My SLR camera died 4 days into the season,much pissed off > > >












From tonight





Couple photos from a friend's Quail tripTasmania.

I like the side by side, nice straight stock - very similar to one I had to sell before I came over here. Mind you, I couldn't hit a thing with it though, and and always reckoned I'd have got on better with a different stock and an auto! Great pics.

Nice pictures, can you tell us a bit more about the iridescent blue birds? Are they good to eat?

Very nice pictures,
I am also fascinated by the beauty of birds mentioned by Boghossian. Are they upland birds or waterfall?

The blue birds are called Pukeko, and are underrated as a game bird because of their numbers, and the fact they are reasonably slow flying. They are fairly cunnning though, and you can spend many enjoyable hours putting dogs through swamps trying to flush them. They will sit very tight, and know not to come out close to you, or will get out behind you. Not much meat on them, but its allright to eat despite many recipes suggesting the inclusion of an old boot, or axe head.

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Originally posted by Dina George:
Very nice pictures,
I am also fascinated by the beauty of birds mentioned by Boghossian. Are they upland birds or waterfall?

Pukes, as we call them, can be great game birds to hunt especially from stands of trees where you can send someone in to beat them out. A bit like a poor mans pheasant and as shankspony says, they are a slow flyer. Usually take off with their legs hanging down until their airspeed comes up then their under-carriage retracts.

They are edible but best slow boiled with a stone in the pot and then when ready, throw out the bird and eat the stone. They make soup okay but a very sinewy bird so not really much good roasted.