Category Archives: Upland Hunting Videos

West Cabin Quail Hunt

Nobody picked Tuesday morning to hunt, too many folks make decisions based on long range weather forecasts. So, I took advantage of the open time to try out the West Cabin field. Last season that field was barely hunted due to a monocrop of Partridge Pea. Partridge Pea is a nice plant in small spots or narrow strips, but gets too thick and woody to walk through or even allow birds to take flight if it is in solid blocks.

This season I worked to control the partridge pea and have a better mix of little blue, foxtail, mixed in with the pea. I set out a big covey of 13 quail toward the center and Hildy and I went to flush them out. We had a nice rise, with every bird taking flight at once, I missed the three that took off toward the east with both shots. I had no idea where the remaining ten had flown.

We worked around for the singles I hadn’t marked down and found three of which I harvested one, good flyers darting away. My marked birds started calling the others and I was able to locate a few on the way to flush them out of the middle timber stand. Picked up a two of those and chased and missed and chased and hit the ones in the woods. Had two fly to the back prairie field, which is in the best shape that it ever has been.

After a couple of hours and 25 shots, Hildy and I came back with 8 of the 13. The west cabin field is prime for a challenging quail hunt.

Sandy Run Field Report: February 12, 2025

Hildy at the West Cabin

The following is a list of Sandy Run’s Upland Fields and the number of birds left by hunters in the last 30 days.

 FieldCondition# Pheasant# Quail# Chukar
CabinStrips are and edges good shape635320
ClubhouseExcellent hunting condition92107
East BottomCover is prime088
North TinkerEdges are nice, strips are in good shape304211
PastureGreat for some chukar or quail coveys461
South TinkerEdges nice, strips are nicer211413
West BottomMaybe the best field hunting any birds3101
West CabinHuntable, nice challenge for quail coveys005
WoodsOpen and awesome066

Sandy Run Field Report: February 5, 2025

The following is a list of Sandy Run’s Upland Fields and the number of birds left by hunters in the last 30 days.

 FieldCondition# Pheasant# Quail# Chukar
CabinStrips are and edges good shape644513
ClubhouseExcellent hunting condition1061110
East BottomCover is prime187
North TinkerEdges are nice, strips are in good shape333315
PastureGreat for some chukar or quail coveys431
South TinkerEdges nice, strips are nicer351413
West BottomMaybe the best field hunting any birds281
West CabinHuntable, nice challenge for quail coveys100
WoodsOpen and awesome066

Sandy Run Field Report: January 29, 2025

The following is a list of Sandy Run’s Upland Fields and the number of birds left by hunters in the last 30 days.

 FieldCondition# Pheasant# Quail# Chukar
CabinStrips are and edges good shape445515
ClubhouseExcellent hunting condition9678
East BottomCover is prime403
North TinkerEdges are nice, strips are in good shape321723
PastureGreat for some chukar or quail coveys431
South TinkerEdges nice, strips are nicer32613
West BottomMaybe the best field hunting any birds974
West CabinHuntable, nice challenge for quail coveys100
WoodsOpen and awesome006

Sandy Run Field Report: January 22, 2025

The following is a list of Sandy Run’s Upland Fields and the number of birds left by hunters in the last 30 days.

 FieldCondition# Pheasant# Quail# Chukar
CabinStrips are and edges good shape484714
ClubhouseExcellent hunting condition48611
East BottomCover is prime200
North TinkerEdges are nice, strips are in good shape432822
PastureGreat for some chukar or quail coveys340
South TinkerEdges nice, strips are nicer25515
West BottomMaybe the best field hunting any birds1534
West CabinHuntable, nice challenge for quail coveys100
WoodsOpen and awesome036

Continental Pheasant Shoot Coming Up January 26

Our next (and possibly last) Continental Pheasant Shoot of the season is coming up Sunday January 26th. I still have some stands available, but need to know soon if you would like one. Don’t forget that two of you can split a stand.

You can reserve a stand at here on the Continental Pheasant Shoot page. All the information is here also, times, pricing and videos.

Sandy Run Field Report: January 15, 2025

The following is a list of Sandy Run’s Upland Fields and the number of birds left by hunters in the last 30 days.

 FieldCondition# Pheasant# Quail# Chukar
CabinStrips are and edges good shape466311
ClubhouseExcellent hunting condition1769
East BottomCover is prime801
North TinkerEdges are nice, strips are in good shape473927
PastureGreat for some chukar or quail coveys371
South TinkerEdges nice, strips are nicer2621
West BottomMaybe the best field hunting any birds22168
West CabinHuntable, nice challenge for quail coveys100
WoodsOpen and awesome007

Sandy Run Field Report: January 8, 2025

Fields have an average of 6 to 7 inches of snow coverage

The following is a list of Sandy Run’s Upland Fields and the number of birds left by hunters in the last 30 days.

 FieldCondition# Pheasant# Quail# Chukar
CabinStrips are thick, edges huntable318113
ClubhousePretty thick but ready to hunt 204
East BottomNeeds a frost, thick but huntable601
North TinkerEdges are nice, strips thick in spots526229
PastureThick in spots but huntable0101
South TinkerEdges nice, strips are tall but huntable24012
West BottomThick in spots but huntable26235
West CabinHuntable but not easy yet100
WoodsOpen and awesome047

Sandy Run Field Report: January 1st, 2025

The following is a list of Sandy Run’s Upland Fields and the number of birds left by hunters in the last 30 days.

 FieldCondition# Pheasant# Quail# Chukar
CabinStrips are thick, edges huntable316414
ClubhousePretty thick but ready to hunt 004
East BottomNeeds a frost, thick but huntable601
North TinkerEdges are nice, strips thick in spots466526
PastureThick in spots but huntable0101
South TinkerEdges nice, strips are tall but huntable22011
West BottomThick in spots but huntable24245
West CabinHuntable but not easy yet100
WoodsOpen and awesome047