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Conditions & Cover
Weather
Cool, damp mornings after a front are the holding-cover days
Wind
Notorious wild flushers in wind — 60 yards and gone
Temp
Snow bunches coveys along shelterbelts and stubble
Cover
Wheat stubble, grass margins, gravel roadsides
The Daily Clock
How to Hunt It — Hour by Hour
1
Morning Stubble Feed
First 3 hours
Coveys feed waste grain in stubble, edging along grass margins.
Run It
Work stubble-grass edges into the wind
Expect the flush at 30+ yards
2
Midday Grass Loaf
Midday
Loafs in grass draws and rock piles — the tightest they’ll sit all day.
Run It
Follow the covey’s landing mark
Re-flushes hold better each time
3
Evening Re-Feed
Last 2 hours
Back to the stubble, calling with a rusty-gate creak at dusk.
Run It
Listen at sunset to roost them
First covey of the morning starts here
Cross-Reference
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