Started Dogs & Puppies, Training, Stud Service for GSPs
We first interviewed veteran bobwhite hunter Keith Knipp about his passion for bobwhite hunting and the ups and downs he’s seen as a bobwhite hunter. Then we learn how to catch a crappie just in time for Valentine’s Day with our good friend David Banta.
source
My little pointer Dot found this covey on the edge of a sand draw in a pasture we call the “Andy”. She was all contorted around a big sand plum shrub with the birds below her. Only two birds flushed initially with the remainder of the covey (about 10 birds) going out well after the shots. I can tell it’s early season as it took me two shots to knock one down and I was out of breath after the action. I’ll be back after them this weekend and can hopefully get some better footage. #bobwhitehunting #birdhunting #bobwhite_hunting #oklahomahunting
source
I found this little clip while I was reviewing footage from last season. Taken in late December 2020 it shows Aidan scratching down a report pair on top of a sage covered hill. I’ve watched this young man grow up in the bobwhite fields from the wide-eyed kid who’d just shot his first bobwhite to the capable hunter you see in the clip. Take a kid hunting this fall!
Ellie Mae finally pinned this running covey of late-season bobwhite in the spectacular backdrop of February, 2021.
Todd’s Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, Bailey, is the first of the continental breeds to make it to my page this season. She found this covey of public land bobwhites feeding in a sage flat in amongst some stately cottonwoods late in the day on 12/2/24.
source
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation bands bobwhite bobwhite on some of the Wildlife Management areas in Oklahoma. On this late season hunt near my local WMA Ben’s Brittany, Cali, pointed a scattered covey of bobwhite and Bill shot a banded bird. Fun stuff!
source
On a breezy late season day in February, 2025 Lily found this covey of uncooperative wild bobwhite in a super thick patch of sandhill plum. As you can see in the video the thicket was noticeably deeper than I expected. I’m not a tall guy and I was almost swallowed up before I got across. The birds flushed wild when Lily relocated and cut off their escape route. They passed right over my head making for a neat video. Enjoy!
source
Joe from Maryland brought his pretty little setter, Penny, down to see me this weekend. We had a cool day that started with a bit of frost on the prairie and our first covey about 100 yards from the truck. Later that same walk Joe’s Penny found this covey of bobwhite and Joe was able to score on two birds. Not bad for a mostly self-taught guy with relatively limited access to wild birds. Fun stuff.
source
A collection of the best flushes I captured while hunting wild bobwhite in the 16-17 season. Increasing your video quality settings when viewing makes seeing the birds easier. My favorites are the huge covey at 0:13 and the feathers floating at 2:00 .
source
In early February, 2025, Brent’s Penny Pointer found this single in the middle of a large sage flat. While everyone else in the party searched for a downed bird I made the long trek to see what she’d found. This bird held tight and flushed strong. Watch her enthusiastically search for the dead bird and deliver it to me. As brother Mark would say, “She’s shiny as a new penny!”.
source
I normally edit a lot of the approach out of my videos but I left this one entirely intact from when I turned my camera on to when I shut it off. This video shows the entire process as well as any I’ve captured in a long time. Plus, it’s Dot who I love. She’s such a sweetheart and deadly on bobwhite. I hope you enjoy this clip as much as I enjoyed filming it.
source
It’s been tough hunting this past week. This covey find by Ellie Mae and Maddie is fairly typical of what I’ve been seeing. The birds don’t leave much scent and move off the points when the dogs do find them making them extremely hard to get close to, and therefore, hard to get decent video. Despite the less than stellar dog/bird action in this video Aidan’s reaction to his banded/collared bird is pretty neat.
source
Dot has gotten progressively weaker as the season has passed. I have to only take her on really short walks as she has virtually no stamina. Despite her limits she almost always finds birds.
source
You don’t see much of her in the clip but my Ellie Mae found these birds in some thick thistles after we had walked past them. She’s an old hand and not much escapes her. The clip is also neat because I wasn’t the only one wearing a camera. Listen to the birds flush in the clip Dave captured. They make quite the racket coming out of the thick brush.
source