Gambel's numbers ebb and flow largely dependent on timely winter and spring rains...
...which hopefully are abundant enough to produce prodigious amounts filaree...Filaree is high in Vitamin D. The more Vitamin D Gambel's hens munch, the more hens are susceptible to breeding, the larger the egg clutches, all of which leads to more and larger the brood sizes and, naturally...
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...barring unforeseen disaster once the chicks hit the ground (and yes other mitigating circumstances, poor shooting, hunter breakdowns you know out of shape, over the hill, etc., poor dog work, perish the thought, eh, Annie ol' girl)...Of course we ain't going to let any that stuff happen, right. So hell, no reason then our game bags should not be brimming and our quail feasts...plentiful and tasty.
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