Where in NC Kansas are you? I hunted north of Downs this past weekend and they are praying for it to dry out up there. There was standing water everywhere there. Wet roads and fields. We saw a good number of birds. The wind blew all weekend and the shooting was challenging but we shot birds. I live in SE Kansas and have hunted a bunch of ground down by my house and there are very few quail from what I have seen. Hunted up around Topeka Thanksgiving day and Friday and saw a good number of quail and had a good go with some young pointer pups.