Discussion: quail

Those morning walks are paying off?

:-)

Actually, quail are pretty rare around here.

Were I so inclined, and properly outfitted, and willing to break a few laws, I certainly could have brought home a grouse for dinner. Not sure if I ever ate grouse. My dad used to go bird hunting when I was a teenager and I got taken along, only somewhat willingly. Not sure if I ever hit anything. We did have the occasional pheasant for dinner, and I don't remember it being particularly tasty.

Of course the other options on my recent outings to Quabbin were a porcupine and 3 river otters. The porcupine would certainly have been the easier target, and easier to retrieve if I did hit it.

Trying to imagine the look on Gail's face if I arrived home with either.

The otters would have been a small fast-moving target, and then there's the matter of retrieval if you do hit it.

Not that I've ever had any, but porcupine is supposed to be particularly tasty, which is why they need all the spines.

Plenty of porcupine recipes on line, but they seem to primarily be beef meatballs with rice in them.

That grouse probably had rabies.