California quail hunt

[Robbie Payne]

Just returned from a fantastic visit to a cold Northern California chasing Valley Quail. Huge coveys and sporty shooting in the sage brush and rim rocks.

The DH 12 gauge and RST 7.5's performed well as expected.

[David Noble]

Nice job! Your DH looks fantastic and the terrain makes me wish I was there now.
Thanks for posting! David

[Daniel G Rainey]

Great hunt. The DH looks great the pics show that it shoots good too. The dog work must have been outstanding.

[Tad Tadlock]

Looks like y'all had a great hunt.

I have a covey of those California Quail that run around out back. They raise babies and bring them around every year. They're always up scratching around the bird feeders. My wife would throw a fit I went after them.

[Dean Romig]

Beautiful DH and a beautiful cock bird too!





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[Gerald McPherson]

All I can say is WOW!!!!!

[charlie cleveland]

nice gun and beautiful terrain to hunt also a nice gun it looks like it is wearing long barrels what length are they...charlie

[Bill Murphy]

Maybe all of those California 32" smallbores were not duck guns after all.

[Daryl Corona]

Now that's on my bucket list. Nice.

[Robbie Payne]

Thanks for all of the comments! It was truly a unique experience for this Georgia boy.

The DH is a 1908 model with factory 26" Damascus tubes although the pictures do seem to make them look much longer.

A few more pictures...

[Dean Romig]

Isn't a double crest very unusual?




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[Robbie Payne]

Isn't a double crest very unusual?

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I initially thought so but in doing some quick research I learned that the topknot is made up of six individual feathers on every bird. I believe the feathers are usually all together appearing as one so when two or more are visible its like a bad hair day for them.

Here is a picture of one with the feathers separated.

[Daniel G Rainey]

The 2nd. round of pictures makes this southern boy add this this to the bucket list.

[Rich Anderson]

It looks like fun. That's a mighty nice looking shorthair.