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Hi all. I usually stick to the fishing side of the site, but I am getting a Rem 870Exp 12 ga for Chirstmas and need to start working the boards, figuring out some hunting areas. I'd love to get on some pheasant as I hear thay are tasty and I use the feathers for tying, I've havd quil (not bad) and wouldn't mind snatching a few of those either. Does anyone have an idea of where I can hunt in the Central Oregon area? Also, what other game birds are worth chasing around (besides duck & geese)? Any info on how to hunt a specific bird (or rabits too) would help in getting me on the straight and narrow. Thanks/
Jake
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Jake, you'll find pheasant, quail, chukkar (and others)anywhere if there's feed grain available- check with local farmers and ask to hunt their fields.
Pheasant is very tasty!
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Do you have a bird dog? If not, that should be next on your list after your shotgun. I could tell you lots of places to hunt in central WA, but I haven't hunted in OR. Quail can be a lot of fun, especially with a good dog, without a dog you'll walk right by a lot of birds that will hold and not fly and you'll never know they were there.
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Where at in Central OR? Don’t forget about doves or turkeys… Couldn’t believe how much gobbling I heard during elk season this year. The turkey’s are running rampant in the blues. Right on about hunting farms, look for areas that have water close by too. We’ve got land south of Pendleton and it used to be chock full of chickens (chukkar) and pheasants, but a lot of the creeks have been drying up and consequently a lot of the upland hunting has done the same even though we have more grain and CRP plots than we ever used to. It seems like it’s affected the pheasant more than the chukkar.
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take it up a little higher to the ochocos up past prineville or for an even better bet up to the west murderes creek area...dont know about cascade area but know a friend in ochocos had quite a few grouse spring up on them, and i had a few explode at my feet especially walking through drainages to the murderers creek...full of em up there.
i had been sitting about 30 yards above the lemon creek drainage to murderes creek, about 1 1/2 miles up the creek, and was sitting in some heavy timber while some guys were pushing animals to me from the top of the mountain (turned out i was in wrong drainage, i need to be on lime....dyslexic???)...anyway i was there already ten minutes when i had moved my arm a little to scratch my head, which apparently triggered a ruffed grouse in some ground cover directly behind me to flush. i was ready to shoot that thing when i thought an elk was busting through there!
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A person would have a tough time getting into Murders Creek right now. To much snow & mud. There are good limits of chukkar coming off of the South Fork though. I would try hunting between Spray & Monument. That country has LOTS of birds & the weather is mild. If all else fails, come hunt on my place.
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wow cws....that fly is too pretty to waste on a fish. a real work of art. 
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where in washingotn is a good area? i live in manroe and just starting up as well? thanks
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jakerau
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Thanks for the info guys. I live in the Bend area. I see a lot of quail around but not many pheasant around here. Unwraped my 870exp today and it is ready to go. Just need to find a good local-ish place to go. I appreciate all the tips. Keep'm comming. Thanks.
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Hybrid - What birds are you planning to hunt for?
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hoping for ducks and geese, would like to try pheasant also, however i have a lab so i think water hunting would work better as i am afraid he will flush to quick in fields? he's only a year and a half mabee once he calms down some more? any info much apriciated
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I don't hunt water birds, so I can't help you there. Yakima Indian Rez can be good even this late in the year for pheasants, especially after a good snow. You will have to work for the birds. Good dog is a big help.
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