Quail hunters in Texas can take a little solace, perhaps even a bit of optimism, afield this season. The state’s bobwhite quail populations seem to be recovering in what could be a “building year” for ...

If there’s anything more genuinely unnerving to a bird hunter than a covey rise of bobwhite quail, I’m not sure what it is. Even when you halfway know to expect it, the little buggers burst from ...

The Rolling Plains is a premier hunting destination and stronghold for bobwhite quail in Texas, second only to South Texas. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s annual roadside survey indicates a ...

A researcher at the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation is about to affix a radio transmitter to a hen bobwhite quail to study bird movements and habitat use. About a quarter century ago I shared ...

Northern Bobwhite The recent mild winter benefited northern bobwhite populations across much of the state, and results from spring and summer surveys show similar or increased numbers across the quail ...

Northern bobwhite quail, the focus of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s latest effort to try to bring back a native wildlife species that, sadly, has disappeared from the state’s landscape, has ...

Bill White and his sons Tony (left) and Andrew at a quail-restoration site in northwest Missouri. Photographs by Michael Sugrue Bill White makes me question everything I’ve heard about wild bobwhite ...

July is a critical period for hunters wishing to prepare for the upcoming deer, waterfowl, small game, waterfowl blinds and dove seasons. Here's why.

Hunters look forward to Nebraska’s upland bird forecast most years. This would not be one of those years. This is the year you cover your eyes, take a deep breath, part your fingers and peek. Then ...