2012 Quail opening trip at Kern county

Hotchkiss

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Had a great and fun trip with my buddy Edwin this weekend. I just got home and was too tired to unpack everything. Here is the short report.

Saturday opening day. Arrived at our spot at 6ish. Sun was barely sneaking out from the hill and it was cool.

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We begin walk into hunting ground . Spent 3 hours searching around but only manage to see and shoot 2 cotton tails. Not even one bird in sight.

What a different from last year. We went back to camp to have our lunch, take a short nap and went on to other spot on the hill. As soon as we arrived at our hunting ground we saw at least 20~30 running away into bushes. We chased after them and I got 3 from the group and Edwin got 4. Nice..

We ended up getting our limit in 2 hours and arrived at camp to do some cat fishing at night.

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Edwin's dad caught a huge 7 Lbs kitty

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Sunday morning. Received the call my our friend Kevin that he knew where the birds went and we decided to give it a try to the same spot. We had 4 in our group and start working on the ground before sun rise.

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in less than 10 mins of search we found a small group of quails and follow them up to the hill. Shot a couple of time and bag 2. We circle around and a big covey around 30 or more was right in the center of our group. The chase is on and by 9ish. I had bag 9. Edwin.Kewin and Mike got their limit. What a fun trip.

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Some of our hunting ground

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They are harder to find this year compare to last season. We plan to go back out next following week to have some more fun.


Ken
 

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Ken,

You guys rocked it. What awesome country too! Nice job on the birds and great pictures. Hope to see a post in the food section. We all know you are a great cook...
 

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