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Howdy all, just finished up dove season out here in CA and damnit if i didn't have a time and a half trying to pick out all that #6 from my kills. I averaged 30 min with tweasers and patience (yes PER BIRD!)

My question is how can I reduce my cleaning time when quail season starts? should I just switch to BB shot and be done with it? or is there something im missing here? a metal detector mabey?:D

-Thanks

Tim
 
Down here in the desert with our blue quail, the shots are rather long so I use high-brass 7-1/2. I just breast them out, so shot never seem to be much of a problem. So, generally, I don't pick; I chew carefully and spit. :D

My big problem with quail is that they poop on the deck chairs on my porch.
 
I too save only the breast and use the same technique on quail as I do for woodcock and grouse. That is to use a hammer type meat tenderizer to flatten the breast so shot and shot trails are easy to see. Learned this from watching my wife preparing chicken breasts for Kiev and Cordon bleu.
 
If your shots generally run 20 to 30 yards, field loads of #8 or #7-1/2 are plenty good, with an improved-cylinder choke. That seems typical for bob whites. For me, it's often 40 to 50 yards on the larger blues, so I go with full choke and the stronger loads.

Blue quail are about half-again the size of bob whites.
 
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