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    February 1, 2023
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    Mark Your Calendars for Statewide Quail Symposium

    By JeffreySorelle | Articles, Media

    Covey up! It’s been four years since the last Statewide Quail Symposium was held. So, we’re excited to announce that we’re ready for another one! Mark your calendars for August…

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    February 1, 2023
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    Rodent Populations Remain “Low”

    By JeffreySorelle | Articles, Media

    Quail and rodents have many things in common–they both eat seeds, use similar vegetation for shelter from the elements and predators, and everything wants to eat them. It should be…

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    February 1, 2023
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    RPQRF Announces Sporting Ranch Training Program for Veterans

    By JeffreySorelle | Articles, Media

    by Dana Wright Are you a veteran or do you know a veteran who’s interested in hunting and the outdoors, and turning that interest into a career?  The Rolling Plains…

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    January 19, 2023
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    Episode 45 – Gene Miller on Shelterbelts for Quail

    By JeffreySorelle | Articles, Media, Podcasts

    Podcasts – Dr. Dale on Quail This month’s guest is Gene T. Miller of Amarillo. Gene’s career was largely with TPWD as a Technical Guidance Biologist. We’ll discuss the “form…

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    January 3, 2023
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    Fall Trapping at the Research Ranch

    By JeffreySorelle | Articles, Media

    Each March and December at the Research Ranch we trap quail for two weeks. Every bird captured receives a leg band and are aged, sexed, and weighed. The bands stay…

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    January 3, 2023
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    Statewide Quail Symposium slated for August 16-18 in Abilene

    By JeffreySorelle | Articles, Media

    The Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation features two special educational opportunities in alternate years. Even-numbered years feature QuailMasters while odd-numbered years feature the statewide quail symposium. The symposium, initiated in…

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    December 19, 2022
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    Episode 44 – Roy Wilson: 40 Years of Outfitting Quail Hunts in West Texas

    By JeffreySorelle | Podcasts

    Podcasts – Dr. Dale on Quail Roy Wilson has lived his entire life in the Rolling Plains of Texas, and operated various hunting outfitter businesses during that time. His specialty for…

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    December 2, 2022
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    Helicopter Count Summary

    By JeffreySorelle | Articles, Media

    by Becky Ruzicka In November we conducted our annual helicopter surveys on the Research Ranch. We fly close 57 miles of transects spaced about 220 yards apart on the portion…

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    November 18, 2022
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    Episode 43 – Talking Quail with TPW’s Carter Smith

    By JeffreySorelle | Articles, Media, Podcasts

    Podcasts – Dr. Dale on Quail Carter Smith has served as Executive Director for TPWD for the past 15 years and retires at the end of this year. He is…

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    November 1, 2022
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    Late-hatches?!

    By JeffreySorelle | Articles, Media

    Good rains in mid-August across much of west and south Texas have folks excited about the possibility of late-hatches of bobwhite and blue quail.  A poll of managers, ranchers and…

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    November 1, 2022
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    RPQRR Covey Counts

    By JeffreySorelle | Articles, Media

    This past month on the Research Ranch we completed fall covey call counts. These counts are part of the suite of monitoring activities we do on an annual basis to…

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    October 17, 2022
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    Episode 42 – Quail & Rural Real Estate in Texas

    By JeffreySorelle | Articles, Podcasts

    Podcasts – Dr. Dale on Quail How do quail and quail management affect rural land values? Is the “bird dog’s tail” wagging the “livestock dog” relative to land prices? These…

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