Blaze
Blaze
The last 2 mornings the temperature was close to 80 degrees at daylight. The forecast is for more of the same over the next 5 or 6 days. I will not train until the temperature drops some. I have been spoiled by the early morning temperatures the last month or so. For the most part this has been a great year for dog training.
I will put some pictures of the young dogs on the blog. Each morning I train I take pictures of these young dogs and the computer is full of dog photos.
Tur Bo
Tur Bo
One of my goals this year is to hunt all six kinds of quail of North America, on public land. I have been reading some books and will start calling some different states to see how the forecast for the different varieties are. If anyone knows an area that would be good to check out, that is public hunting, and you would share it with me I would appreciate it. I have hunted the scaled quail, Gambels, and bob white but I would like to hunt all six in the same year. If you would share an area with me you can e-mail me at windypointsj1s@aol.com
I have not hunted the western part of the U.S. very much but would like to change that this year. I hunted in New Mexico for a few days several years ago. That’s where I shot the scaled and Gambels. I also hunted in Arizona but the cactus worked on my dogs so much that I didn’t stay very long.
I know that if I hunt the Mearns quail I will have to hunt where there is cactus. I will boot the dogs and carry needle nose pliers to get the needles out. I think I was surprised by how bad the cactus was in the area I hunted. My dogs came to me with cactus clinging to them and covered in blood. Other dogs learn to hunt in the desert with everything having thorns or sharp needles and mine can too.
I will put some pictures on every couple of days until it cools back down where I can get out and train. Again, if anyone will share tips, areas or just agencies to call about hunting Mearns, scaled, valley, Gambels and mountain quail on public land, please e-mail me.