tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post4310838544003299304..comments2024-03-03T11:21:12.438-06:00Comments on The Mallard of Discontent: Links 'O Gloom and Doom...Chad Lovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13219295562957353591noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-6984246787235775612013-11-15T11:04:13.258-06:002013-11-15T11:04:13.258-06:00“Three little words…rule life in the dust bowl of ...“Three little words…rule life in the dust bowl of the continent — if it rains.” - The Worst Hard Time.<br /><br />Your comment reminded me of this line from the book. (Anybody who has not read that book should.) I'm heading down to SW OK over Thanksgiving to take my 12 year old son quail hunting. I can remember when I knew where over 20-30 covey were in just the few sections that I grew up hunting. In my area the land use hasn't changed much, but several years of drought have destroyed (I was going to say decimated, but it's much worse than that) the quail. But there was decent rain last year, and so far this year, and I've also heard that there are a few covey spotted this year that haven't been seen in while, so I am hopefully optimistic.<br /><br />This is the second year in the field for both my son and my new dog, and I hope it is the start of a rebound and years of more birds and better hunting. If it rains...Mark Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618785553677416703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-28788228712953023002013-11-14T19:53:25.071-06:002013-11-14T19:53:25.071-06:00Fantastic piece on a grim subject.
I agree there ...Fantastic piece on a grim subject. <br />I agree there is hope, we just need to discover that being proactive about problems before they occur yields far better results than picking up the pieces after the crash - a concept that is still just barely being grasped. Western expansion is a thing of the past but we are still leaning a greedy shoulder into mother nature's stretch marks to see just how far we can go. It needs to stop on all fronts, not just fish and game management - or lack there of. Once the land is used properly the game will come back with the help of the right custodians. <br />A step in the right direction would be the realization that we need to be responsible for our specie's overpopulation, just as we claim to be with other "lesser species", but thats going to be a long shot with all the conservative Christians in politics.uplandishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492606017361856076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972254401664966699.post-48192207930834377812013-11-14T15:24:14.594-06:002013-11-14T15:24:14.594-06:00Hey now, what's all this disparaging of rednec...Hey now, what's all this disparaging of redneck duck hunters? I'm damned angry... so angry, I may kick down the door of my doublewide and come show your okie ass a thing or two. <br /><br />Or you know... not. <br /><br />This was definitely not an uplifting post, but it's just pulling together what anyone who's paid attention already knows. Shit's looking bad. And while, right now, some folks are concerned about the critters... as go the critters, so go the people. <br /><br />But a ray of sunshine... ephemeral as it may be... I busted a covey (maybe a dozen birds) of quail up on my ridge this past weekend. It's the first quail I've seen around here since I first started coming down here back in 2004. I won't hunt them, and I don't think I have any neighbors to worry about. All we need is for the drought to break... Philliphttp://www.hog-blog.comnoreply@blogger.com