Tahoe National Forest Mountain Quail?

[calihunter05]

Okay, probably a silly question but I just wanted to see if anyone could clarify for me... would the quail in Tahoe National Forest be considered Mountain Quail? I got this from the DFG website,

3. Area Zone Descriptions [MAP]:

• a. Zone Q1:
  The early mountain quail season hunting zone includes the counties of Alpine, Butte, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Inyo, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity, and those portions of Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, Nevada, Placer, Tuolumne, Tulare, and Yuba counties lying east of the western boundary of the national forests.
• b. Zone Q2:
  The early coastal quail season (all species) hunting zone includes the counties of Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Lake, and Mendocino.
• c. Zone Q3:
  The balance of the state season (all species) hunting zone includes the remaining land area not included in Zone Q2 (the counties of Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Lake, and Mendocino)

There really is no mention of Tahoe National Forest in the description but I would assume that they would be mountain quail right?? Thanks for any insight. :thumbs up2:

 

[Brnsvllyjohn]

Mountain Quail are a different species than Valley quail. You need to know the difference and it has nothing to do with where they live. I have shot mountain quail in Monterey Co. as well as the Sierras. You should google it to see the difference but if you cannot tell the difference you could have a problem.
John

 

[calihunter05]

Thanks John for the info! I will do some more research.