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Texas hunters can expect a boost in the state's quail population this year, a new Texas Parks and Wildlife Department roadway survey reveals. Ahead of the quail hunting season opener on Oct. 26, the ...

While I’m hesitant to give a glowing outlook for the upcoming quail season, new data released from the Oklahoma Department of ...

Bobwhite quail once seemed plentiful in Ohio, which is surprising, because the state doesn't have many areas where quail typically thrive. Quail numbers in Ohio have dwindled, especially since the ...

Persistent drought is dragging down Arizona quail populations, state wildlife officials say, and could necessitate shorter hunting seasons and smaller bag limits on the game birds. The state’s small ...

The statewide hunting season for ruffed and blue grouse, as well as mourning doves, opened Sept. 1, and the season for most other upland game birds, including chukar, quail and rooster pheasants, ...

On an early January morning, Raleigh Lowder let loose his two hunting dogs, 2-year-old English pointer Dottie and 10-year-old German short hair Doc, to scour the grounds of Bobwhite Hills Wild ...

(FOX40.COM) –The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced high expectations for the upcoming hunting season with an above-average abundance of quail and chukar. California has three native ...

One of six native quail species found in the United States, the northern bobwhite is the only species found east of the Mississippi. It is named for its two-note whistle, which sounds like a low “Bob” ...

This story, “They Call Him Mr. Bob,” appeared in the January 1973 issue of Outdoor Life. Dempsey Cape and I were feeling for solid footing on a brushy hillside that angled into the swamp woods where ...