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  1. 11-03-2016, 12:38 PM #1
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    Five minutes ago I stood on my front porch and watched a covey of quail run single file from the trees on one side of the driveway and into the trees on the other side. I counted 14 birds. Man that felt good. That was better than an orgasm!

    I've only seen one covey in the upstate in maybe 10 years until today. That one was on Smallwater's farm in Epworth a few years ago. My 18 year old grandson was with us and the first words out of his mouth were, "What kind of birds were those?" 18 years old and been hunting squirrels, doves, ducks, turkeys and deer since he was 6 and had never seen a wild covey flush. How sad is that?
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    We've got at least one nice covey on my club in Spartanburg that i've seen 8-10 times over the last 3 years. The farthest distance between sightings is probably 0.5 miles. I'm not sure how big their range is. I'm hoping its multiple coveys.
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    I've got a covey on a piece of property I hunt. 6 to 8 at least.
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    We have a couple of coveys on our property in Laurens County
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    You haven't lived till you've walked a cut-over and stepped into the middle of a covey of quail.
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    I estimate we have 3-4 on our land in Mccormick.

    Edit: 3-4 coveys
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    Had a covey walk under the stand I was sitting in Fairfield county a couple years back. Haven't seen em since... But have heard them in several locations recently in Newberry county.
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    I've seen a few small coveys on my land in Lexington County.
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    I saw 2 coveys on our Fairfield tract back during turkey season and had a covey in prosperity this year atleast before it was logged
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    If we still had quail....i would sale all of my duck stuff and buy two english setters and go at it. I miss those days.
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    It's great to hear that at least a few coveys are scattered around the upstate. When I was in high school I'd keep my shotgun in my '55 Chevy. As soon as I left school I would haul butt to the house and load up my pointer, then hit the spots I knew had coveys. It was nothing to find 3 or 4 coveys in the afternoon. A few years later when I joined the Air Force I told my dad to sell my pointers. It had already gotten hard to find birds.

    I hunted birds with my dad for as long ago as I can remember. When I first started going with him I carried a Daisy lever action BB gun.
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    Amen Pappy
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    Quote Originally Posted by pappy View Post
    If we still had quail....i would sale all of my duck stuff and buy two english setters and go at it. I miss those days.


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    I see them quite regularly in Kirksey.
    During bow season, I saw one covey that was 25+ birds.

    We are planning to buy a few pen-raised birds to release to hunt one Saturday after deer season but our main hope is to get in on some of the wild birds at the same time. the pen-raised birds just guarantee us a little bit of shooting
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    I heard and saw multiple coveys on a friend's lease in Chesterfield while working on stands this summer.

    We have at least three coveys of 12-16 birds on the club in Lee county. I actually took a few pictures of one covey that was feeding under my stand the other week, they're beautiful birds for sure!
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    We have at least 2 coveys in Lowdnesville. There is one that has 8-10 at that box stand i was posting about the other day. See them at least every other time i sit that stand. I would love to see them make a come back. They are fun birds to hunt.
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    We have 3-4 coveys on a tract of our hunt club. All are decent size with between 12-18 birds. The Llewellins are itching to get after them and so am I.
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    we have a few coveys on our property in laurens, they've staged a little mini-comeback there the last few years. not a sustainable population to hunt, but it's nice to ride around and see a covey get up in front of you. dnr has started a bobwhite initiative here in state, with some cost sharing opportunities available and land managing help. glad to see that at least someone in state is making an effort to attempt to bring some sort of population back.

    http://www.dnr.sc.gov/quail/index.html

    edit: swampknob beat me to it. glad someone else was aware of them.
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