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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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Ellie’s OLAP Surprise! | Oklahoma Quail Hunting



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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Alabama Covey | Oklahoma Quail Hunting



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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First Bobwhite | Oklahoma Quail Hunting



My eldest daughter brought home a stray Texan the weekend before Thanksgiving. I convinced him to spend a day afield with me chasing my bird dogs. He got to see dogs on point and coveys flushing. He also got to shoot his first bobwhite, both bobwhite and blue. This video shows him flushing a shooting his first bobwhite. It was a banded and collared bird on a private ranch which is participating with Texas Tech University in a multi-state bobwhite study. Fun stuff!

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My Favorite 12 Covey Flushes – Oklahoma Quail Hunting



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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NW Oklahoma Quail Hunt



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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Riley’s Sand Bowl Covey | Oklahoma Quail Hunting

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.

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Last Bird of the Season | Oklahoma Quail Hunting



I usually quit carrying my gun about mid-January but I took it on a couple walks the last week of the season with some friends. This is the last bird I shot in the 21/22 season. It was a tough season as the numbers were down a bit and conditions were terrible but I was blessed to hunt a great deal with my dogs and my friends. I’m hopeful I can do this again next season.

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