Dove season closed sunday so I went out to the last area we had been getting some birds just after Thanksgiving. The area in AZ between Salome and Aguila is a major melon raising valley and there are huge fields where even though the melons have been picked, many have been left to rot and doves...
Finally recieved some much needed rain last week. Over 2" in my rain gauge but after being housebound for three days we went out sunday in spite of more rain in the forcast.
It rained as advertised
a sight for sore (dry) eyes
Steve and I managed to pick up a few
Next day was bright and...
Had a good dove shoot the other day and some bacon left over, let's see what I can do with them
Wrap each bird in bacon
Broil 8/9 minutes, high heat
For side dish some winter vegetables will do
Dice and spray with a little oil, add afew pieces of bacon and bake at 450 for 30 minutes
Looks...
My friend Steve came down from NoCal to hunt doves and brought three dogs. One is Trouble, 14 years old golden, nearly deaf and with pretty bad arthritis in his legs but still has the desire
we set up on a local waterhole
Steve downed abird on the other side of the fence, he helped Trouble...
Yes, I sold it. Probably should have sent it up to the oil boom area, might have gotten more for it. You should be getting some good pheasant and prairie bird hunting about now.
Yes, I sold it a few months back. I probably should have shipped it up to the oil boom area, might have got more for it. Is that why you went up there? You should be getting some good prarie bird and pheasant hunting about now.
Been hotter than I like till today so I went out for a couple of hours a few miles north of town. Temp same as my age, 74* when I got there and supposed to heat up into the upper 80s again next week.
Looks like a good track to take
Summer rains have left the desert here in better shape that...
Update on the RR with a broken leg. The leg is healed but is crooked. He still shows up most mornings and is on top of my garage waiting for his handout. Didn't seem real hungry this morning.
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I've been keeping an eye out for a decent model 1894 for a while. You just never know what you will find at a garage sale. I would liked to have found a Saddle Ring Carbine but this rifle was too nice to pass up for $1,250. It's a good %75 or better, made in 1905 according to Madis' book and in...
Desert quail can survive off of bugs and green plants. There are scattered cattle watering holes that ranchers have installed but the birds do just fine in areas that don't have them. They survived in the desert long before waterholes were added. Prolonged drought will really hurt the population...
Even though I warned him that it is a pretty lean year, my friend Dick like the desert so much that he drove out from Illinois with his dogs to have another go at some gambels.
Dick with Emma and her pup Lucky
Moving in on a few points
Tough country for old men
Cactus growing out of a...
Didn't know where to put this but since roadrunners are a predator, here goes----
A few weeks ago a roadrunner showed up in my back yard with a broken right leg. He could barely get around. I tried to feed him then but he didn't take it and then disappeared for a couple of weeks. Well, he's...
My friend Steve and I went out for a last hunt before he has to return to his home in NoCal. We went to a different area than we had been hunting. The desert has many variations and our first walk was in an area that was covered with volcanic rocks of various sizes
Like walking on a field of...
First time ever. Went hunting and left my gun behind. I had emptied the car to clean it and just forgot to pick the gun up. Oh well, had a nice hike following Steve around.
Saw some nice country
Had time to look at some old machinery and wonder what it was doing out here in the desert
Steve...
My friend Steve and I went out for a few hours and had a pretty good hunt within 40 miles of home.
He's out there somewhere.
I even managed to pick up a couple. I'm old and slow and gave up before he got into the big 35 bird covey.
Typical terrain.
Dogs went over 13 miles
Hot dogs
My friend Steve has come down from northern CA for his annual quail foray into the desert som we headed out north of Wickenburg to see if we could find a few. There has been a small amount of greenup, we have recieved about an inch of rain in the last six weeks. Beautiful day, about 60* with a...