Bobwhite Quail Hunting page 2

wild upland bird hunts season by state crop

How To

Quail Hunting w/us

States

Kansas Pheasant

Kansas Quail

Kansas Upland

Missouri Pheasant

Missouri Quail

Missouri Upland

Iowa Pheasant

Iowa Quail

Iowa Upland

Topics

Cost

Lease Land

Testimonials

Who

Amongst MAHA quail hunting members they are largely divided between the dedicated quail hunting only bird dog hunter and those that prefer the mixed bag that includes quail and pheasant hunting during the same trip.

The quail hunting only members spend most of the season in Missouri to capitalize on the easy walking small farm grain crop field edge quail habitat. This Missouri quail hunting is largely on circular fields that allow for plenty of dog observation and the chance at open sky shots with plenty of quail coveys heading into the wood line. Or, simply more quail for the hunting. Missouri's quail hunting it is generally considered better for more singles action after the covey flush. And, that point about Missouri having a lot more quail than pheasants is a discriminator many quail hunters select above all else of where to go quail hunting.

The challenges continue for the single quail hunter working a brushed and grassed in fence line with his bird dog as this type of habitat nearly always has the quail flushing to the far side cleanly escaping the hunter. Two hunters, one on ether side of the fence line or creek bottom gain far more action of shots on quail.

Studying quail at every chance makes it easier for us to give recommendations to our hunters of where to go quail hunting.

Quail found dusting by Jon Nee while out on a land run in mid summer.

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Those quail hunters that prefer the mixed bag hunting with the easier to harvest pheasant will spend their quail hunting days in Kansas.

Kansas upland bird hunts with a mixture of tall grass pheasant and wooded and brushy draw bobwhite hunts gives the quail hunter a choice of variety frequently on the same day. The hoped for and very difficult to achieve bag limit of both wild pheasant and Bobwhite Quail in one day is possible only for those with the best dogs. Such a day will surely make a picture to bring a smile to that hunter's face for years to come.

A single bobwhite quail point (below) after a covey flush. The Association's owner's two boys learning the trade. Jon Nee has been upland bird dog runner for a lot longer than most and is passing that onto the next generation of hunters. His dog in this case is a superior quail hunter and weak on pheasant.

Successful quail hunting comes from having land in the right region of the state and with the right habitat. Training and working our own pointing bird dogs allows us the ability to speak from first hand experience what land to lease and where to go quail hunting. That above all else is cause for why we have the quail hunting quality and membership renewal rate that we do. That is due simply to having wild Bobwhite Quail hunting for every day the quail hunter has to quail hunt.