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Unread 10-13-2022, 10:46 PM   #1
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Default Opening day tomorrow

Im looking forward to getting up early and taking my two oldest dogs out for the opening day of quail season tomorrow morning.
Gamble and Scale quail can be hunted. Im not expecting great numbers but hoping to jump a few coveys. I plan on hunting from daylight until about 10:00 AM. Then doing some business in SE Arizona.
Its still getting up in the 90’s and this has been a real snakey year.
I probably will drive some areas and call, trying to locate quail. This hopefully will allow me to show the old girls some birds without beating them up to bad.
Planning to christen the Brady Rose Fox with its first wild birds.
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I 2nd that!!!!
Wayne you getting out this week?
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I will get out Monday or Tuesday of next week. Going to try north of Wickenburg. Not expecting a whole lot of action but optimistic!
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Good luck Phil. Our bird season opens tomorrow also. I plan to hunt pheasants at Crane in the morning and then quail at Myles Standish later in the day. Sophie, my 5 yr old setter is ready to go. Best of luck to you Phil and all our other members who plan to head out tomorrow.
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go gettum...shoot straight and watch out for them rattlers...charlie
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Quail opener here in NV as well. Just need to decide which gun to use. It will probably come down to ammo supply and what I more of. Good luck and shoot straight everybody!
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Just enjoy the heck out of your hunt, birds or no birds...and NO snakes!
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Well a great day but no birds in the bag.
The temperature was a surprising 49F when I launched the dogs. i had to do some business to do and then 2 areas I had hunted last year were posted. So a slight delay.
By the time I put the dogs on the ground it was warming up. Since they had been in the truck for awhile I put two old dogs and the pup on the ground. After they got out and did their business they started toward A pond that I parked near.
After a little playtime in the water the 3 started quartering up the side of a hill. A few hundred yards and then Scout followed by Ollie and Bell all locked up. Just as I answered an incoming call. They all held tight until I quickly told my friend Dave all of my dogs are on point and I needed to get off the phone.
I actually was not expecting birds, I should have but I had seen a rabbit that had bolted out ahead us us earlier and I thought possibly the dogs being over anxious had pointed it.
Rule #1 trust your dogs.
As I approached 3 birds burst from a small bush. One going dead away. Rule #2 birds going straight away need you to be pointing under the bird not over. I feathered the bird, took my eyes off it due to another bird busting out. Rule #3. If the bird doesn't drop at the report, don't get distracted by the bird in the Bush. If you do you wont know where the bird you hit pitches and may not get the dogs on it in time.
So it wasn't just a warm up day for the dogs, it was for me also.
Thats Ok we still have until February 5 to figure it out.
A couple of Ibuprofen for me a a Novax each for the two old dogs and we all seem to be comfortable with how things turned out.
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