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Lily Ranch - Quail hunt (cont.)
shooting. I got 4 birds including a good double,
and Woody had 2. Most fun however came from
Budd's bagging two flying quail on this his first
even quail hunt. He just completed the hunter
safety course and bought his first license a
few days ago.
Woody and I set up lunch on the banks of
the stream under the shade of a big sycamore and
Craig joined me. After lunch we settled down
for a good nap but Woody opened one eye and
saw a corey of 20+ birds fly by me against the
face of the S cliff. So he couldn't sleep any more
but got together a big campaign - Woody went
to car to the top of the cliff, I moved in below.
Great plan but he never saw the quail again.
Late afternoon we drove back to the hill
cabin and cruised about looking for a late feeding
corey but with no success. He did find a
little gang of 15 mourning doves in a thicket of
dry oats beside a turkey mullein patch. I
get two of them (our late dove hunt is on now).
Sunday morning we again attacked the home
corey with singular lack of success. Those birds
refuse to scatter or sit still after being flushed.
Woody did get two - I had nothing. But I