Started Dogs & Puppies, Training, Stud Service for GSPs
Eric and I had a wonderful day chasing bobwhite in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Eric’s Wirehair, ,Heidi, pointed this beautiful covey of wild bobwhite in a large sand plum thicket. The normal covey size in this are is 8-12 birds. I haven’t counted but I’m pretty sure 25 birds got up on this flush. Too bad I’d forgotten to load my gun!
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Good sport Allen missed this layup shot twice after Ellie Mae stuck this single wild bobwhite on a grey afternoon in December 2020. He redeemed himself the next day (a bit).
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Dot found this covey of public land birds near a big stack of wood where they are doing some brush mitigation work. Her health has dramatically decreased her stamina and energy. She gets short walks exclusively now. I’m thankful she’s still able to hunt and she certainly finds her share of birds.
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Hunting has been tough so far this season. I’m finding some coveys deep in the large sand plum thickets we have here in the Panhandle. Because of the absence of any meaningful ground cover beneath the thickets the birds are running to the opposite edge and flushing generally out of range. It makes for tough shooting.
Sand plums, also known as Chickasaw plum, Cherokee plum, or Sandhill plum (Prunus angustifolia Marshall), are native fruit-producing shrubs or small trees in Oklahoma. In Panhandle bobwhite habitat they grow in thickets often intermingled with sumac. Sand Plums offer excellent overhead cover for bobwhite and during the summer produce small, tart fruit that my mother turns into awesome jam.
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Rhett the Vizsla (RIP) found this tight-holding single bobwhite back in 2017. That red grass made it hard to see that red dog.
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January 27, 2024 was a great day of bobwhite hunting for the dogs and I. The dogs found 6 coveys in 3 walks that day. Lily found 2 on each of her two walks. Dot found 2 on her one walk (I failed to get one of her coveys on video due to a screw-up by the camera operator). I’ve posted all the coveys individually but wanted to put them together so I don’t forget that day. I hope you enjoy them.
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Such a great day afield! At the close of a 12 mile day today Ellie Mae found this covey of public land bobwhite way back deep on a tract of OLAP property. I shot one of the first two birds up but what you don’t see on the left side of this clip is the 10 other birds that flushed. It’s been tough hunting this year and is great to see nice coveys on public ground.
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Jimmy and Marissa’s big Brittany, Briar, found this covey of bobwhite spread out near a well pad on the nearby WMA. Not my best capture but it’s not everyday I get to hunt with a true southern gentleman like Jimmy and certainly not everyday that I get to hunt with a gorgeous southern belle like Marissa! Coveys are getting tough to find as the season progresses but I’m still out there following the dogs.
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A collection of my 12 favorite flush captures since I started videoing my hunts. You’ll see my pointing dogs as well as those of my friends pointing coveys of bobwhite and blue bobwhite as well as Huns, rooster and ruffed grouse. I used a new format so let me know what you think. The idea came from @Wyomatt here on YouTube. I’ll add a link to his video on the end screen.
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On the backside of an ice storm some young dogs, Dot and Holly, both had beautiful finds on strong coveys of Oklahoma Bobwhite. I finally got some decent covey flush clips and with Jeff along we caught two angles of every flush.
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Oklahoma offers some of the best bobwhite hunting opportunities in the country, and Northern Bobwhite hunting has been some of the best in decades. Follow along as we join Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Assistant Director Wade Free as he guides us on a fabulous bobwhite hunt in northwest Oklahoma. He also shares with us some valuable bird dog training tips with several of his puppies.
Original air date: November 12, 2017
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Bob’s pointer Riley is probably the best wild bird dog I’ve ever had the pleasure of walking behind. He nailed these private land bobwhites from 40+ yards away in a brisk breeze on 1/7/24. I think that stalking behavior is likely from his frequent exposure to ruffed grouse. Not everybody gets to see dogs like Riley really putting their genetics and talent to work in real life situations. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.