They like to sit out in the open and watch. They are kind of like antelope. It's kind of hard to hunt them because of that. Of all the game birds, Huns prefer the sparsest habitat. Open fields, grass and oat stubble are good places to look for them.
Coveys have a relatively small home range, often a quarter mile square or less.
They rarely venture into corn fields unless the fields have been harvested, allowing them better visual conditions and the option of running if danger approaches. When hunting partridge in corn, the covey will either run to the end of the field where they will finally take to the air or hold and let you walk right into them. It's an annoying habit. It's quite unnerving to have a covey of 15 or 20 of these little buzz bombs roaring all around you. More often than not you'll miss this bird which is somewhat larger than a bobwhite.