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Don't forget the masked bob white. Ha Ha The reintroduction has gone on since 1985 at the Buenos Aires Ranch. Friend got one once that had wandered "off the res" where bird hunting is not allowed. They are protected but the problem is that you don't expect to find them, a bird flushes and you shoot. Heck on a Mearns hunt once I shot a Bob White! Bob Whites are not indigenous to S. Az had to have been a training bird as using our wild ones is illegal.

Gambels and Scaled quail hunting in S. Az can be challenging. Many areas have lost their scalie populations all together in the past few decades. Desert bird hunting is tough because the dry conditions make for poor scent conditions and a dog from another region used to wetter conditions may have difficulty.

Buddy and I got 28 scalies with my first GWP over 30 yrs ago.


This year's Gambels:


Last point of season. There were 10 gambels in that bush. Can barely see the white GWP behind the bush on point with the other honoring nearby.



Here I am today still at it....