Hi everyone,
Haven't seen this before as we don't get as much action in my part of California:
Went valley quail hunting yesterday and had an encounter where I shot at a quail going uphill and a plume of about 30-40 down feathers floated in the air. However, the quail continued flapping its wings as normal and flew up the hill and out of sight.
Does the plume of feathers mean I just nicked it, and bird isn't going to drop? I looked for a good 30 minutes for the bird and no luck finding it.
Haven't seen this before as we don't get as much action in my part of California:
Went valley quail hunting yesterday and had an encounter where I shot at a quail going uphill and a plume of about 30-40 down feathers floated in the air. However, the quail continued flapping its wings as normal and flew up the hill and out of sight.
Does the plume of feathers mean I just nicked it, and bird isn't going to drop? I looked for a good 30 minutes for the bird and no luck finding it.