November 12, 2009
Dallas Morning News - Projects search for answers on quail decline
Quail season fittingly began on Halloween, and it looks like another trick-or-treat sort of a season. Many veteran bird hunters wait until cooler weather when bird dogs can run without overheating and with less chance of encountering rattlesnakes.
Most of the reports trickling in from early quail hunts ranged from mediocre to dismal. There were a few good reports, and there are always more birds than you think. Hunting success will pick up by Thanksgiving but a pall has descended on bobwhite quail hunters concerned over the steady decline of their favorite game bird.
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