By Dale Rollins It’s been several years since I had to rehearse the melancholy chorus of “No Quail, No Quail” (sang to the tune of the Christmas carol “Noel, Noel”…
“We’ll start a fire on both sides of this field, and it will eventually burn together,” says Dale Rollins as we ride his side-by-side utility vehicle along the ranch’s interior…
No question rainfall is critical to a quail crop. South Tx research (Caesar Kleberg wildlife Research Institute) showed that 94% of the variation in age ratios of bobwhites was explained…
Two years after quail populations in Texas’ premier quail regions hit peaks not seen in a generation, abundance of the iconic, ground-nesting game birds in some of those areas has…
“When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt Oh no, not again. I’m feeling more and more like a…
These frequently asked questions were gleaned from our Facebook page. How do quail become infected with eyeworms? Quail must consume an infected “intermediate host” (e.g., grasshopper, cricket, cockroach). Once inside the…
“Anyone who thinks we don’t have a problem with eyeworms should ‘open their eyes.” – Joe Crafton “Tell me, and I forget. Show me, and I remember. Involve me, and…
Since 2009 we have studied the incidence and prevalence of the eyeworm (Oxyspirura petrowi) in quails here in West Texas. The initial effort on RPQRR (2009-10) was ramped up with…
Renowned Outdoor Writer -Tom Davis says it best: “No one I know better personifies upland hunting as an art form than Rick Snipes. Nor has anyone I know raised the…
“For a Central American dictator he died a natural death—he was shot in the back.” – Will Rogers Few quail die of old age. Most die before seeing their first…
The most important advance in 80-plus years in our understanding of bobwhite quail ecology—or, more to the point, bobwhite quail mortality—has been the discovery that a certain parasitic eyeworm, Oxyspirura petrowi, not…
At the RPQRR, the focus has been quail for more than a decade. All of the habitat manipulation, mesquite and prickly pear removal and prescribed burns are designed to better…
