A bobwhite quail translocation study currently underway on private property in Polk County has shown some promising results and interesting findings regarding predation of active nests this year, ...

POST - They're not real quail nests, but to the predatory critters who consider them lunch, they look close enough. Garza County researchers are replicating the game bird's dwelling ground in effort ...

There have been many stories of mothers throughout the animal kingdom risking their lives to protect their young. Some, like lions, defend their cubs through ferocious battles, while others, such as ...

BASS RIVER TOWNSHIP _ It was just after sunrise when John Parke got out of his car here at the Pine Island Cranberry Co. and heard the first one. It was music to his ears. The “bob” was soft and slow.

Loss of natural habitat is a serious threat to wildlife. How game birds have managed to recover after the wildfires that have roared through and incinerated our neck of the woods is a mystery, but ...

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Quail are the feathered cheeseburgers of brush and fields. "Just about everything eats quail -- quail eggs, chicks or adult quail," Dale Rollins said. "They have to be the most paranoid things in the ...

Every newly hatched quail chick or turkey poult is something of a miracle. And simply making it into the world is just the first hurdle these ground-nesting birds face when they peck their way onto ...

Texas quail and Texas quail hunters live in a boom-or-bust world, their intertwined fates annually determined, to a large degree, by the roll-of-the-dice capriciousness of Texas weather. Get lucky — ...

Hunters can apply to hunt on Wildlife Management Areas for duck and quail through Oct. 15. And applications for wood duck ...