Northwest portion of the state looks great!!!
Has anyone been seeing quail or pheasant this year?
https://mdc.mo.gov/newsroom/mdc-says-quail-and-pheasant-numbers-steady-despite-rough-start
About a month ago I bumped a ~15 bird covey on our farm. The birds were fairly small, yet big enough to fly off.
Then I got this trail cam pic which made my day!
Been doing a lot of habitat work:
Killing off fescue/brome
Increasing the width and diversity of waterways
Planting elderberry...
Planning on taking the dogs out to one of my good spots tomorrow. They haven't had much work this year due to the extreme heat and me being busier. Will post up what we see when I get back home!
Picture of the opening day hunt. Regretting now that I didnt take many pictures this year!
This is the daddy to our 18 month old dogs
notice the young quail on the far left!
The 2 female pups:
Went out on Saturday and hunted our best private ground area. We found a really nice covey (about 20 birds in it full grown) in a fence row. Our 18 month old pup made a great point on the covey. We had troubles finding the singles - thinking the dogs were not able to smell them too good with the...