonna have to go with California Quail

 

[Rogue Bay]

I’m from Oregon and I love bird hunting in general. If I had to pick, I’d say decoying wigeon is my favorite. If done right, they decoy and respond to calling like nothing I’ve ever seen. And there’s something special about that white shoulder that glows during the low light of early morning.

A close second for me would be specks. They’re incredibly wary when pressured but can respond to calling so beautifully. And they’re my favorite waterfowl on the table.

 

[Curtdog]

Reading the trophy bird thread has made me think about what birds are special to different folks. It seems there is some regional preference for different species of birds. Like guys on the west coast prefer widgeon or guys down in Mississippi like their greenheads.

What’s your favorite bird to hunt and where are you from?

To start with, I’m from Iowa and my favorite hunts are pintail in a recently harvested field.

As a fellow Iowegean it would be hard for me to say any bird other than a turkey because I love hunting them so much! But something that is a little different that I love hunting every year is Iowas population of bobwhite quail. They are extremely fast fliers and really test ones shotgun skill and with the perfect prairie camouflage they test the nose of your dog as well!

 

[BigDuckHunter]

As a fellow Iowegean it would be hard for me to say any bird other than a turkey because I love hunting them so much! But something that is a little different that I love hunting every year is Iowas population of bobwhite quail. They are extremely fast fliers and really test ones shotgun skill and with the perfect prairie camouflage they test the nose of your dog as well!

You must be from southwest Iowa. I haven’t seen a wild bobwhite since I lived down there.

 

[Badam5]

1. Grouse
2. Pheasant
3. Turkey
4. All other birds