La Grulla - Agua Blanca Dec 4, 1979 Left the club rather late for lower Agua Blanca, with George, the Rhodes, the Bootles, Felix and Nacho. When we moved into the strings of brush and shallow ravines along the north edge of the grain stubbles we found hundreds of birds completely scattered - many singles or little groups up to five or six, but no proper covey rise. This condition must have originated from persistent hunting, not from hawks or natural disruptions. We don't know who has been shooting there but we saw plenty of shells. Hunted as a group (in a line) north and east, then back to the cars. In two hours we had 29 birds and were all exhausted in the heat. I could barely walk at its end and had Nacho carry my gun and hold my arm. I started out shooting well, but deteriorated as the hunt progressed. Bagged 7 birds with 17 shells, lost 3 runovers. Of the 29 birds, only 5 were adults and 24 young indicating a much better hatch here than out toward the coast where we were yesterday. Again we saw virtually no doves today, although there was a big pile of dove feathers at our lunch site, indicating that some other hunters found some. Had lunch at a beautiful spring with big sycamore trees situated just west of the highway at foot of Woodchopper grade, close to the Agua Blanca turnoff (just N). Cooked quail again over the coals. Felix and Nacho checked a covey of birds on the slope above camp - estimated 1000 birds on the slope.