Quail Hunting
Quail Habitat | This next hunter, Jason, is a long time multiple state bird hunter with pointing dogs of various breeds. He has been a member going on 15 years. Some time ago he started contributing to this website with pictures and hunt accounts telling how he has empathy for the traveling bird hunter and would like to have had such photo presentations for the areas he traveled to hunt. He also tells how his hunt enjoyment is as much about the pictures as the dog work itself. This particular picture series is somewhat unique as it includes a snow ground cover. The text is part his account, drawn from conversation and in part inclusive of some Association impacts. We hope all enjoy and new folks gain a better feel for what to expect.
Potential 8x10 candidate picture for the wall. The snow appears deeper than it is. This was the first snow fall of ground accumulation for the winter during the last week in November. The tufted grass has suspended the 1-2 inch snow fall making it appear to be deeper than it is. It started falling around 9 PM the night before this picture and melted off by 5 PM that day.
This farm consists of lightly wooded wet and dry drainages with thin to thick underbrush. Crops consisted of soybean and milo. A fallow pasture occupied one slope. The point pictures are of only those points out of the drainages as the points within the underbrush Jason did not take his camera out due to falling snow from the limbs. Similarly he did not get any shot opportunity for most points interior to the drainage. |
