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You are wise to not hunt the afternoon.

I took out one of my dogs on the dove opener and it was at least 85 at dawn. We had an irrigation ditch with water nearby so I didn't worry.

We will hunt our S. Az quail opener in early October with the morning low as high as 75 degrees. We try not to work more than two hours early in the morning if we can't get to a stock tank as part of the hike. Wouldn't even think of hunting them in the afternoons as it could be 95 degrees.

We always carry water bottles for the dogs even if a stock tank is in the loop. The time hunting depends on conditioning and age of the dogs. No stock tanks we limit it to two hours or less.

Hope you have some fun bird hunts this fall.