HUNGARIAN PARTRIDGE

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Does anyone in Ontario still hunt these wonderful little birds and are there any coveys still in existance nowdays? The MNR still has a daily bag limit of 5 in the regs. At one time there was a good population in the Niagara region along with a few Quail that was in the rooster haydays back n the fifty and sixties.The Ottawa area had a good population at one time. Yes I am old.
 
warzaw said:
Does anyone in Ontario still hunt these wonderful little birds and are there any coveys still in existance nowdays? The MNR still has a daily bag limit of 5 in the regs. At one time there was a good population in the Niagara region along with a few Quail that was in the rooster haydays back n the fifty and sixties.The Ottawa area had a good population at one time. Yes I am old.
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The only place I've hunted huns in Ontario was when they were brought in to a private hunting club in Georgian Bay. I've never encountered one elsewhere.
 
maifire said:
Had a cluster of nine in our yard last winter. Just south of edmonton. Fantastic to watch. Maybe the most pleasant shaped bird out there.
Sadly, i believe that the pair of resident foxes did what foxes do.
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Like the fact you had birds don't like the fox part. I was lucky to be born when the uplands were full of game no coyote back in the day but we sure have them today.
 
There are Huns in Nova Scotia.At one time ,there was a huntable population of them.For quite sometime now the season has been closed ,as the numbers of Huns has dropped a lot.Its too bad the Dept.of Lands and Forests would not do something to increase the population,before all the Huns are gone in Nova Scotia.
 
Never seen a hun naturally in Ontario. Hunted them lots at private outfits. I used to raise them for dog training and meat.
 

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iron cat said:
That pic is of a Chukker though🙂
Cat
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True That.

THIS is a Hun:

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How to identify various upland species: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Gray_Partridge/id
 
Wish they would allow brining in all sorts of different animal species here. Would a much better place.
Meanwhile they call them all invasive species if you do..
But they don't apply the same principle to people however. It's fine to import invasive humans.... very hypocritical if you ask me
 
struff55 said:
saskatchewan has a strong population even in the north central region
south half of the province excellent numbers
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That is nice to hear only hunted in Saskatchewan on a whitetail hunt. Marvilous province nice people and great hunting . Southern Ontario was like that years ago when we still had small family farms and lots of small game poulations not so much nowdays.
 
Southern Alberta has a very healthy population of these birds. While scouting for geese in the morning and evening, I witnessed many flocks of 12 to 15 birds. They are very tasty to eat, needless to say.
 
track said:
Southern Alberta has a very healthy population of these birds. While scouting for geese in the morning and evening, I witnessed many flocks of 12 to 15 birds. They are very tasty to eat, needless to say.
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Huns and Bobwhite quail in my opinion are the best table fair to be had bar none.
 
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