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New Mexico Coveys | New Mexico Quail Hunting



Here are 4 Gambel’s bobwhite covey flushes captured on my trip to New Mexico last weekend. The first three have two views as there were multiple cameras operating. Tucked away at the end, as bonus footage, is an awesome Mearn’s bobwhite covey flush from this week.
Covey flush #1 is Ken’s Four Bird Covey. In the video you can hear Ken tell his wife, Tammy, that there are four birds in the brush ahead. Turns out there were a few more than four. Neat footage.
Covey flush #2 is Cognac’s Crazy Covey. Ken’s GSP Cognac tracked this covey a bit before we got them cornered. When they flush they go every direction. This was a really fun covey rise.
Covey flush #3 is Ellie’s Arroyo Covey. Ellie found these birds in a flat beside a large arroyo and held them between us until we could arrive to enjoy some fun shooting. I really just like to type (and say) the word arroyo.
Covey flush #4 is The Unharmed Covey. Nary a shot was fired as this large covey flushed over the hill past Ken’s Saki.
Bonus Montezuma Quail flush really speaks for itself. It is breathtaking footage for those of you who have never had a chance to witness these birds in person. I love it!
#bobwhitehunting #bobwhite_hunting #birdhunting

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Thicket Coveys | Oklahoma Quail Hunting



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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Wolfpack Coveys | Oklahoma Quail Hunting



Some gentlemen from North Carolina came to Oklahoma and allowed me to tag along one day as they explored the southern Great Plains. My little Dot found a covey against the edge of a small sandhill and Peter’s young wirehair Finn found a scattered covey in the middle of a sage flat. Add a taste of bourbon on the end and it was all added up to a wonderful day afield. #birdhunting #oklahomahunting #bobwhitehunting #bobwhite_hunting #birddog

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Dot and Lily’s Great Day Coveys | Oklahoma Quail Hunting



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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Brad’s Horseback Coveys | Kansas Quail Hunting



Depending upon one’s feelings regarding the necessity of killing a bobwhite to call a day spent afield a “hunt” yesterday may, or may not, have qualified as a hunt. Despite the fact that we didn’t bother to carry our guns it certainly felt like bobwhite hunting. And what a bobwhite hunt!

A friend invited me, and my dogs, to join him for a day of horseback hunting in Kansas. The country was stark, beautiful and full of history. The company was comfortable and entertaining. Dot, Lilly and Gracie all got finds leaving poor old Ellie Mae as the odd dog out. It was my first time to ride up on dogs on point and it damned sure won’t be my last! Thanks Brad!

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