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#1042759 - 11/17/09 11:35 AM Quail rides and rigs
bill oxner Offline
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Registered: 11/03/09
Posts: 673
Loc: Richmond
How do you get your dogs there, and how do you hunt them once you're there? Mine is pretty simple. I can load my three dogs and hunt anywhere in Texas. Some people would rather walk. I did for years, but now I ride while hunting. You'll find more birds, but shoot a whole lot less. I prefer this over a Jeep:

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#1042881 - 11/17/09 12:19 PM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: bill oxner]
jerblack Offline
Light Foot

Registered: 10/13/09
Posts: 25
Loc: Aledo, TX
I had almost the same set up except a trailor and a mule.

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#1043043 - 11/17/09 01:12 PM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: jerblack]
tigger Offline
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Registered: 03/24/07
Posts: 940
Loc: Round Rock, Texas
I am sure glad I am not driving the truck with that much wait that far back.
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#1043291 - 11/17/09 02:42 PM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: tigger]
bill oxner Offline
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Registered: 11/03/09
Posts: 673
Loc: Richmond
I actually like the Mule better. I went with the gator cause I could it onto my pickup. It does not drive all that bad. I use my friends trailor when we take more than three dogs. Here you go:

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#1045446 - 11/18/09 09:58 AM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: bill oxner]
Chet Online   content
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Registered: 09/07/05
Posts: 676
Loc: Benbrook

I walk, I need the exercize and enjoy the quite (but only a few years from wanting a ride). The dogs travel as comfortable as I can make it.


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#1045766 - 11/18/09 12:07 PM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: Chet]
jerblack Offline
Light Foot

Registered: 10/13/09
Posts: 25
Loc: Aledo, TX
We try to do a nice combo of both. Ride unt we get a point and then walk until we are satisfied with our results. Just being out there is awlays the best part.

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#1045779 - 11/18/09 12:12 PM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: jerblack]
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Registered: 09/07/05
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Loc: Benbrook
+1
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#1046017 - 11/18/09 01:36 PM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: Chet]
HWY_MAN Offline
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Registered: 05/25/06
Posts: 9187
Loc: Howard County
Heres one I built several years ago.

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#1046034 - 11/18/09 01:42 PM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: HWY_MAN]
7mag Offline
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Loc: West Texas, Midland Tx
Mike....................so why the hell we walking our arses off??? confused2 bolt
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#1046297 - 11/18/09 02:58 PM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: 7mag]
TBK Offline
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Registered: 09/06/05
Posts: 377
Gaw dawg, that's cheatin! LOL. Heck of a machine you got HWY_MAN

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#1046342 - 11/18/09 03:13 PM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: TBK]
bill oxner Offline
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Registered: 11/03/09
Posts: 673
Loc: Richmond
Here's a cheap way to set up a UTV. The double plastic works better. I used this rig while waiting to get my diamond plate box built.



Edited by bill oxner (11/18/09 03:13 PM)
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#1046494 - 11/18/09 04:07 PM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: 7mag]
HWY_MAN Offline
THF Trophy Hunter

Registered: 05/25/06
Posts: 9187
Loc: Howard County
Originally Posted By: 7mag
Mike....................so why the hell we walking our arses off??? confused2 bolt


I built that for Cy Wagner.
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#1047723 - 11/19/09 06:19 AM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: Chet]
gspbrad Offline
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Registered: 08/31/06
Posts: 192
Originally Posted By: Chet

I walk, I need the exercize and enjoy the quite (but only a few years from wanting a ride). The dogs travel as comfortable as I can make it.




Chet - where did you get your dog box? Looks like one that D-Lux used to make. They no longer have a website active.

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#1047796 - 11/19/09 07:42 AM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: gspbrad]
Chet Online   content
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Registered: 09/07/05
Posts: 676
Loc: Benbrook
It is a D-LUX box. Just tried to find their site and no luck. Guess they are a thing of the past. Disapointing, I love the box............
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#1047998 - 11/19/09 09:15 AM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: Chet]
gspbrad Offline
Woodsman

Registered: 08/31/06
Posts: 192
Thanks Chet. I was afraid of that. I prefer the material they used vs. diamond plated aluminum. Wish I had a way to track them down to build a box for me.

Thanks again!

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#1049028 - 11/19/09 03:41 PM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: gspbrad]
bill oxner Offline
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Registered: 11/03/09
Posts: 673
Loc: Richmond
Here's a homemade rig I helped a friend put together. It features a double plastic dog box.


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#1050963 - 11/20/09 10:51 AM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: bill oxner]
tigger Offline
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Registered: 03/24/07
Posts: 940
Loc: Round Rock, Texas
Very nice rigs guys. Bill, I sure like that shinnery country in the picture above. Were is it?

I am on my third mule and have had great luck with all of them. My current mule is equiped with a 6 dog diamond plate box with a bench seat on top. Storage rack on front for water, water pans etc., a winch, top, essex lift kit and tires. It rides on a 12ft tandem trailer, and is pulled by a F350 Crew Cap, with a 10 hole diamond plate topper. I cannot afford a camera to take pictures. My only complaint with the current rig is the dog box on the mule and the lift kit makes the mule top heavy and when roading it can start to sway and feed on itself. Oh well if I live long enough I will get it perfect.
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#1051066 - 11/20/09 11:19 AM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: tigger]
CoolHandGSPs Offline
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Registered: 02/14/08
Posts: 233
Loc: Fort Worth
Mines not real fancy. but it gets the job done.

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#1051108 - 11/20/09 11:32 AM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: CoolHandGSPs]
bill oxner Offline
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Registered: 11/03/09
Posts: 673
Loc: Richmond
Originally Posted By: CoolHandGSPs
Mines not real fancy. but it gets the job done.


Wow!!!!!!! I killed more birds when I had one dog and houled her in the trunk of my company car, and then the company mini van.
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#1051205 - 11/20/09 12:02 PM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: CoolHandGSPs]
TBK Offline
Bird Dog

Registered: 09/06/05
Posts: 377
Originally Posted By: CoolHandGSPs
Mines not real fancy. but it gets the job done.


That's what I'm talking about!

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#1052155 - 11/20/09 04:56 PM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: TBK]
Bobby B Offline
Light Foot

Registered: 11/03/09
Posts: 32
Loc: Hondo, TX
I walk with my dogs. Haul them in my homemade box shown here. 4x4 with 2 compartments. Expanded metal doors and I have shileds I can screw on the air holes if it gets cold. Not often here, but when we travel North. Bed it deep in hay and they stay cozy.

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#1052289 - 11/20/09 05:44 PM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: Bobby B]
bill oxner Offline
Tracker

Registered: 11/03/09
Posts: 673
Loc: Richmond
Originally Posted By: Bobby B
I walk with my dogs. Haul them in my homemade box shown here. 4x4 with 2 compartments. Expanded metal doors and I have shileds I can screw on the air holes if it gets cold. Not often here, but when we travel North. Bed it deep in hay and they stay cozy.



I see every breed from pointers on down sticking their noses out of there.
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#1052685 - 11/20/09 08:49 PM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: TBK]
reeltexan Offline
Bird Dog

Registered: 01/30/07
Posts: 365
Loc: Ovilla - TEXAS
BS. Buy some decent rigs. The mule, rhino or big red is a good start, with a trailer. Put some Pointers in there. Pull it with a heavy Pick-up truck.
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#1056177 - 11/22/09 08:29 PM Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: reeltexan]
danceswithquail Offline
Woodsman

Registered: 08/20/07
Posts: 146
Loc: Flower Mound
My mule is attached. I had Essex in Blue Mound customize it and it has been the best money on a toy I have spent.

Speaking of toys, my buddy that comes down and hunts with me a couple of times a year has the nicest quail hunting rig I have ever seen. Diamond plated back half of a motor home with a hydraulic lift to load his Ranger into.





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