Read about Southwest Quail Hunt adventure

“After 27 days, 6600 miles, over 70 lbs of dog food and 2 cases of shells
we arrived home to -4°F temperatures and blowing snow.
We knew we were home!”

South Central (Mearns Quail)

(L to R) Axel, Eric Peters, Rocky, Bill Wyss, Ziggy,
Ben Julson, Muda, Oz

• Hunters: Eric Peters, Bill Wyss, Ben Julson, Jim Julson, Dan Julson
• We hunted twice with Bill Wyss for mearn quail, the pictures below are a mixture of both times
• On the second occasion we shot morning doves and ducks on the way to hunt mearns.The versatile dogs got a workout that day!

Terrain	Terrain
Ben and Bill	Dan and Bill
Dan in cat claw brush
(L to R) Axel, Rocky, Ziggy, Oz, Muda Eric, Bill, Dan	Dan and Bill
Mixed bag - Doves, Mearn's, Quail and Wood Ducks Bill & Dan	Ben and Jim

Phoenix Area (Gambel's Quail)

Dan, Rocky and Bill

• Hunters: Bill Wyss, Dan Julson, Jim Julson
• Gambel's numbers were down due to multi-year drought

Abandoned Dugas Ranch	Terrain
Terrain	Terrain that is hard on both dog's and man's feet and legs
Oz and Muda
Dan and Bill with Muda, Axle, Oz	Gambel's terrain --- took the munsters a bit to learn to avoid getting too close to cactus (Axel)

South Central (Mearn's Quail)

Point! Mearn's!

• Hunters: Dave & Deb Wolf, Ben Julson, Dan Julson, Jim Julson
• We camped with Dave and Deb and hunted Mearn's quail for 2½ days.
• We called coyotes one morning, had 2 come in but they didn't offer a shot
• Mearn's numbers were up due to timely summer rains.

Camp	Camp (L to R) Ben, Dan, Deb, Dave
On way to hunting area	Terrain
On way to hunting spot
Arizona Pinstrips	Don't get lost
Terrain	Terrain
Terrain	Water break
Ben	Axel, Deb and Jim
Jim and Axle	Noon break
Livestock waterers were handy to cool the dogs	Conference?
Break time (Oz and Muda)	Dan, learned when a covey flushed to keep his gun full and watch where they went
Axle's ready!	Jim
What's the plan?	(L to R) Ben, Muda, Jim, Oz, Dan
Point! Mearns!	Dan and Oz on search
Illegal's Trash	Dan goes to Mexico
(L to R) Ben, Deb, Dave, Dan	Mexican border

What an experience!