by Dana Wright Most rangelands in west Texas have plenty of woody cover for quail, but there are situations when woody cover can be a limiting factor for quail. Examples…
JeffreySorelleMarch 2, 2023
by Daniel King This month we are talking about what may be the most versatile and valuable tool in a quail manager’s toolbox: prescribed fire. Bobwhite quail across their geographic…
JeffreySorelleJanuary 1, 2022
by Daniel King and Brad Kubecka There are multiple miscommunications that arise when discussing harvest management. Some of these frankly originate in semantics of a “quail population.” Defining our population…
JeffreySorelleNovember 30, 2021
by Daniel King This month we discuss what we call “brood patches.” Much of a quail’s diet comes from seeds (primarily from forbs) and arthropods, and both of those menu…
JeffreySorelleNovember 1, 2021
by Daniel King Our topic this month is prickly pear management. I will start this off by saying that, despite what some folks may think, prickly pear is not inherently…
JeffreySorelleOctober 1, 2021
by Daniel King As temperatures in the Rolling Plains climb into the triple digits, this month’s Manager’s Minute is about supplemental water. Given the correlation of quail production and rainfall,…
JeffreySorelleJuly 1, 2021
by Daniel King If you manage land anywhere south of central Kansas and west of Dallas, odds are you spend some time fighting a woody plant called “mesquite”. While it…
JeffreySorelleJune 1, 2021
by Daniel King Each month we will include a short column highlighting a specific practice or technique related to quail management. We have compiled a list of relevant topics to…
JeffreySorelleApril 30, 2021
by Daniel King We would like to introduce the “Manager’s Minute” this month. . Each month we will include a short column highlighting a specific practice or technique related to…
JeffreySorelleApril 2, 2021
