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By Irvin Kenyon
Game Warden
With the closing of the "bird" season last Thursday, the old double went back on the gun rack to gather some dust and the pointer went back into the pen to start getting fat again. Maybe it was an automatic or pump, or even a single barrel you used and maybe the dog was a setter or German shorthair. No matter, now it's all over and time for reflections on the quail season past. The general opinion seems to be that Bobwhite took a drop in population this past year. It was reported by many that the usual places where, "there is always a covey," did not produce any birds. This can probably be traced back to the wet and cool month of May last year. This was unquestionably adverse weather for nesting and for the young that usually hatch in late May or early June. Another indication of losing the first hatch was the sighting of small j quail in the early fall. They should be mature around September first. If some natural or man-caused disaster should befall the eggs or young birds, the parent pair will at
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