Finally made it back to Kansas to hunt after many years. We started our morning meeting another hunter and he was going to be late so I decided to let the dogs out to stretch. One direction was pasture land so I tried to get the setter to go that way to get done what he needed to get done. Of course what everyone says follow the dogs if you want to find birds happened pretty quick. Before I could get him back into the truck he got past me and headed directly to the cover that looked like it would hold birds. He went over a little hill, no worries he will be back. Nope!! Step over the hill he is on point. Well I'm not even sure we are hunting here so I bust those birds and send them on. He chases for a ways then turns to come back, about 50 yards below that covey he goes on point again. Ok this is either old scent or possibly a single. Boy was I wrong, another covey of about 20. Well crap 2 coveys no shots and I haven't walked 200 yards from my truck.
I get the dog back into the truck finally and the other hunter shows up. He's like we were not going to hunt here but we can walk down to the fence and pick up some singles. After a fairly short walk the dog goes down and the action starts. After 4-5 points and a couple kicked up by the lab we let the rest go, and go back to truck so we can move on to pheasant hunt. I'm from MO I can hunt quail in MO, I'm here to hunt pheasants. We are driving down road to our first spot and see a covey by the road on the spot we are going to pheasant hunt so we pull up a few hundred yards with the intention of eventually getting back to the quail but no hurry. We start into the field and about 100 yards in dog goes down. hoping for a pheasant, nope another covey of quail. 3 coveys and I haven't walked 500 yards. We hunt back down the draw kick up a few pheasants, get a couple nice roosters. Setter goes down, back around where the road covey was and now our 4th covey in air.
Well to say the least it continued like this all day. My pheasant hunt turned into a quail hunt. Not necessarily a bad thing, but couldn't believe the number of quail in this area. Now I can't wait to get back for another pheasant-quail hunt.
I get the dog back into the truck finally and the other hunter shows up. He's like we were not going to hunt here but we can walk down to the fence and pick up some singles. After a fairly short walk the dog goes down and the action starts. After 4-5 points and a couple kicked up by the lab we let the rest go, and go back to truck so we can move on to pheasant hunt. I'm from MO I can hunt quail in MO, I'm here to hunt pheasants. We are driving down road to our first spot and see a covey by the road on the spot we are going to pheasant hunt so we pull up a few hundred yards with the intention of eventually getting back to the quail but no hurry. We start into the field and about 100 yards in dog goes down. hoping for a pheasant, nope another covey of quail. 3 coveys and I haven't walked 500 yards. We hunt back down the draw kick up a few pheasants, get a couple nice roosters. Setter goes down, back around where the road covey was and now our 4th covey in air.
Well to say the least it continued like this all day. My pheasant hunt turned into a quail hunt. Not necessarily a bad thing, but couldn't believe the number of quail in this area. Now I can't wait to get back for another pheasant-quail hunt.
