Oklahoma, United States
• All you can see is miles of sand hills covered by sagebrush and plum thickets rolling alongside fields of sunflowers, milo, wheat, millet, and wild prairie grass. Suddenly off to your right the bird dog comes to a screeching halt- head stretched out, tail stiff, muscles quivering- a perfect point!
As you begin walking toward the dog, your blood pressure begins to rise with anticipation...which way is the covey going to fly? Your heart stops as 25 quail explode from the plum thicket! You pick a quail veering off to the left. You shoot he folds. You swing on a second quail as another covey of quail emerges not 30 yards in front of you...mass confusion. The excitement upland bird hunting brings can only be experienced.This is not an uncommon scene in western Oklahoma where quail hunting is great. The terrain, which contains some of the best natural habitat, in combination with the agriculture crops makes this area a quail hunters paradise.