Posts Tagged ‘Quail Forever’
Arizona Sportsmen For Wildlife Conservation
S.A.Q.F. has recently joined Arizona Sportsmen for Wildlife Conservation.This will give S.A.Q.F. more opportunity for our voice to be heard when it comes to Conservation issues in S.E. Arizona. Arizona Sportsmen for Wildlife Conservation is pleased to present this beautiful specialty license plate. By purchasing this plate you will be making a contribution to Arizona’s…
Read MoreMeeting Minutes and Award
The chapter received a commendation from the AZ G&F commission this morning. Howie Swenson, Linda Pfister and myself attended the meeting in Bisbee to accept the award. Thanks to all that helped make this possibleMark Hart out of the Tucson G&F office also received an award for the improved social media presence he has worked…
Read MoreMarch President’s Corner
An update from Southern Arizona Quail Forever. Overview: -Our winter rain and snowfall has been good and can not hurt as we look forward to next season. It should make a difference for desert quail. -U.S. Fish and Wildlife staff at Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge [BANWR] has released a little over 400 Masked Bobwhite…
Read MoreEcology of Mearns Quail in S.E. Arizona
Follow this Link PChavarria-Dissertation-Ecology of Montezuma Quail in Southeast Arizona Please read the Author’s finding regarding Mearns Quail and how they don’t deal with cold weather via freezing to death especially if the Covey is broken up.
Read MoreDecember President’s Corner
Overview: -I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and is looking forward to a Happy New Year. -Desert quail numbers are really 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.…
Read MoreHunting Among Hazards -by Greg Munther
“Hunting among Hazards I knew that the continuous piercing high screams from my nearby German shorthair Oakley meant something serious. Just out of sight over a small rise I closed the distance and saw her chest wide open, with a tear 4 inches by 2 inches. It was soon apparent she had impaled herself on…
Read MoreNovember President’s Corner
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…
Read MoreS.A.Q.F. Banquet Tickets and Quail Fest Shirts
Banquet Tickets Tickets for our 2 Feb 19 banquet are now on sale. We have kept the price the same as last year for a prime rib dinner – $100 for two including one QF annual membership. Early bird pricing will expire 31 Dec 18. We have sold out the last 2 years and expect…
Read MoreCoronado National Forest Road Closures
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…
Read More01/06/2018 President’s Corner
A quick update to let you know what is going on with Southern Arizona Quail Forever. Overview: -I am seeing Gambels chicks around the house now. We got a very small amount of rain in early May but the G&F outlook is not great for desert quail based on the current drought. -The weather guessers…
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