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The
short-grass prairie region of southern Alberta is
home to a wide variety of habitats and geographical
features, such as,Rocky Mountain Foothills , river
breaks, rolling hills interspersed with coulees,
and tabletop-flat prairie with abandoned farmsteads.
All of our of hunting takes place on private land
that usually is made up of clumps of habitat such
as slough bottoms, creek bottoms, coulees or abandoned
farmsteads surrounded by wheat and barley fields
(a great food source for birds). Either that or
it is pastureland made up of native grasses and
buck brush.
The
region boasts the perfect mix of agricultural
land and cover, therefore offering winghooters
the most consistent area to pursue Hungarian Partridge,
as there is not a big fluctuation in covey numbers-a
problem found in other areas of the West. Each
farmstead usually offers up one to two coveys
of Huns and maybe a Pheasant or two. The slough
bottoms can produce both Huns and Sharptails.
This is easy walking, and on days when we focus
on this type of habitat, we usually see at least
10 coveys. Click here for
more information on High Plains hunting.
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Robert
Mason covers a Point |
Hungarian
Partridge covey rise |
Covey
retreives a Hun |
The river breaks
and coulees that we hunt require a considerable amount of time
and energy to hunt thoroughly. A good day spent focusing on
these environs will result in seeing lots of birds and getting
tired legs! You should see 10 to 20 coveys of Huns,
numerous Sharptails and, habitat permitting, Pheasants.
Alberta Seasons & bag limits
Gray Partridge – September
15th –November 30th.
(5 per day)
Sharptail Grouse – October 1st – October
31st. (5
per day)
Ringneck Pheasants – October 15th – November
30th. (2 per Day)
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