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\u00a0Saturday 24 Sep members of the chapter along with members from Valley of the Sun chapter and other dog groups supported an AZGFD Scaled Quail Flush Count near Bonita AZ.\u00a0 Weather was cool with a little rain the night prior.\u00a0 Jim Littlejohn got Mearns and Gambels coveys up within a few hundred yards of our campsite the afternoon prior.\u00a0 We have not seen count totals from AZGFD for\u00a0Saturday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0but I personally got 3 coveys of Gambels up.\u00a0 Picture included below.\u00a0 The grass was not as good here as we have seen around Sonoita and Tucson which is backed up by the state rain gauge showing lower rainfall in that area.<\/div>\n
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Briefing before the Flush counts<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We completed our second gun raffle and membership drive at Sportsman Warehouse in Tucson on 23 & 25 Sep with the planned future dates of 14\/15 Oct and 18\/19\/20 Nov.\u00a0 Thanks to Nick Besenick and Bob Luce for volunteering their time to help out.\u00a0 To date, we have sold 50 tickets of 210 we have.\u00a0 If you have a few hours to help out with this or want to buy some tickets please let me know.\u00a0 The raffle info is available at\u00a0www.saquailforever.com\/
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Our first chapter meeting of the season will be at\u00a07:00 PM<\/span><\/span>\u00a020 Oct<\/span><\/span>\u00a0at Steak Out in Sonoita.\u00a0 We are still working to fill some of the speaker slots – if you have an input please let us know.\u00a0 Based on input from members we have purchased portable sound equipment to better hear speakers at our meetings. We also expect to get a projector prior to our Oct meeting.<\/div>\n
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If you have not done so, recommend you take a look at our updated website at\u00a0www.saquailforever.com<\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0 We are working to keep it current.\u00a0 If you go to the bottom right of the home page you can sign up for email notifications to the blog which will give you an update when something has changed.\u00a0 It is not a spam engine and you can allows opt out later if you don\u2019t like it.<\/div>\n
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We have provided funds to Pima County to buy material for the water for wildlife project.\u00a0 The hands on work will start in the November timeframe.\u00a0 We have also approved funding for a Mearns diet study to be completed by a University in Mexico but are holding funding until the proper licenses are secured from the government of Mexico.<\/div>\n
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Please drop me a line or give me a call if you have ideas or want to help.<\/div>\n
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Zack May<\/div>\n
Southern AZ Quail Forever<\/div>\n
Chapter President<\/div>\n