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April 20th, 2011

Spring Quail Hunting – Recap!

We had a great quail hunting season. Thanks to all guests…we had a wonderful time with you and hope you enjoyed your stay at Davis Quail Hunts as much as we enjoyed having you. We hope to see you again this coming fall and winter!

DQH guest, Lee Kinnebrew shoots a single over “Fin”!

“Fin” pointed over 40 covies and singles for our guests during this morning hunt!

Lee Kinnebrew and Ed Rogers go in for the flush and shot

Neil Kinnebrew did some impressive shooting

Ed Rogers going in for the shot with ”Jack” pointing

Jacob Kinnebrew…not going to have his dad or brother outshoot him!

Mazie handles the bird dogs off horseback. Dogs at DQH really go hunting! When the dogs point birds, Mazie raises her cap and the hunting party is brought to the dog’s find. No need to rush though…dogs at DQH are broke and will wait till the shooters arrive, holding the birds mesmerized. When the shooters go in, the pointing dogs remain steady to flush, shot and finally the retrieve by one of the cocker spaniels.

“Frack” making the retrieve to hand

Lee going in to shoot one of Fin’s singles

Tags: Alabama quail hunting, Davis Quail Hunts, Quail hunting
Posted in DQH Bird Dogs, Quail Hunts

April 7th, 2011

April Turkey Hunting at DQH!

On an April 1 turkey hunt hosted by Davis Quail Hunts, Jackie Bushman, founder of Buckmasters, shot this trophy 20 pound gobbler. Jackie was accompanied on the hunt by his top guide Bobby Gates. Congrats to Jackie!!

Tags: Jackie Bushman, Turkey Hunting
Posted in DQH Turkey Hunting

February 19th, 2011

Pete Does Good at the National!

We’re so proud of Ch. White Powder Pete. He put on a heck of a good show at the 2011 National Championship on Thursday afternoon! Pete had three excellent dug up finds and ran a great race for the time he was down. Colvin elected to pick him at about 90 minutes when he saw that his shoulder started bothering him. Pete was injured during his bid at the National Championship last year, incurring a small bone chip. This was his 7th time competing at the National! Thanks to our friend, William Smith for scouting Pete.

Pete with William Smith at the breakaway at the 2011 National Field Trial Championship.

Pete is owned by Mr. Bert Wimmer of Rockville, Indiana. His son-in-law, Doug Burgess, also from Rockville, made the trip east to Tennessee to watch Pete compete in his last field trial. He will be ten in May. The Wimmer family decided to retire Pete after eight and a half years of competition. We were so pleased Doug got to see him do such a wonderful job!

Colvin flushing for Pete on his second find.

The Wimmers have graciously allowed us to keep Pete here with us. We are very grateful to them as we are very fond of him.

Ch. White Powder Pete’s most important wins:
Runner-Up – All-America Quail Championship, 2009
2nd – Carrol County Open All-Age, 2008
2nd – Dixie Open All-Age, 2008
Winner – Pelican Open All-Age Classic, 2007
Runner-Up – Manitoba Open Chicken Championship, 2006
Winner – Missouri Open All-Age Championship, 2006
Winner – National Free-For-All Championship, 2006
Winner – Southern Championship, 2006
Runner-Up – Southern Championship, 2005
Winner – 69th Pheasant Futurity, 2002

Posted in DQH Bird Dogs, Field Trials

February 16th, 2011

At the 2011 National Championship!

Three Davis Kennels dogs qualified to compete in the 2011 National Field Trial Championship. This is the 112th running of the event held at the historic Ames Plantation in Grand Junction, TN. All three dogs were drawn to compete this week. Phillip’s Time Line owned by Rick Stallings of Matthews, AL made his bid Monday afternoon and Patriote, owned by Gary and Sally Lockee of LaGrange, TN ran yesterday afternoon. The weather was hot and dry and birds were not moving. We are proud of the valiant efforts of both Joe and Jim. Joe had one find during his grueling two hour and fifty minute bid though he hunted every step, handled perfectly and had a strong forward race. Jim, too, had an great forward-handling all-age race and finished the three hours bird hunting. He had two finds and one unproductive. Thanks to our friend Larry Huffman for scouting Jim and good luck to him when he competes in the 9th brace with Whippoorwill Radiance.

White Powder Pete who is owned by Mr. Bert Wimmer of Rockville, IN competes on Thursday afternoon. Hopefully birds will be moving by then giving Pete an opportunity to show his stuff! This is Pete’s sixth bid for the title of National Champion. Thanks to our friend William Smith who will be scouting Pete for Colvin.

For information on the National Field Trial Championship, visit: Ames Plantation

Phillip’s Time Line (Joe) with scout, Mazie Davis

Larry Huffman with Patriote (Jim).

Thanks to Vera Courtney for the photos!

Tags: 2011 National Championship, Ames Plantation, Bird Dog Field Trials, Grand Junction, Patriote, Phillips Time Line, TN, White Powder Pete
Posted in DQH Bird Dogs, Field Trials

February 12th, 2011

Ch. White Powder Pete on the Cover of Camilla Magazine!

Our very own Pete graces the cover of the new Greenville, AL monthly publication, Camilla Magazine! The folks from Camilla were here last fall doing a story on Davis Quail Hunts. We haven’t read it yet but we’ll have copies soon!

Ch. White Powder Pete and kennel mates, Ch. Patriote and Ch. Phillips Time Line will be competing in the 112th running of the National Field Trial Championship in Grand Junction, Tennessee which begins on Monday, February 14. The drawing for the Championship is today and will be posted on the Ames Plantation website (Field Trials). To follow the day by day running and see photos, visit the Ames Plantation site here.

Posted in DQH Bird Dogs, Field Trials

February 12th, 2011

European Style Tower Pheasant Shoots ~ March Special

We’ve updated our website “The Hunt” page to include information on our European Style Tower Pheasant Shoots and Mixed Upland Hunt of Quail and Pheasant (available in the afternoons following the tower pheasant shoots). We have great group rates and are offering a March Special: bring a group of 9 – 20 people for a European Style Tower Pheasant Shoot and include yourself in the group for free! Call Antlers & Anglers for details at 205-969-2065.

Posted in Pheasant Shoots, Quail Hunts

January 30th, 2011

More January Hunts!

Galen McWaters and his family came down to quail hunt this past week. Small world! We discovered that we had worked a dog for him 15 years ago! The family had a great hunt and as Galen said after their hunt with Fin, “This is what it’s all about, a good dog putting her
heart into find these quail.” They were clearly thrilled to go quail hunting where the dog does the hunting!

Colvin, Fin and the McWalter family

Jimmy Gardner has hunted with us many times and he is always a pleasure to be with. His wife accompanied him this time as she gave him a Davis Quail Hunt for Christmas! Jimmy said he couldn’t have asked for anything better. They had a fantastic time hunting and showed such a sincere appreciation for the dogs and the management work done here at DQH to keep the land groomed for quail. And yes, Wanda Gardner was a great shot!

Hunting with the Gardners!

Posted in DQH Bird Dogs, Quail Hunts

January 23rd, 2011

Tennessee Sportsmen visit DQH

Traveling from Tennessee, Bob Smith treated a group of friends to a great quail hunt with us last week. We are very fortunate to have such wonderful sportsmen as guests!

Posted in Quail Hunts

January 19th, 2011

Fin Pins a Covey!

..actually “Fin” alias Pal O’ Mine pinned more than a few coveys here at DQH! She is spending her first winter with us here in Alabama. Every year of her life since she was 5 months old, Fin has pointed wild Texas quail. No wonder she has it down!

When she’s not with us, she’s with her owner, Chris Mathan or with her trainer, our friend, Joe McCarl, on the grouse dog circuit in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Fin was Runner-up in the 2 hour Armstrong Umbel Endurance Classic for grouse dogs in Marienville, PA last March.

If you think you’d enjoy hunting our fast flying coveys with Fin or one of our other class bird dogs, book your Davis Quail Hunt today!!

Thanks to Sonny Culp for taking and sending us the beautiful photo of Fin he took while he was here.

Posted in DQH Bird Dogs, Quail Hunts

January 14th, 2011

December ~ Early January Hunts

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!

Posted in Bird Dogs and Retrievers, DQH Bird Dogs, Quail Hunts