Why are these birds a threat to men in orange vest and caps?

[warrior1]

[BuelahWitch]

1. I used to love to see the little quails following Mom around

at my last apartment in Salt Lake. Quail and ducks would wander over from the park across the street and every so often I'd spot some in my back yard.

I'm afraid I couldn't shoot anything, unless it were it or me. The minute I'd hear the thing cry I'd be a basket case! :cry:

[LeftyMom]

2. Well, they probably have larger genitalia.

:evilgrin:

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. Actually, MrG's peepee is quite well proportioned.

He's a quail hunter, and it's one of my favorite dishes. :hi: ;)

[LeftyMom]

20. Sorry about that, I voicedmy objections in a silly way without intent to

harm.

My real issue is with the idea that quail and other animals are commodities that can be used to fill human needs, rather than living beings that exist for thier own reasons. I find the idea of exploiting feeling creatures deeply disturbing and sometimes I joke about it rather than dwelling on things it is not within my power to change.

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. I was cranky when I posted that and being thin skinned.

I should probably go back to bed or have more coffee. :)

[warrior1]

3. Good answer

Also, I'll bet these guys smell of death.

[EstimatedProphet]

4. Have you ever seen what one quail armed with a piece of straw can do?

It's not pretty...

[RandomKoolzip]

5. All hunting is done in self-defense.

Quails will FUCK YOU UP, man.

[pokerfan]

13. ''He's coming right at us, Ned!''

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. Honestly? I think it's because they taste good.

MrG and his family hunt quail, and it's delicious. Sorry, I don't quite fit into that pigeonhole. Pun intended. :hi:

[Roon]

9. I would love to try some quail

I love game meat.

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. Roon....

...I've been sending healthy thoughts your way all morning. :hug: You're going to get through this.

[Roon]

26. Awww thanks

:hug:

[yellowdogintexas]

29. Quail basted in browned butter sauce is unbelieveable. It is

the least gamey tasting in my opinion.

Someone gave my grandfater a huge quantity of dressed quail one year, right at Thanksgiving and my grandmother fixed them for Thanksgiving dinner. WOW

They are mostly breast meat with teeny little legs and wings.

[Roon]

32. Sounds nummy!!!

[trof]

35. Here ya go:

Country Farms Quail

4284 Dickerson Sawmill Rd.
Lucedale, MS, 39452
Contact
Tel: [phone]

They put up an excellent shrink wrapped package of marinated, boned quail.
Great on the grill.
I think they will ship frozen.

[Roon]

37. There's a store around here

That sells rabbit meat, buffalo, etc. I bet they have some quail, i should check it out.

[warrior1]

7. I did a google on quail population

this is what I found.

Texan's wondering where all the quail went. Blame goes everywhere but on the the these 'men'.

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:-_mVcG6ivoEJ:www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_rp_w7000_1025.pdf+quail+population+of+usa&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=9

[EstimatedProphet]

11. That's because it's more about bad habitat than anything else

Quail don't take to farmland as well as people thought they would. They need more dense cover than is often provided in open fields.

[blindpig]

25. Farmland used to be good.

Back in the day when there was hedgerows between fields there was good habitat for quail and rabbits. No longer.

Fire ants have been a disaster for lots of our native wildlife, bastards will attack hatchlings coming out of the egg. Quail have disappeared around my house in choice habitat and we're covered up with fire ants. Very bad for other ground nesting birds and reptiles too.

[EstimatedProphet]

28. Exactly

I forgot about the fire ants-they're destructive whereever they are

[supernova]

12. As long as people eat what they shoot

I don't have a problem with it.

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. Thank you supernova.

Sometimes the "big tent" seems really suffocatingly small. :(

[Catchawave]

14. ...or these

[greendog]

15. You haven't heard? Quail are working to aquire weapons...

...of mass distruction. They are a grave and gathering threat to our freedoms. Why do you hate America?

Those men in orange are the TRUE PATRIOTS!!!!

[warrior1]

17. I'm not blaming your Mr. G, Mrs. G.

I think this is a cruel 'sport'. I can't help thinking about the fright these small birds must have before they're killed and then their little ones waiting for them come home, but never will again, then what will happened to them if they don't starve to death first. This would go for any 'sport', that kills for the fun of it.

peace Mrs. G.

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. MrG kills for the food of it. And yes, it is in a way blaming him. I'm

okay with that...this being an opinion board, I just wanted to make my stance known that it has nothing to do with the size of his penis. He only kills that which we can eat, he can dress them himself, and it in really difficult economic times...it really made the difference between my children being fed, or not. :hi:


No harm done.

[Catchawave]

18. self-delete, image did not work

[Paladin]

21. Those Guys In Orange Are BETTER Than you Are

Haven't you heard? Those intrepid folks who go out and gun down their birds---instead of buying some chicken breasts at the local grocery store, like you do---are better people than you are. You're just a fucking hypocrite, letting someone else do the killing for you. Further more, those hunters have to "harvest" those birds, to save them from extinction. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Give it a little time---this thread is likely to attract one or more of DU's resident, fur-bearing, hunting moralists, spounting the aforementioned blather. Entertaining, is a bizarre, highly irritating sort of way.....

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. I already spouted the blather...thank you.

Many times it saved my kids from not eating. You cannot buy that with which you have no money to. We've been through tough times. But then, I don't have to explain myself. :hi:

[Paladin]

34. And You're Not Putting Out.....

...the kind of sanctimonious drivel I was referring to earlier. True subsistence hunting is an entirely different matter; those who resort to it don't tend to cop a holier-than-thou attitude about it later. I don't think we have anything to quarrel about....

[Immad2]

24. I shoot Quail

only I shoot them with a camera like this

[xchrom]

36. lovely little things.

[ComerPerro]

27. Dang, in that second picture, which ones are the birds and which are the

people? Its so hard to tell...


No wonder Cheney got confused. They look so similar.

[yellowdogintexas]

30. if Darth Cheney came to downtown FW, he might shoot everyone

there are so many grackle birds in downtown FW that the city has engaged the services of some local hawking enthusiasts to convince the grackles that there are in fact predators around. Apparanlty the hawks are having a field day.

It is like bird jungle when it gets close to sunset and they come in to roost by the millions.

[Montauk6]

31. They AREN'T a threat! That's the point!!!

Not surprising that our illustrious VP would be so into it; after all, he was gung-ho about Iraq too... no threat there either.

[sasquatch]

33. They don't, they're just delicious

:9