Thanks to Dr. Roland Hester and his son Will along with Antlers & Anglers Worldwide Kevin Slaughter who spent the last afternoon of quail hunting season with us. All three men are fantastic shots…at the end of the day they had bagged 68 birds! And thanks to our very own Marcia Davis, retriever handler, for her fine work with Frack and Nicki. Here are some photos from the day. For more, please visit Chris Mathan Photo > Galleries > DavisQuail Hunts.
We’ve had a busy start to 2012 with lots of happy, satisfied quail hunters. Many are guests returning for their annual Davis Quail Hunt and many are new friends!
Covey rise!!! Jim and friends having a blast with Jack!
Spears and his son and friends relaxing here after a great quail hunt. Cindy and Frack did a great job flushing and retrieving birds. Little Cindy is our newest DQH canine team member!
Regulars Charles and Company had some fine quail hunting during their stay. Here they are with Colvin in front of our new “Eleven Shot Cookhouse”!
We love to boast about our great pointers and top notch retrievers. We’re proud that they provide our guests with countless exciting and safe shooting opportunities and the successful retrieves of shot birds. Our pointers also compete in wild bird field trials around the country. Their extensive experience, excellent manners and exciting posture around birds is what distinguishes them and makes them so popular with our guests. We welcome you to come enjoy hunting over them soon!
Joe (Champion Phillips Time Line)
Mazie about to release Joe at the 2011 Manitoba Open All-Age Championship (on sharp-tailed grouse and Hungarian partridge). Joe put down a scorching forward race in the middle of a hot dry day and was named Runner-Up winner!
This is Fin’s (Pal ‘O Mine) third season at Davis Quail Hunts. She competes in (ruffed) grouse trials and was Runner-Up winner in the 2010 Armstrong-Umbel Endurance Classic for grouse dogs in western Pennsylvania.
Fin spent many winters hunting wild quail in Texas. She is a particularly good “singles” dog, nailing individual birds after the covies are flushed.
Field Cocker Spaniel Charlie has also been with us for the past three seasons and has it down pat. Charlie is always a favorite with our guests!
Everyone’s favorite…Libby (Pal’s Sea Pearl) shown here pointing a woodcock at home in Maine.
Libby was born and bred in Texas and like her half-sister Fin, spent many winters hunting wild quail and competes on the grouse trial circuit in the early spring and fall.
Rick (Quicksilver Becrux) gets ready for his run in the 2010 Pelican Open All-Age Classic in Manitoba.
Field Cocker Spaniel Frack is always enthusiastic about doing his job — lightening-fast location and retrieval shot birds!
Her first season hunting at Davis Quail Hunts, Rita is the daughter of 7 x Grouse Champion Hard Driving Bev. She too has hunted wild birds in Texas and has competed in grouse trials throughout the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
Wow, we have some catching up to do!!!
First off Happy New Year to all our friends!
We’ve been very busy quail hunting here at DQH. Right through the holidays, quail hunters came and had a great time shooting at fast flying birds over classy bird dogs! Freckles (Colvin calls him “Frack”) has been sharing retrieving duties with Charlie, who has a new place on the hunting jeep.
Thanks to all the great new visitors and return visitors. We certainly enjoy having you.
John Parker enjoyed a couple days of hunting with his son, Will and son in law, Tony. John celebrated his birthday at DQH. Here they are enjoying a piece of birthday cake after a great day of quail hunting. They sure kept their gun barrels hot and Charlie and Frack busy!
George Miller and his friends had a couple of cold — but exciting — days of quail hunting but to quote him “It was a great quail hunt not a quail shoot”!
Bill Zales and his friends had a great two day hunt. They were very appreciative of the dogs and the quail hunting. As they all said…the only thing better than the hunting was the hospitality! We do try 🙂
Wade Richardson and his sons, Daniel and John were great guests for their two days at DQH. The young boys did a lot of shooting and made Charlie and Frack happy. It’s always great to see youngsters enjoying the outdoors and appreciating bird dogs and retrievers.
Our friend, Greg Davis and his two partners all brought their sons. It was a fantastic day of quail hunting and good fellowship. We were pretty sure the boy’s tally passed their Dads!
“Antlers & Anglers” Kevin Slaughter treated his brother Greg and Greg’s sons, Logan and Evan to a couple of days of quail hunting. We enjoyed spending some recreational time with Kevin and his family. We are proud to be associated with Antlers & Anglers Worldwide as our booking agent.
Jeff Lott and his friend Paul certainly had a great day of quail hunting — their basket was full!
Frederick Beebe, a long time friend of Colvin’s, brought a group down for a New Year’s Eve hunt. How about that for a great way to end the year!
Charles Morris and his friends brought in the New Year with a couple of days of terrific quail hunting. What a way to start 2011!
Spears Rhodes and his friend, David were here last season and Colvin nicknamed them “The 410 boys”. This time they brought the rest of “The 410 Boys”..Spears’ son, nephew and 2 friends. They sure filled those bird baskets up on the hunting wagon.
In the group was Pete Farrior who we learned had grown up in this county and was a cousin to the late Ed Mack Farrior — the legendary dog trainer! Along with the good quail hunting this day there were a lot of recollections of field trials and bird dogs told. What a treat!
Our friend, Chris Birdsong visited us again bringing along his friend Haig and their two sons, Kit and Oliver. They all had a fantastic time hunting over Jack…and of course, Frack and Charlie were in on the action!
Charlie is a field bred English Cocker Spaniel bred, raised and expertly trained by Emily Williams of Kinchafoonee Kennels of Albany, Georgia. Charlie’s job is to retrieve shot birds and he does it in a fast and exciting manner! Plus he’s a character and is becoming a huge hit with our hunting clients!
Also here from Maine to spend the winter at Davis Quail Hunts is Pal’s Sea Pearl, better known as Libby. Libby grew up hunting quail in Texas and competes in field trials and hunts grouse and woodcock in New England with her owner and our friend, Chris Mathan.
