You Dove hunters give us Quail hunters a report on what Quail you are seeing while dove hunting.

I heard some this morning in Denton County.

Great question!!

We saw one covey as we leaving the place, this was Runnels county.

same here, buddy looked at me and said..."is that a Bobwhite?" West of Boliver.

I had them popping up all over while dove hunting both yesterday and today. They were spread out too not just in one spot. I was amazed.

Shoot me a PM if you want to put a bird dog on those quail, or stop by the Katy NSTRA trial in October if you want a mess of quail.

heard a BIG covey in Bell County!!

Saw a 13 bird covey yesterday here on the ranch in Stephens county.

Double 6, you might want to post this in the Migratory section...with it being opening Weekend and the start to the season, there has been a lot of traffic over there.

Flushed a covey of 8 this evening near Brookshire.

saw 4 coveys in Haskell ,,, a several more in previous months

Flushed 2 cubbys on 200 acres in Fisher county this weekend. One had 17 birds the other had 9. Most birds I've seen on that property since 05.

one covey in Hays County.

Heard a covey in Bell Co. in opposite field from me...it was music to my ears! It was public land and no one else around, so hopefully they won't be hunted. I would like to see them come back!

Outside of Midland today shooting sporting clays and saw two covies of blues maybe 10 or 12 in each group. Most looked 3/4 grown

Two quail came into the tank in Montague county while dove hunting. We have a few resident coveys on the place we see and scare up often.

Hunted again in Montague and scared a covey of 12 full size quail looking for a bird. They were in the dove weed.

Plenty of quail out at our place, but I can't remember a year we didn't have them. Did see two covey's of blue's. Haven't seen them around in years. Should be a good year

I hunted opening weekend near Floydada. Last year was decent for quail and terrible for pheasants. We were mostly hunting water for the doves, but I did make a round through our usual quail and pheasant fields. The CRP is a bit better than the last 2 years, but still on the short side. There is a lot more grain crops than usual, mostly sunflowers that are already cut and milo with some corn that's still a ways off. Did not see a single quail or pheasant, although the landowner said he's been seeing some of both.

Not a good picture but saw one crossing the gravel road.



Lucy busted a large covey. Looked to be 25-30 birds.
I can't blame the dog, she has never scented a covey that large before.

Did not hunt, but was mowing senderos last week for those that did. Have been seeing quail in more places on the ranch than I have ever seen.

Saw a few big coveys on the rio in hudspeth, fort stockton area. Buddy of mine thought it would be funny to drive over some amateur dove hunters, fortunately i talked him out of it. those poor boys would have opened up with everything they had.

I am seeing lots of pairs, and one covey of about a dozen where I dove hunt. Too bad I'm not seeing the dove.

went and got cameras the other day up here in SW ok, saw 3 coveys on 30 acres of crp. Seeing tons of quail, just no dog...