Quail with a Bow............

[cam188]

who has done it? What tip do you recommend? Are you taking them in flight or on the ground?

Thanks Chris.

 

[Hitechhunter]

For safety reasons, I'd strongly recommend against trying to shoot one in the air. You need to know your backstop. Do you really think you can hit one in the air? That would be one hell of a shot!

 

[cam188]

I personally would never go for one in flight based on what you have noted. Was just curious if anyone else had.

 

[FredtheGad]

Aint never hunted quail with a bow but have hunted chuckar with one.I guess it depends on your skill level. I am not that skilled so if the little buggers will stand still long enough thats where I shoot them.
I got real close a couple times talking just a couple inches and my one buddy did get a graze on one.
I did hunt with aguy when I was about 15 and he took his bow with us he was using a spelling (flu flu arrow) it would go only about 40 yrds and then just fall out of the air I'm sure you can still get them, he was using a traditional bow


It was quite the challenge and a lot of fun. Good luck and let us know how you do.

 

[barel74]

never quails, but I have caught a few squirrels not paying attention, with field tips.

 

[el_vaquero]

Watched it done for pheasant....you need a light weight draw (I think 40 pounds or less) and a FLU FLU (?) like Fred said.....

 

[Mr. Luckypants]

I have emptied many arrows on quails but never connected. I will make it my mission this year to kill one if I have to lose all of my arrows. I have invested in some blunts this year so hopefully that will do the trick.

I have killed a grouse with a bow and that was fun. Good eatin too!

 

[Kentuck]

Stuck a mt. quail once. Used a blunt. Ruined too much of the breast to make me want to shoot too many. And yes, it was ground-swatted.

 

[billrob]

Flu Flu's are still around and they are great for bird hunting.
A recurve or a long bow is the ticket they're much faster to get on target with.
I have perosnally never hit one pheasant, quail or chukar with an arrow although
I've tried and I did get a pheasant once with the bow (literally) he flushed at me head on and I hit em with the bow.
I've hit rabbits on the run on occasion, but do shoot them when they are sitting too.
I have been tempted but all the quail I see in SBNF are walking the trails and roads which isn't legal.
Sure would be nice to just pick off singles from each covey with blunts or judo points, but again, they are right on the roads and close to the edges. Rules say 150 yds.
If you shoot gobbler guillotines and have the arrowdynamic solutions arrows its basically the same fletching.
They are small targets and still require skill so ground kills isn't an ethical issue for me.
I'm sticking with my compound as I looked at some recurves yesterday and got some serious sticker shock.
You should try it you'll like it.

 

[hntnnut]

I do believe in california you have to use FluFlu arrows when hunting game birds i.e. its the law. I'll try to find the section in the game code and post it.


Richard

 

[hntnnut]

Here it is;


"(2) Bow and Arrows or Crossbows. Only arrows or crossbows bolts with flu- flu fletching may be used except that conventionally fletched arrows may be used to take waterfowl sitting on the water from scullboats or similar watercraft. Archers hunting during any archery season may not possess a firearm while in the field engaged in archery hunting."

Richard

 

[Sumpnneedskillin]

I watched a couple of boys on OLN or Outdoor Network shoot pheasant out of the sky with flu flu arrows. It was winter and they were in the midwest somewhere. They were using recurves. They showed em taking about 20 shots before they connected. I've wondered how many they really took.

I haven't personally tried it. Thought about it while sitting in a ground blind watching a very large mountain quail sitting in a bush about 15 yds away making lots of noise. Started to draw on him then started thinking.....1 carbon arrow, 1 broadhead, fletching....hmmm if I don't hit him I'm out how much?

 

[spectr17]

It's easier to me to shoot them on the fly and it's easier on the arrows and judos too. You're not pounding the arrow into the ground on a miss.

Zwickey Judo

Get ya some flu flus and join the party. 40 lb recurve is perfect. The wheelie bows are a pain to snap shoot since you get that bump on the way back. A wheelie bow works on quail on the ground standing still.

Even better would be a Zwickey Kondor point, it's wires are wider (1 1/2") and give you a better hit chance. You could go even wider with a Snaro in 3" or 6" wide.

Zwickey Kondor

Snaro

The most awesome display of aerial bowshooting I've seen in person was a guy at Wister shooting GW teal. He was using a snaro and trad bow.

 

[MJB]

I have shot the flu-flu arrow many times at crows when I was younger hit about every 2-3 times when my calling was fine tuned and that was with a recurve at about 15 yards flying on top of us.....point and shoot sooooo

much fun I have got to do that some more!!!

 

[dwagoner]

actually i was just at the range last night, Apple Valley, and a guy whos big archer was prepping a bow that he got some new limbs from PSE for quail. He uses Snaro's and Flus he said hes done it before, i was pretty interested funny to see this here. He has some contacts with PSE and they made him some 40# limbs for this and he was trying to set it all up would be a challenge for sure.

 

[cam188]

thanks for the info guys.

 

[Speckmisser]

Just a repeat... flu-flus ARE a requirement by law, not just a recommendation. Don't get caught out there sniping quail with your deer arrows.

Even so, shooting them out of the sky is a guaranteed good way to launch your arrow into the thickest poison oak in the area... at least for me. I've tried them a few times, but always on the ground.

 

[Raully]

Are the Flu-Flu arrows required to shoot them in the air only? What if I'm shooting Judos and they are on the ground.

 

[hntnnut]

Must be Flu Flus regardless. Quail (or any upland bird) + Flu Flu. Only exception is waterfowl sitting on water from a boat.

Richard

 

[Fishspanker]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hntnnut @ Aug 9 2007, 12:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Must be Flu Flus regardless. Quail (or any upland bird) + Flu Flu. Only exception is waterfowl sitting on water from a boat.

Richard[/b]

hntnnut,
what about turkeys or are they an exception to the Flu Flu law?