All About Pocket Knives

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 11:01 pm

royal0014 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 9:58 am Looks kinda like a pigeon with a hat on

Around here you never see quail perched on fences or limbs; they're always sitting on the edge of the road
and fly up right in front of you no idea what breed they are.

My buddy went deer hunting and didn't get a deer. On the way home he saw a quail fly in front of his truck. When he got home, he saw the quail had ended up dead caught in the front grill, I was there when he found it because I was taking care of his hunting dogs at his house. He plucked the feathers and threw it right on the grill then and there

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 11:01 pm

royal0014 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 9:58 am Looks kinda like a pigeon with a hat on

Around here you never see quail perched on fences or limbs; they're always sitting on the edge of the road
and fly up right in front of you no idea what breed they are.

My buddy went deer hunting and didn't get a deer. On the way home he saw a quail fly in front of his truck. When he got home, he saw the quail had ended up dead caught in the front grill, I was there when he found it because I was taking care of his hunting dogs at his house. He plucked the feathers and threw it right on the grill then and there

Unk wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2026 3:31 pm

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 11:01 pm

royal0014 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 9:58 am Looks kinda like a pigeon with a hat on

Around here you never see quail perched on fences or limbs; they're always sitting on the edge of the road
and fly up right in front of you no idea what breed they are.

My buddy went deer hunting and didn't get a deer. On the way home he saw a quail fly in front of his truck. When he got home, he saw the quail had ended up dead caught in the front grill, I was there when he found it because I was taking care of his hunting dogs at his house. He plucked the feathers and threw it right on the grill then and there

We used to have quail all around when I was growing up here in North Texas. You couldn't walk across a pasture without scaring up a covey or two. We used to hunt them all the time. Nowadays, for the last 20 years or so, you just don't see quail around here. They say the fire ants get into the nests and destroy them. That makes sense - as when we dove hunt - if you can't find a downed dove within 10 minutes or so, it will be covered in fire ants when you do find it. The dang fire ants have also had a huge impact on the population of horny toads and red harvester ants. Those fire ants are a bane to us Texans.

cudgee wrote: ↑Sun Mar 15, 2026 12:31 am

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 11:01 pm

royal0014 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 9:58 am Looks kinda like a pigeon with a hat on

Thanks for posting the American Quail info sheet. Most interesting.

No worries mate, I'm glad you liked it.

Unk wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2026 3:31 pm

GSPTOPDOG wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 11:01 pm

royal0014 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2026 9:58 am Looks kinda like a pigeon with a hat on

We used to have quail all around when I was growing up here in North Texas. You couldn't walk across a pasture without scaring up a covey or two. We used to hunt them all the time. Nowadays, for the last 20 years or so, you just don't see quail around here. They say the fire ants get into the nests and destroy them. That makes sense - as when we dove hunt - if you can't find a downed dove within 10 minutes or so, it will be covered in fire ants when you do find it. The dang fire ants have also had a huge impact on the population of horny toads and red harvester ants. Those fire ants are a bane to us Texans.

I used to live in South Carolina and the fire ants were all over the place and it sucked when they got up in yo' 'biddness... and up in your shoes!!!

1967redrider wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2026 1:18 pm Awesome pictures, thanks, Jerry! Is there a law against roping one and taking it home? I would claim that Grey in the back.

Waukonda wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2026 3:06 pm

1967redrider wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2026 1:18 pm Awesome pictures, thanks, Jerry! Is there a law against roping one and taking it home? I would claim that Grey in the back.

Don't be getting any stupid ideas, John. It would be a long horseback ride from Nevada to Maryland, and you and the horse would have to swim the Mississippi, just be satisfied with your cats.

Waukonda wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2026 3:06 pm

1967redrider wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2026 1:18 pm Awesome pictures, thanks, Jerry! Is there a law against roping one and taking it home? I would claim that Grey in the back.

Don't be getting any stupid ideas, John. It would be a long horseback ride from Nevada to Maryland, and you and the horse would have to swim the Mississippi, just be satisfied with your cats.

LKSKNIVES wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2026 5:44 pm

zp4ja wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2026 2:23 am Nevada wild horses today. About 6 of the 15 or 20 that were together. At times, 10 foot from.the truck. Almost no fear.

Waukonda wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2026 3:06 pm

1967redrider wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2026 1:18 pm Awesome pictures, thanks, Jerry! Is there a law against roping one and taking it home? I would claim that Grey in the back.

Don't be getting any stupid ideas, John. It would be a long horseback ride from Nevada to Maryland, and you and the horse would have to swim the Mississippi, just be satisfied with your cats.

Awesome pictures Jerry,
Just watched Hidalgo for the third or fourth time. The wild horse are so cool. I have never seen any other than on TV. Back in the 90’s the first family and I did the Rushmore thing and we had the burrows putting their heads in our truck. We asked around people said they were on a fire rode close to the main road. We decided to take the fire road. Came around a corner and slowly drove directly through the herd it’s amazing how big they are. I have some film pictures somewhere. I was obviously young and stupid. You won’t catch me trying to drive through a herd of Buffalo now.

Wow Ike you’re being pretty hard on Red. Rider/ John maybe that’s what rider stands for.
My suggestion to you John would be go to Florida and grab one of the wild horses there not as far a ride.
Steve

zp4ja wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2026 1:33 am Very cool John.

Personal consumption for you/ yours, and the lucky people you know?

treefarmer wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2026 11:43 am Good job, Scott!
You've been doing that for years, helping make some outdoor memories.
Keep the pictures coming.
Treefarmer