I haven't been able to get much hunting in yet this year. I hope things change here soon for me. I did get out to a "local" spot (read 2 hours drive) on Saturday but the temps down here were over 85 degrees inland. On the coast were I live it was only 68 degrees in the middle of the afternoon.
Anyway, I didn't want to hunt the dog too hard in the heat. Maybe I'm used to hunting a black lab, but my cocker spaniel didn't seem to mind the heat that much. I made him rest and gave him lots of small drinks but I was still concerned about the heat and lack of water for him to swim in first to stay cool. So, in the brief hunt I did take, I saw no quail but the dog did flush two rabbits. I let them pass. No big deal, but out of the dozens of times I've hunted that area in the past I've only seen Jacks before. I guess the cocker really does get into the cover well to kick things up. I'm sort of looking forward to getting into some birds soon though; hopefully in cooler weather.
If you don't mind me asking, quail hound, what sort of heat can your springers handle?