Kansas Quail Hunting

[Andy]

Thank you Daryl, I knew you were a gentleman : ) Dan I've only hunted them out here on a preserve and yes, they're quick, but only a couple birds at a time go up. I want the full on blitzkrieg along with adrenalin rush. Daryl, you can take photos, unless I miss, then we have to shoot your phone or camera.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Kansas Bobs are on my bucket list too. Sounds like Daryl picks us all up and it's a Parker road trip!

[Harold Pickens]

Optometrist friend of mine just got back from quail hunting in Kansas, his first time there and hunting public and WIHA land. He moved one covey per day.He didn't do very good, but was unguided and has one lab. I love labs, but a bigger running dog (setters for me) needed to cover more territory out there. Was in Alton. Was thinking about a late season Kansas hunt myself, but headed back to South Dakota mid January.

[Andy]

I think a Parker road trip sounds amazing Mike. I don't take up much room : )

[Steiner]

Originally Posted by Kevin McCormack

Curiously enough, I never hunted quail in KS when I lived there for a few years in the early 1970s, but had great quail hunting just up over the border in southern Iowa with friends from KC. Went to Texas for guided wild quail way up in the panhandle twice, east of Dalhart and north of Darouzette, creeping over into OK once or twice near Slapout (yes we bought licenses!). Lots of driving from lease to lease, tailgate lunches in the field, and more wild birds than I ever saw anywhere. Big coveys but our guide never let us shoot more than 2 per man out of any one covey. Lots of walking and great dog work, when they said "all wild birds", they meant WILD!! Interesting flush characteristics; some held drum-tight till the very last minute then burst up all at once; a few times singles would trickle out for a few minutes before the mob flushed. No rattlers but plenty of cactus and thorny pear thickets, hard on the boots and the hands!

As usual Kevin, your description is eloquent and accurate. Fortunately I didn't move from lease to lease as the ranches I was huntng were thousands of acres. The cactus and plum thickets are hard on the dogs but the sand burrs did the most damage to my pups.

[Steiner]

Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens

Optometrist friend of mine just got back from quail hunting in Kansas, his first time there and hunting public and WIHA land. He moved one covey per day.He didn't do very good, but was unguided and has one lab. I love labs, but a bigger running dog (setters for me) needed to cover more territory out there. Was in Alton. Was thinking about a late season Kansas hunt myself, but headed back to South Dakota mid January.

Harold, I have a friend that spends the entire quail season in Central Kansas and hunts public ground most every day. He said the bird numbers are good this year but added that he's never seen so much pressure on the public land around him.

[matt koepnick]

I have only hunted Quail for one season back in late 1990's when I was living in Sacramento Ca. I would drive down 8-10 hrs or so for a 2 day weekend hunt at Fort Hunter Ligget a little bit below King City. Passes were issued to hunters in small numbers, each to a specific training area that was not being used for troop training that weekend.
. My first covey flush with Gambrel Scaled was around a hundred birds. Not an exaggeration by any means. And we kept bumping 20 to 30 bird groups as we walked along. All day, each day. And I mostly missed .
No dog, just myself and my buddy. Didn't realize what kind of day had been given to us till much later in life as I hunted more and more in different states. Only got a few birds between us that season. Prob my most fun and least productive hunting venture of mine.
Mattly

[6pt-Sika]

Used to be three guys here that would go to OK , TX , KS each year they’d stay 3-6 weeks only messed with quail or so they claimed . They’d pull out with two TN Walkers per man and 8-12 setters/pointers . All these guys are gone from this life but they seemed to get the most from their own lives . Never did hear about the numbers of birds they got into or took , but I did hear number of empty bourbon bottles a couple times

[Double Lab]

Road trip!!!

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

Road trip!!!

Now you're diggin' where the taters are!!