Hunting for quail

Quail hunting is well known among amateursthis large bird of the family of chicken. However, today its stock due to the thoughtless chemicalization of agriculture has significantly decreased, and quail's trill is less likely to be heard in its original habitat.

Hunting for quail is considered the mostwidespread, which can also be called universal: this bird runs more than flies. The favorite places of its habitat are the dry meadow open meadows next to the rivers and jets. Especially a lot of accumulation is near the crops of buckwheat, millet, clover and other small grains.

Successful hunting of the quail involves the presence of a hounded dog, which, thanks to its strong sense and pulling on a wide search, delivers the killed game directly to the feet of the hunter.

In the afternoon, when the sun is high in the zenith, this bird runs in tall grass and weeds, trying to keep a shadow, so at this time of the day you need to rest.

In general, it is considered a nocturnal bird: it is at this time of day that it runs out for feeding.

Many believe that hunting for quail is possible withany dog, however this is an incorrect assumption. Only the thoroughbred will be able to find the bird, bring its owner to it, and then submit the killed prey. This is best suited for pointers, German, Irish and English long-haired setters, although the latter are difficult to "work" in the hot south.

However, even without a four-footed friend, hunting for quailspasses successfully. Only it is necessary for this purpose to choose places where corn, sorghum, millet grows nearby, etc. To search for a bird it is necessary slowly, saving forces and searching all possible places for shelter - bushes, heaps of straw, sometimes even clods of the earth.

The only significant inconvenienceis the difficulty of finding a killed quail. But even here there is one true means: you need to accurately mark the place where the prey has fallen, and walk on it without taking your eyes off this area.

The best hunt for quails is early morning, when the heat has not yet begun, and in cloudy weather - and at all the whole day.

The shooting of the quail is quite simple,no matter what angle the scared bird soars, it will go further only under the direct low enough above the ground. Therefore, even with a slight pre-emption difficult to miss.

Hunters know that to shoot quails bettertake a gun of the 16th caliber and a fraction of the eighth or ninth number. Dressing should be easy: for camouflage cotton trousers and a shirt of protective color, and as a headdress - a cap with a visor or a straw hat are perfect.

The period of the quail's flight is the end of August or the beginning of September. At this time, they are in huge quantities can be observed in the European part of our country.

Each hunter approaches his favorite pastimeindividually, each has its own methods and preferences. But no matter how different there were opinions about how to hunt, in one all are one: it is much better if the bird itself flies to the catcher.

And than to attract prey, if not manukom,which simulates timbre, height, amplitude, rhythm of quail's trill. Today there are a lot of them, up to the latest technical developments - electronic.

Even professionals admit that hunting forquail with mank, especially electronic, allows you to bring home much more booty, because even the beginner can easily cope with this device: the main thing is to choose the right place and time, adjust to the desired mode and press the button.

No less productive and hunting for partridges withmank, to the sounds of which this bird is lured out of the coppice or forest into the open space, where it gathers into the brood. And then the hunter remains just not to miss a good moment.

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