Got my first bobs of the season last week. Probably headed back for more soon. Have walked 12 miles total last two hunt days with no roosters flushed. Way different than last year. I expect more success shortly though.
Nice! I talked to a local group that got a couple not too far away from my typical hunting areas this year. Pheasant season ends Jan 10th but quail goes to Jan 31st...might have to head south and try to find some after the 10th. I haven't shot one in 10 years I am guessing. I saw a couple on the gravel road driving between farms this summer, so they are trying to make a come-back in my immediate area. We have 2 acres of shrubs that are 3 years planted...a couple more years and that should be some decent quail habitat. We are just a bit too far north for them.
Heading to a spot that is new to me this morning. 200 acres of CRP, sounds like flat ground. If we don't limit there sounds like we might try some public ground.
Hunted the CRP, we each got 2, hit a great piece of public after that, got one more.