| A milo field any time during the season with any kind of cover along its edge or cutting through it is a must hunt quail spot. Early season milo has far more milo leaf cover spanning the gaps between the stubble rows making for much better cover than the late, January, stubble picture seen here. Early season milo stubble quail hunts frequently find the covey to occupy such fields during the entire day as evidence by roost piles and covey points well within the field. Late milo field hunts are more productive along more stout winter cover found on fence lines and field drainages.
A very tight holding single quail point well after the initial covey flush. Using such pictures is the best proof we have for what we say as dogs do not lie about where birds are. The physical difference between early and late season milo field hunts is that early season the milo leaf would probably have covered this dog. The opening he is in within this picture is the combine wheel track. Looking at the space between the rows immediately to the dog's front it shows well how that gap would be covered by milo leaf. This late season picture shows even with most of the milo leaf down there is still plenty of quail holding cover. |
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