Faisan:<P>Yup, them's California Valley quail. There are gazillions of them in the state, and the season is pretty long, thank God, because just about every other good shotgunning opportunity in good ol' Kalifornia has gone to $h!t.<P>I'll post a picture of the pup and answer your other questions in Gun Dogs.<P>Rick

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