Arizona quail hunt

[Russell Doughty]

My son  just returned from a business/hunting trip to Az. He and 3 other hunters hunted Gambel quail around Phoenix with his Brittany, George. Gambels didn't hold for a point so they formed up a line and drove through the cover. When the running birds came to a steep wash, they flushed. My son and one other hunter were out of position but the two that were got some fabulous shooting. Quail are so plentiful out there you don't have to have a plug in your gun. The hunters estimated there were around 200 birds that flushed!  George got some good retreives on dead birds.

[Ketchup]

I lived in Payson, between Phoenix and Flagstaff for a short time. I hunted quail all over the western and southern part of the state. Lots of birds at every location.