Got home last night from Patagonia after three days Mearns Quail Hunting. It's been tough this year, only 4-6 birds per covey, dry weather, usually warm and still way to many outfitters/guide services. My brother try not to harvest any birds if the covey is less than six birds. We found birds and bigger coverys but it required shoe leather and good dogs. My young American Brittany is really turning out to be a quality Mearns Dog, she is laying on the sofa with two sore right as I type. I be down in Patagonia the last two days of the season if any of you are still chasing Mearns.
PS: Wednesday night at the Stage Stop Inn Restaurant we held our "Show and Tell" gathering. We encouraged everyone to come and have dinner and bring at least one gun (several brought 4 or 5) and share it with the group. We had 30 hunters for dinner and a wonderful selection of "toys"! If you like English or Scottish guns you would have been in the right place.
The stars of the show were a cased match pair of Harkom 16 gauge weighing 5 pounds 3 ozs, second place was a match pair of Charles Lancaster's wrist breakers. I took a Esau Akrill 12 gauge Jones underlever and a Field's action 450 3 1/4 BPE.
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