Quail Hatch?

[Hagen]

Anybody seeing any young birds? Just hope they did better than the turkeys around here.

[Bodcau boy]

I am not optimistic that any quail even nested on my place this year. I have worked on improving the habitat but about all I can see is an abundance of turkey for my efforts, which I have no interest in whatsoever. I did not realize we were so close to virtual extinction of the bobwhite in this area until it was too late. I can only hope some birds will come to the steadily improving habitat from a surrounding area or that the AG&FC will see fit to transplant some at a future date if natural restoration does not occur. It would thrill me just to hear one whistle.

[varmit_master]

Hi my mother in law has a bunch of bird feeders in the front yard she keeps them out yr around i had been seen seeing male and a female coming up there eating the feed that the birds kick out on the ground But you would never see both of them at the same time Monday she came up and she had little ones with her it was great to see them i have seen turkeys come up in eat the seed before too they DONT have ANY dogs or cats i think that is why comes up in there yard alot now i move up here i have had turkey and deer all in my yard VM :biggrin:

[Wildman]

We have seen a few birds this year on our place not many but a friend of mine said the Game and Fish just planted some food plots and they are covered with quail eating the seed

[ARGROUNDSWATTER]

I have seen more quail this year than in years past. Our lease has some 2 year old clearcuts and that may have helped.

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[jmbknvc]

This last weekend I saw a yearing hatch of quail in the Lespedeza that I planted this year. There were around 12 with at least one adult bird. I have seen more quail this year then I have the last five years around the food plots that I planted Lespedeza in. I plan to plant some more areas in the spring with Lespedeza and cow and iron peas out at the lease to see if that helps. I am told by my father-in-law that the quail really like the seeds that the Laspedeza produces.

[Wes Ramsey]

My father-in-law and I started noticing quite a few quail around the farm near Mountain Home last spring. I haven't seen many in the last few months, but I know they're there and making a comeback.

[bird dog]

My father-in-law and I started noticing quite a few quail around the farm near Mountain Home last spring. I haven't seen many in the last few months, but I know they're there and making a comeback.


So where do we meet at, on opening day? :thumb:

[CR]

Bird Dog, I've seen four coveys of baby quail @ the lease in the past month, two weeks ago I found a bunch of chicks that had hatched within the week, they were up on the ridge, in the old camp clear cut.

[Wes Ramsey]

So where do we meet at, on opening day? :thumb:

Good question!

I don't know that there are enough to hunt right now, but I guess ya never know 'til you get a dog to flush 'em out for ya. I'm planning on putting out some millet and maybe fertilize some of that milkweed and see if I notice a difference next season. I don't even have a shotgun worthy of wing shooting right now...I mean YET... :biggrin:

[austincrutchfield]

I have seen several quail out in the fields and the other day i was goin to help my granpa in one of our hay fields and i have to go past most of my relatives and i got about 100 yards from one of my cousins house and a momma quail and one little one stepped out in the road and i slowed teh truck down but they didnt move and went under the truck and when i looked in the rear view mirror i seen them lookin at me then went on into the ditch. But it was a funny story when i told my granpa

[ARGROUNDSWATTER]

I was driving on the lease this morning when I saw two adult quail in the road in front of me. The road is covered with grass and weeds so I stopped the truck. Then I noticed a bunch of baby quail in the road about as tall as my thumb length. I turned around and went the opposite direction so as not to run over any of the babies. :thumb:
But one of John Stiles's boogie man wasn't so lucky. :biggrin:


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