November President’s Corner

By SAQF | November 26, 2018

Overview: -Desert quail numbers are poor.  Much of the habitat looks pretty good and we had decent rain this year but not at the right time for the chicks.   Very few first year chicks are being taken.  One exception appears to be San Carlos Indian reservation where gambles, scaled and mearns quail are all…

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Coronado National Forest Road Closures

By SAQF | August 30, 2018

Two gates have been locked by private landowners south of Patagonia that have closed road access to over 30,000 acres of public land mostly in the north part of San Rafael Valley.  Brittany Oleson from AZ G&F reported this to me over a month ago but I did not fully understand the overall impact until…

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07/02/18 President’s Corner

By SAQF | July 3, 2018

Overview: -We received some rain in June which is better than normal.  Some monsoon activity has been seen in far SE Arizona. -Fire conditions in AZ are very high which has kept areas of the Northern AZ National Forests closed, Coronado National Forest in Southern AZ remains open with stage 2 fire restrictions (nor fires…

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03/15/2018 Meeting Minutes

By SAQF | March 19, 2018

Southern AZ Quail Forever 15 Mar 18 meeting minutes. Meeting took place at Steak Out in Sonoita.  We had 14 people attend including a G&F rep.  Social started at 6:15 with formal meeting start at 7:00.  We did not have a quorum of chapter officers with only 3 attending (4 is required for a quorum…

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President’s Corner

By SAQF | January 15, 2017

All, Southern Arizona Quail Forever will hold our January meeting Thursday 19 Jan at Steakout in Sonoita 6:30-9:00 . -We have two speakers: 1)  Dr Heather Connally a critical care specialist will discuss some of the major dangers to our four-legged hunting partners including rattlesnake bites, gila monster attacks, Colorado River toad toxicity, animal attacks, cactus encounter, allergic reactions,…

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