Looking for resources on game birds in the Inyo National Forest and greater Eastern Sierra area. Mountain Quail, Sooty/Blue Grouse, Dove, and Ptarmigan. I know the general hunting info from the CA.gov websites but Im looking for more detailed information such as species/sex identifiers, calls, seasonal habitats, altitudes, behaviors, etc. Youtube and Google arent giving me many hits. If anyone can recommend a good book or other resource I would really appreciate it! Thanks!
Game Birds of the Eastern Sierra (Bishop, CA)
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>>but Im looking for more detailed information such as species/sex identifiers
You just need to identify the bird species..no gender requirements except for turkey and pheasant
Mtn Quail..a generic quail call..."chaquita chaquita"..works. Calls for doves..not so much. Everything else..IDK.
Doves..find a water source
Quails..sage brush..hike and call.. Mtn Quail, find a food source like a manzanita or scrub oak(acorns)
You just need to identify the bird species..no gender requirements except for turkey and pheasant
Mtn Quail..a generic quail call..."chaquita chaquita"..works. Calls for doves..not so much. Everything else..IDK.
Doves..find a water source
Quails..sage brush..hike and call.. Mtn Quail, find a food source like a manzanita or scrub oak(acorns)
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Go to fish and wildlife website, there are seasons and many state wide regulation and then look at area specific hunting regulation on top of that. No one will do your homework if you don’t do your homework then don’t hunt or it could get really expensive. Someone told me on the internet won’t get you out of hefty tickets.
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Yep, like I said, I’ve done my homework on the seasons/zones/regulations. Just looking for info on the specific game species in a specific area.
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Ok cool thank you. Seems like Ptarmigans like snow banks/rocks need a water source. Sounds like this would be at or above tree line, sound about right?
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There are a number of canyons heading west into the Sierras near Bishop. You might try google earth for scouting as opposed to lots of hiking.
There’s also the Owens River Gorge and the White Mountains east of Bishop.
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Don’t know much about the specifics you requested, but have found decent dove and quail hunting around Bishop. Work the areas around the agricultural fields and the canyons south of town. Have not hunted quail with my airguns, but based on past experience it can be done with a lot of legwork.
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doves are under federal migratory bird regulation and can only be shot with shotguns with steel shots. Quails have a very short season, actually dove is even worse!
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When it comes to Doves, anything native is take by shotgun only as they're covered as migratory birds. The non-resident invasive collared dove is legal game in Cali and there's no bag limit. They seem a bit warier in my area than the native Mourning doves. here's a pic of a Collared Dove-they're also larger than the native Mourning doves.
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