Our cover is tall and its January.  The dogs have no problems hunting as the cover is mostly comprised of broomweed.  Broomweed is shaped a bit like umbrellas, wide at the top on a narrow woody single stem arising from the ground.  Quail can easily run down below yet they are shielded by the overhead cover against avian predators and man.

Broomweed is best attacked by freezing precip like freezing rain, sleet and snow.  It’s really weird this year as my lease has been passed by each time we’ve had frozen precip.  I actually live to the south of my lease and we have been hit by frozen precip 2 or 3 times already.

So what is my tactic in this kind of late season cover?…  [Read more →]