Bobwhite quail populations in South Carolina and the Southeast have been declining steadily over the past 60 years due to major land use change and reduction in suitable habitat. The 22nd Annual Wild Quail Management Seminars, sponsored by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources and the S.C. State Committee of Quail Unlimited, are designed to [...]
December 6, 2008 | Posted in
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Annapolis, Md. — Hunting seasons for upland game species including cottontail rabbits and bobwhite quail start on Saturday, November 1. Seasons for other small game species are already underway. Squirrel season opened September 6 and ruffed grouse season began October 4. Rabbits and squirrels are common statewide and can be hunted close to home with [...]
October 31, 2008 | Posted in
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Quail numbers are rebounding where sportsmen, citizen conservationists and conservation agencies are building suitable habitat.
JEFFERSON CITY–2008 will not go down in history as a banner year for Missouri quail hunters, but bobwhites are making a comeback in places where sporting groups and conservation agencies have given the doughty little birds a fighting chance.
Quail are more [...]
October 28, 2008 | Posted in
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Winter and spring weather extremes negatively affected some areas
PRATT — “Good to excellent.” That’s the general prognosis for pheasant, quail, and prairie chicken hunting in Kansas this fall. However, there are some areas where the prospects are not so good due to weather extremes since last fall, so hunters will need to do some pre-season [...]
September 18, 2008 | Posted in
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Late fall and winter bring “hard times” for small game species like bobwhite quail and rabbits, according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.
Natural food becomes scarce and resting and escape cover is thin in the fall and winter, according to Billy Dukes, Small Game Project supervisor with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR). [...]
September 8, 2008 | Posted in
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A partnership of farmers and conservation professionals turned marginal cropland into a quail success story that won national acclaim.
JEFFERSON CITY-Scott County, Mo., seems an unlikely place to lead the nation in bobwhite quail restoration. Perched on the northern edge of the Mississippi Embayment, the county is a panorama of 160-acre center-pivot irrigation plots. Yet this [...]
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) was one of three organizations to receive top honors from Quail Unlimited (QU) for efforts related to the Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI) at the seventy-second annual North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference held in Phoenix, Ariz. in March.
WRD was commended for innovative actions [...]
April 26, 2008 | Posted in
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