Well, we took all 5 of our dogs out to the lease this weekend including the new GSP I picked up back in the summer. Good news is we found 8 coveys of mature birds with anywhere from 12-20 birds in each. Spent a good time bumping each covey in this warmer weather, able to find the singles as well. Dogs had no problem winding the birds, only ran through them once. The bad news is that the GSP that was so promising turned out a bust. She has no drive to hunt....didn't even show interest in the dead quail. Oh well, I guess my wife now has an expensive house pet. We were just happy we found as many covey's as we did given the weather conditions and the recent reports. The highlight of the weekend was walking up on two 200+lb pigs bedded in some tall grass. The dogs were as flustered as the pigs were...just kind of sat there looking at each other until the pigs finally ran off. I think Jan & Feb will be even better once the weather gets cold and stays cold.

where is your lease located? blues or bobs. dont give up on the gsp . keep hunting him and eventually a light will turn on.
thats what happended to my young gsp. i was almost ready to throw in the towell

Sounds like a good trip.

Maybe there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Our lease is out near Kent County - all the quail were Bob's. We haven't seen Blues since 2005, they pulled a Houdini! As far as the dog goes, I'm not holding out any hope after what I saw.

Hate to be a pest but what is the nearest town to your lease? I'm going south of Spur just over the Dickens county line in Kent county next week and need some good news.

closest town to us is Jayton so you'll be in the area

Thanks

Sounds like a good trip (other than the GSP). I hope we can find some birds on our place after the deer hunters are gone. Like Blanked said, dont give up on the GSP, I would bet that it gets better.

my lease is north east of jayton. about 20 miles. you wouldnt happen to be on seth clays property would you?

8 coveys in 2 days not bad for this year. Keep us posted.

Our thoughts exactly - 8 decent coveys with mature birds in a day & a halfs hunting given the conditions is alright in our book.....one thing we did notice, we've met a lot of hunters from Georgia - and they're driving! Talk about dedication....I think I might work with dunce in the off season on some pen raised birds and see if her demeanor changes after she's got some consistency. I'll keep yall updated on the birds, supposed to head back out early Jan

Tigger

Is your place so. of Clairmont?

lmfao, so I'm not the only one familiar with the town that has one flashing light and a mobile home!

Southeast

Chet your place is 20 miles northwest of clairmont.

Well holy west texas highways, we all hunt within 30 miles of each other and never met

South of Clairmont here so make that 4 people. I have seen a few birds at our place, but we have no cattle so we have lots of cover. We hunt quail usaually after deer season. We may only shoot 1 or 2 birds from each covey this year and probablly no more than 20 birds total all season. Hopefully they can figure out this avian flu and get things back to normal.

Lots of burrs in Jayton, and some big deer.

tigger

I knew that but I'm trying to figure out where Holdpoint's place is so I can hunt it, he's got birds.

We need to figure out a time when we are all going to be out there and meet for lunch.........Isn't there a 5* dinner in Clairmont

I think all those west Texas towns have a 5* diner. That's been my experience.

yea I hear there is a great sushi restaurant inside the Ritz in Clairemont - I'll make us a reservation

The five star dinner is jerry's bar. grill, and it is only 67 miles to the bunny run.

chet, you need lots of guidance.

I've always needed guidance