Summer on the Prairies!

Colvin and I are busy getting the DQH dogs ready for the fall hunting season and working our client dogs, readying them for the fall.

See you all back in Alabama!

2012 starts off with a bang…bang…bang!!!

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”!

Valentine’s Day is Just Around the Corner!

How about treating your Valentine to a Davis Quail Hunt! Our DQH Gift Certificates are unique and very popular with our guests. You can purchase a Gift Certificate for any of our hunts. So, if you REALLY love him (or her!)…give us a call at 205-969-2065 to have our attractive DQH Gift Certificate mailed to you in time for Valentine’s Day!!

The DQH Class Canine Crew!

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.

This Christmas, Give a Davis Quail Hunt!

If you’re looking for a really special gift for the upland bird hunter in your life, how about a quail hunt of a lifetime?!! Watch faces light up as the DQH Gift Certificate envelope is opened on Christmas morning!

Give Antlers & Anglers Worldwide a call at 205-969-2065. They’ll go over the details and your DQH Gift Certificate will be on its way to you!

Great for last-minute shoppers too!

Early November Hunts!

Davis Quail Hunts is in full swing…and the quail hunting is fantastic! We’re having a wonderful time with all our guests — lots of them hunting with us for the first time and many returning to enjoy the great quail hunting, our exiting bird dogs and our Southern home cooking again!

Barry Rich brought his family on this hunt along with some friends.
They had a terrific hunt and really enjoyed the “turnip green soup”!

Mr. Zales is always a pleasure and his group was a delight to hunt with.
They made many great shots over Libby and Joe; keeping Frack and Charlie
on the go. Great hunting!

Libby points a large covey for Mr. Zales and friends.

Judson “Suit Man” and Hoke filled the bird basket, making Charlie very happy!

John Huges and friends enjoying the lodge after their hunt!

Buckmasters 2011!!!

Thanks to Antlers & Anglers Worldwide for the great job they did at the Buckmasters Expo! The Davis Quail Hunts booth was very busy again this year!

She Outdoor Apparel Comes to DQH

In April we had a nice visit from Shannon Salyer from Oregon who is with SHE Outdoor Apparel and Hilary Dyer, editor at Grand View Media Group in Birmingham. Corinna Slaughter, president of She Expeditions and Aaron Lisech came and spent an evening with us during their stay. Shannon and Hilary came to experience an Alabama wild turkey hunt! Hilary wrote a very nice article on her experience for Grand View Turkey Hunting. Bobby Gates, holder of multiple Grand Slams and Mazie did the guiding for the hunts. We had a wonderful several days with these two ladies. Here is Hilary’s article of her adventure.

Towards the end of the month, Bobby Gates returned to DQH and harvested the “Grand Daddy” Tom, a 22 lb trophy gobbler sporting 1 5/8” spurs and two beards (11” and 8”)!

Bobby Gates and Colvin with the Grand Daddy Tom!!

Davis Kennels Summer Bird Dog Training on the Prairie

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For Field Trial and Upland Bird Hunting dogs of all ages, we offer our Summer Training Program on the Canadian Prairie. We invite you to take this opportunity to send your dog with Field Trial Hall of Fame trainer Colvin Davis for summer training on wild birds on the prairie. For young and mature dogs, personal hunting dogs and field trial contenders, nothing is better for preparing your dog for the fall hunting and field trial season than training on sharptail grouse and Hungarian partridge under the tutelage of Colvin Davis! We take only a limited number of dogs so book early to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity!! For complete details, please download our brochure 2011_DavisKennels_PrairieTraining or call for more information. Call Davis Kennels: 334-227-4521 or Colvin Davis: 334-462-1892.

German Shorthair Pointer “Annie” pointing sharptail grouse or “chickens”!

Field Trial pointer and DQH favorite “Libby” nails some chickens on our Broomhill grounds!

Sharptail grouse or “chickens” as they are often called.

A Gift of Memories ~ DQH Gift Certificates!

If you are looking for a great gift idea for your upcoming graduate student, for Father’s Day, or any special occasion, why not give a DQH Gift Certificate! What better way to create treasured memories with a loved one than a day of hunting behind class bird dogs and shooting at fast flying covies of quail, then relaxing in our beautiful private lodge and enjoying a home-cooked Southern meal! Gift Certificates can be used towards any of our quail, quail/pheasant combo or spring wild turkey hunts. Please call Antler & Anglers Worldwide at 205-969-2065 to find out more and purchase your DQH Gift Certificate. Inquire about our Special Early Season Rates. Get 5% off any hunt* booked for October 1 through November 30!

Click here for a pdf of this DQH_Gift Certificate Ad!

*does not apply to meals and lodging