Arizona Mearns and Gambels Quail! part 1-MY First Trip to AZ

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Жыл бұрын

For my first trip to Arizona I go after Mearns and Gambels quail. Part 1. Presented by OnX Hunt. Happy Holidays everyone!
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@h2oburke Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the early Christmas gift! Great video!

@danielalva5362 Жыл бұрын

Well. You did it. You got down to AZ for Mearns 👍. Nice footage Eric.

@azquailadventures Жыл бұрын

Great start man!!

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks bro! 👊

@ventureoutdoorswithkirk Жыл бұрын

Nice start to the trip. Yeah, quail will humble you will quick!! Was just saying that's a trip I need to take. As dry as it was this year I was expecting #s to be down in AZ, apparently not.

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

#’s appeared to be spotty.

@roblastra6080 Жыл бұрын

Awesome work Eric. Love your videos. Merry Christmas to you all.

@markphinney3152 Жыл бұрын

Really pleased to see this, and can't wait for part 2! I'm heading down there in a few weeks for my first ever AZ quail trip. Been on the bucket list for a long time.

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Good for you…enjoy and good luck!

@abrahamthompson7090 Жыл бұрын

Open that choke up buddy lol !!! Hey they humbled me the first time for sure

@sparkysoutdoors6240 Жыл бұрын

Very cool channel glad I found it

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, welcome!

@nacionalairguns5876 Жыл бұрын

Nice perfect.

@romeoalphafoxtrot9517 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! So glad you made it over to Az! Can't wait for part 2! Safe travels Man! Merry Christmas!

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 👊

@richc4231 Жыл бұрын

Great dogs, great video, beautiful country. Thanks for sharing Eric

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!👊

@KingsOutdoorLife Жыл бұрын

Gosh what beautiful country! Great to see how quick your dogs adjust. Quick Draw appears to be the key with these birds.

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Yes, it is mostly snap shooting. 👍

@callmecamo2 Жыл бұрын

A new EF video?!?! Merry Christmas to me!

@MrGDurbin Жыл бұрын

This is a great video as usual. You told me years ago you wanted to go to Arizona. Did you see any snakes ?

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Nope. It was usually under 70 degrees which is said to be an approximate cutoff.

@garya9875 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed the video looking forward to part 2. You’ve got some great dogs they definitely know what their job is and I love watching them work. Your living the dream Eric enjoy the hell out of it be safe in your travels.

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mattcollier616 Жыл бұрын

I have thought about doing this hunt a few times love watching your dogs work

@valleyquail1790 Жыл бұрын

Another great video. Im heading down there with a couple of buddies in mid January. Thanks for the great work! Hope you and your family have a good Christmas.

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you…you too!

@chrisbrougham8777 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful country and dog work. Glad to see you brand into some birds. Public property I assume?

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Yes. AZ has tons of public land. 👍

@jtravis8493 Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas Eric, thanks for the video, I assume this is time consuming, superb !!!

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Yes it is, but fun too!

@thebirdbum9182 Жыл бұрын

Great hunt and video, Eric!! You guys make it look easy!

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@kylebailey7631 Жыл бұрын

Another great video! Finally getting around to watching. Was excited to see you do an Arizona video. I am planning a trip to Arizona to hunt this year.

@elgato9445 Жыл бұрын

Those birds are quick. Like following you and the dogs on your adventures. I have hiked through AZ a few times. Beautiful, rugged country. Merry Christmas. Looking forward to part 2.

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

@Official_cervantes Жыл бұрын

Great videos man I love the quail hunts keep them up your amazing!

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@hawknzz Жыл бұрын

We’re you near the Sonoita, AZ upland area for this hunt? Awesome stuff btw!

@AfzaalWardag Жыл бұрын

Shooting is always difficult in bushes Still i enjoyed 😉

@brainleavy6934 Жыл бұрын

Great to see the dogs adjust to the birds that was was some fast shooting and fast birds that youse the cover every bit and really make you and your dogs work for every one but we never remember the ease one Like to wish you and your family a very happy Christmas and a happy New Year thanks agin

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, you too!

@valleyquail1790 Жыл бұрын

Sitting in Arizona getting ready to go chase some mearns right now!!! Can’t wait to get a mearns in hand. Noticed you switched from your auto….?

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

My o/u is faster. Gotta be fast with mearns! Good luck!

@sulaimanalhafez6192 Жыл бұрын

one of the most enjoyable channels for me good hunt great dogs perfect videos Keep it up

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, will do!

@itsobvious5835 Жыл бұрын

Nice Eric, I run my dogs down there a month or so every winter. Hard to beat it. Don’t listen to people who say you can’t point gambles and scaled. A lot of people have don it forever. From your video the cover looks great this season. If your there in mid January, hope to see you out there.

@CazandoconRafa7501 Жыл бұрын

For this type of hunting I use the IC chokes and it has given me very good results, Merry Christmas, I enjoy your videos a lot!!👍

@nasholson8800 Жыл бұрын

Shoot through the tree though that’s what we do up in northern Minnesota when we are hunting grouse i didn’t believe it when my dad told me but i did started doing it and fill my tag

@nasholson8800 Жыл бұрын

But Great Content and very inspiring

@kriskeene3910 10 ай бұрын

Great video. I like your style going where no one else is willing to go. I’d love to hunt mearns one day. Seems like a bird you kill with your legs :)

@ericforrester1 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, for sure!

@pedroruiz5810 Жыл бұрын

Nice terrain for hunting, the trees make it difficult to shoot and the birds know how to use them to their advantage, greetings from Spain.

@israrhaq73 Жыл бұрын

Eric awesome video, would make a short video of your hunting guns (both repeater and over and under) and which cartridges you use for what kind of bird. Thanks

@theprairiewoodsmen3383 Жыл бұрын

Let's go! Bucket list hunt congrats! Those are some awesome birds

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@theprairiewoodsmen3383 Жыл бұрын

@@ericforrester1 I would have been yelling so loud if I hunted that long and shot my first mearns after the frustration.

@allenericson8038 Жыл бұрын

Looks like an amazing time. That is on my list as well. What month was this? Temps?

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Dec

@boone6751 Жыл бұрын

I love the desert quail! Great content as usual. Your footage is many levels above most other channels on YT. Trade secrets I’m sure, but you don’t have the shaky head movement that most others suffer from. Thanks!

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@codyjenson387 Жыл бұрын

Love the content man!! Your videos never disappoint and the dog work is amazing! One question ive had while watching your videos tho, is tubby a shorthair or a wirehair?

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! All my dogs are wirehairs but it can be hard to tell on video. Most of them have short coats.

@josephcarter9549 Жыл бұрын

What GPS collars and handheld setup are you running? I need something to keep up with my 2yr old GSP ! Love this channel!!

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

I have had the garmin alpha 100 since it came out years ago and I have always been happy with it.

@josephcarter9549 Жыл бұрын

@@ericforrester1 thank you sir !

@chuckreasy3164 Жыл бұрын

By the way, Merry Christmas! Hope you all have the perfect holiday. Looking forward to following your adventures in 23!

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Chuck, to you as well!

@ethanqualm5718 Жыл бұрын

I don't even know what to say. Good video awesome content and narrating. Just not any patience on your shooting make em count for you and the dogs!! Hunting birds like these are so difficult you have to give them credit they're not dumb they know where the dog is where you are and the best line to escape. Sound daunting??

@chuckreasy3164 Жыл бұрын

Oh my, your sportin the 828U. Just picked one up & shot my mearns & gamble with it. Nice gun! I thought you weren't into guns?? Great video as always. You make it look too easy...

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

😆 i bought both Benellis years ago when i mostly pheasant hunted and I didn’t know much. Yes, it’s beautiful and I enjoy carrying it.

@chuckreasy3164 Жыл бұрын

I saw your Ethos and researched it. Bought one & love it. Then I saw the 828 and had to have it. Nice guns for upland birds.

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely 👍

@rickcrane839 Жыл бұрын

@@chuckreasy3164 Watching Eric can get expensive, right?

@chuckreasy3164 Жыл бұрын

@@rickcrane839 Yes, I call it investment...

@michaeldeegan3560 Жыл бұрын

It’s cool to see a double gun used.

@clemspriggs5872 Жыл бұрын

Love all of your videos well made, I love watching Ci Ci work those silver eyebrows shows her years of experience. I saw you were shooting a Benelli 828 what do you think of that gun? I love my Benelli SBE III and was thinking of getting an 828 but I've heard bad things about their reliability.

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

I love mine. Light, fast, beautiful, and no issues.

@iddddaduncan Жыл бұрын

Man those birds are FAST!

@chuckreasy3164 Жыл бұрын

I mean your dogs, not the shooting. It happens to everyone on the mearns. They do use the bushes, and the dogs always give false points on their 1st couple hunts. Some dogs don't ever nail them down.

@desertBirdDogs Жыл бұрын

If you hunt the gambels or scalies after mearns hunting it feels like they're flying in slow motion. The mearns always have that explosive flush. You'll get some better dog work on the gambels in a little different terrain too, same with the scalies. Are you already gone or still in AZ?

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Yes, mearns flush hard. I’m gone.

@desertBirdDogs Жыл бұрын

@@ericforrester1 looking forward to part 2. If you didn't get any scalie action I'll hook you up the next time your out. Everyone says they run more than any of the other quail but I've found they hold REALLY tight in the right terrain

@pastorgaryhcfrc3265 Жыл бұрын

Can you please tell me what unit is this where in AZ is this in

@johnvanderwalker4830 Жыл бұрын

Another great video. I love seeing the dogs work. thanks. I hate humble pie.

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@kevinmartin2096 Жыл бұрын

So awesome! I really want to go down their just nervous of all of the poisonous critters

@salihaykanat5560 Жыл бұрын

Süper

@marvinlacsina2662 Жыл бұрын

Another good one Eric👍🏻… it’s not always about the shooting or how many birds you get… it’s also about the dog work and experiencing God’s creation.. well done Sir. Can’t wait for the next one👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻… Merry Christmas 🌲

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

@brandondorame Жыл бұрын

How do you Ike that 828u any problems barrel length?

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

I love it. Very nice gun.

@Connor.Callahan Жыл бұрын

What over/Under you using?

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Benelli 828u

@cgeo3380 Жыл бұрын

What gun is the over under you use?

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Benelli 828u

@jayscott1380 Жыл бұрын

I live in AZ and hunt gambles all season long, running labs. Great eating. Yeah they run but once you bust a covey, you'll have singles. Also if after chasing singles for a while circle back to where you first busted the covey, many of those birds just run in a circle back to where they were, but then they hold better that second time.

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff, thanks!

@hawknzz Жыл бұрын

Where in AZ do you hunt? I live in AZ , i want to get my shorthair going next year.

@jayscott1380 Жыл бұрын

@@hawknzz I'm in the Kingman area

@jayscott1380 Жыл бұрын

Interesting as I watched this, I'm from AZ, hunt quail more than anything else. I got back from hunting pheasants in ND, and it's shocking how quick the quail are in comparison. I usually hunt them with IC or even cylinder choke, the quicker and wider the spread the better chance you have.

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Agreed 👍

@mehranheydary2757 Жыл бұрын

Did you go to hells canyon in New year?

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

I will be there soon 👍

@AtotheK17 Жыл бұрын

New truck?

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Yes, used but new to me.

@kenandrieling5885 Жыл бұрын

What kind of over under are you shooting?

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Benelli 828u

@kenandrieling5885 Жыл бұрын

@@ericforrester1 that's what I thought. Do you like it? I have an ethos and was going to get an 828 u

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Yes, it is a sweet gun.

@kyle-ri5mz Жыл бұрын

hey eric why did you get rid of the 250 for the raptor?

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

I don’t really have to have a HD truck and the raptor is so much more comfortable and capable off road.

@andrewh9443 Жыл бұрын

Nice truck! 17” wheels might smooth out those dirt roads even more 😊 Love the video

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Yep, a swap is on my list.

@kevinmclaughlin9796 Жыл бұрын

My first desert trip I went to New Mexico instead of Arizona. Big mistake. Bird numbers were extremely low and it was very tough hunting. We found all three species but it was a lot of work for very little reward. The following year we went to Arizona and the difference was night and day.

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

If New Mexico get the rains it can be great too. The rains at the right time of year are crucial.

@christinharrington8959 Жыл бұрын

What boots are you wearing in this video?

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Salewas

@christinharrington8959 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Eric. Really enjoy your videos.

@JayceBroda Жыл бұрын

Where’s TUBBS breed out of? Who is the breeder?

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Tubbs is a Wirehair out of Norton Kennels.

@abduulkadirpolat1449 Жыл бұрын

Chukar? 1:24

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Later in the season 👍

@RustySprocket Жыл бұрын

Headed down in a week for Mearns. Not my first trip to Arizona, but my first time hunting Mearns. Hoping to nail down my 6th and final North American quail species! Awesome vid dude! Loved it!

@ericforrester1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, good luck out there!

@RustySprocket Жыл бұрын

@@ericforrester1 Merry Christmas brother