As a kid growing up in the Phoenix area, I had never known anyone who hunted mearn's quail. I knew they existed but back then they were hard to come by compared to the good numbers that we are experiencing right now. Yup as a kid growing up in the Phoenix area we matched our skills with the gambels quail. The buzz in the state back then was the good quail hunting in north western arizona. I never had a chance as a youth to get up there but I always figured that I would one day. Last year on an Idaho trip my hunting partner and I decided that we were going to go down to patagonia and hunt mearn's quail, as the planning progressed we were unable to find a date that would work for both of us so I got left out of the adventure down south. As soon as I knew that my trip was to be cancelled I got on the phone and started planning a trip to northern az to fulfill my childhood dream of hunting gambels quail in Kingman Arizona. After lots of research and a few tips from friends, we headed off. Eager to see and experience the country we have read about and dreamed about. The Quarry
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The country
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The point
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The retrieve
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Dogs getting tired
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The tailgate shot
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We had a blast. Hunted lots of different types of country, put lot's of miles on the truck, and on our feet. We hunted area's that were productive and some area's that had a very few birds but it was nice just to be there. We ate real well, met new people, and in the end I can't say I would change a thing.