Comments on: Arizona Gambel’s Quail https://azwanderings.com/arizona-gambels-quail/ ...fishing, hunting, and roaming the Southwest Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:16:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: bsmith835 https://azwanderings.com/arizona-gambels-quail/#comment-260 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:33:15 +0000 http://azwanderings.wordpress.com/?p=1438#comment-260 Daybook,

They are really unique looking birds and the males have some stunning colors. There is not a whole lot of meat on them, maybe about chicken wings worth. I generally field dress them and pack the breasts up. Once I get home I clean them thoroughly again and, if I have enough and am hungry, I will grill them up on the spot. If I am saving them, they keep well in the freezer. My favorite way to prepare them is with a garlic clove tucked in the breast and then wrapped in bacon. Grill till done and enjoy. I have never thought about hanging them. It seems it would be a little too warm here. Everything goes in the fridge or freezer.

Ben

]]> By: daybookexchange https://azwanderings.com/arizona-gambels-quail/#comment-259 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 00:37:17 +0000 http://azwanderings.wordpress.com/?p=1438#comment-259 They look like beautiful birds, is there much meat on them?

Also do you hang them for a few days after you clean them?

]]> By: bsmith835 https://azwanderings.com/arizona-gambels-quail/#comment-258 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 03:41:57 +0000 http://azwanderings.wordpress.com/?p=1438#comment-258 Thanks Bill,
Funny you should make the comment about the cactus. There is not a hunt that goes by where I am not getting stuck with something. Just about everything in our desert is pokey and out to hurt you. Makes for interesting hikes and hunts. Thanks again for the kind words.

Ben

]]> By: fallroad https://azwanderings.com/arizona-gambels-quail/#comment-257 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:54:26 +0000 http://azwanderings.wordpress.com/?p=1438#comment-257 Sounds like a good day out. I can recall lots of days when I fought the urge to go back to bed and it ended up being a pretty good day. I always enjoy seeing the landscape there. It’s so far removed from the woods of PA and some of those cactus look painful!

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