Arizona Quail Hunting: A Wrong Turn

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A pair of Gambel’s from the morning

It took about 20 minutes before I realized that I had turned off on the wrong two track. Instead of improving, the trail dumped into a wash and became impassable for the truck. Not wanting to waste an opportunity, I put the truck in park, grabbed my coffee, and opened the door for a quick listen. I was greeted by the sound of a Gambel’s quail covey getting out of their roost tree about a hundred yards away. It was an easy decision to shoulder my vest and grab my shotgun and look at some new country

I scratched out two birds out of the covey and found myself a new hillside to hunt in the future. Sometimes taking the wrong turn takes you to the right place.

Arizona Quail Country
Arizona Quail Country
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Coues Deer steaks paired with jalepeno quail poppers

 

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4 Responses to “Arizona Quail Hunting: A Wrong Turn”

  1. Kirk

    Nice! That is some crazy cool country to hunt upland birds in. How good is the venison off a Coues?

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  2. Jeff C.

    Well done, Ben. I’m on my way down next week. Don’t scare them all away before I get there!

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    • azwanderings

      Haha. Will do Jeff. Let me know when you get into town and we’ll go find some birds. Take care.

      Ben

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