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Morgan:
Nice pics! The quail are all gone here too. When I was growing up they were thick. Now, I cannot remember the last time I heard one call much less flushed a covey.

Mounter:
We’re seeing a significant upswing in the quail population here last couple years...pheasant s are still very thin in most areas..

ohma2:
Used to be able to find 3_4 covies just about anytime around me ,then 25 or so years ago the farmers around here fired up the dozers and took out all the fence rows,all the hedge rows and every piece of cover wildlife had.now they are dealing with all the erosion they caused and begging for government aid.so sad!!

PaulN/KS:

--- Quote from: ohma2 on August 19, 2018, 09:22:50 am ---Used to be able to find 3_4 covies just about anytime around me ,then 25 or so years ago the farmers around here fired up the dozers and took out all the fence rows,all the hedge rows and every piece of cover wildlife had.now they are dealing with all the erosion they caused and begging for government aid.so sad!!

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Ironic as I believe it was the government that promoted the whole "fence row to fence row" planting...  ???

Quail are fragile little things, lack of cover/habitat, too hot, too wet, too cold, too many ground predators, too many hawks... it's all bad for them. Tis a wonder there are any left at all these days.
I stopped hunting them when my pointer died so I'm no threat. (Not that I was when I did hunt them..  ::) )

BowEd:
Cover for erosion reasons is and has been being adopted by many farmers the last 40 years and I think across the country in my lifetime.It is at least in Iowa.Education is the key here.It's no doubt mistakes have been made in farming practices in the past.There are bad apples in every barrel.Just go back to the dust bowl days as an example.Finding a good balance for wild life enviornmentally and the land with good productivity.It takes time.I'm sure everyone would complain very much if food prices soared in the grocery stores in the US.
It's funny how outspoken criticism is made by those who are'nt active farmers and really don't know or understand the whole story.Living on a farm till high school then on to another career besides farming does'nt count as far as insight either.Being the sole managing operator over decades does.We are all on the same side in the end here.
I got fortunate and seen the covey the pair I first pictured had raised.Three quarters grown and 10 or 12 were in the bunch.Nice to see the pair were successful this spring.Around here we never shoot these little gems.

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