Quail

The Rolling Plains Research Ranch
Wildlife Resources
The Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch is a 4,720-acre ranch in Fisher County, Texas that lies about 10 miles west of Roby off of US Highway 180. Speeding past on the highway the encyclopedia of knowledge that’s been garnered from the gently rolling hills is not obvious. Ultimately, the ranch’s aim is providing land managers and other stakeholders, with timely, relevant technology and management schemes for enhancing quail populations in the Rolling Plains of Texas. In doing so, the ranch hopes to sustain the “quail dynasty” that has supported hunters, ranchers, local economies, hunters and the quail themselves.

West Texas Ranchers Sustaining Northern Bobwhite Quail Populations
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Hunting the Northern Bobwhite Quail is popular in Texas, and it can provide additional income to ranches and rural communities. The problem is
that quail populations decrease during dry years and increase during periods of normal or above normal rainfall. Since rainfall patterns vary considerably in Texas, so do quail populations. A lot of time and money is allocated toward learning how to sustain bobwhite populations in a more stable manner and
progress has occurred.

Influence of Rainfall, Type of Range, and Brush Management on Abundance of Bobwhites
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From The Southwestern Naturalist 54(1) March 2009

Quail Management Strategies: Gleaning From “the Best of the Best” (2009)
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By: Leonard Brennan