Quail Sightings

I live on the outskirts of town near Victoria Texas. This morning a pair of quail walked past my window and continued on towards the pasture.
This is a welcome sign for this year.

Saw a covey this spring as well, always makes me smile.

I've seen quail twice at the lease in Concho County this year.

I saw a covey in town last week, it was surprising to see them since it is in an area that the homeless hangout.

Rare one for sure. I saw a single around Jacksboro a few weeks ago.

Glad you have some Quail. In East Texas, I haven't heard one in the last 10 years.

One of my favorite areas to hunt all the way up to Cuero and down to Port Lavaca.

were they wearing life jackets?

I think the fire ants have pretty much done away with them.

Among other things.

Good news and bad news. I saw a Bob this morning but it had been hit by a car.

Even that is better than how many I've seen.....0.

I heard one, and later saw one, at a friend's place 4 years ago outside Jefferson.

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We have several covies....

Your lucky day.

RGV south Texas, I can hear them in the sagebrush

Seeing pairs in Petersburg.

Yep, if I saw a quail on my ranch I'd make him a sandwich or something but I'd never shoot it. Fire ants wiped them out here years ago.

Yep. No more quail in certain counties.

Weather heading south
Supposed to be 100+ next 5 days in rolling planes

Yep, all this rain aint gonna mean chit if we dont get some in July & august. Fingers crossed

Saw a few birds on a place south of Trent last week.

That is great.

I see/here them all the time in Montague County.

I’ve seen some in montage when I’ve gone to the lease as well

Great news.

Seeing chic's around Petersburg. Hearing alot of calling. I was talking with a few of the local farmers who said they are seeing quail where they haven't seen them in the last few years.

flushed a young covey of 12 birds just south of the Arroyo Colorado in Cameron County yesterday. I'd say they hatched in late april or may.

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Better than doing without.

I saw another pair of Bobs walking down the road yesterday here in Victoria, Texas. I know this is a good sign.

Help me out on this one. Are they still paired up right now? Does it mean they have had multiple hatches, just curious since it is already September.

Also I hear a lot of calling in the background.

I have seen hatches later than this. A name was created for late hatches flushed during season. They were called bumblebees.

I’ve seen bumble bees first week of quail season.

See em most trips to ranch near George West. Not a ton but always see some.

Seeing quite a few quail out this way,

I have found birds that were too young to fly in November. Howard County 2015.

Work on the varmints and there'll be more birds to see and hunt

Saw a male walk through my front yard about a month ago. I couldn't believe it, first one I have seen in Palo Pinto County since around 2001. There used to be a ton of them here when I was a kid (90's).

What happened to the wild bobwhite quail is sad.

I've seen one bobwhite in ne texas but i'm not convinced that it was wild. They say it's habitat loss/non natives (bermuda) that has caused quail to disappear so that got me curious what mammals are native to bermuda. Turns out Bermuda doesn't have any mammals lol I guess it's all around bad except for a bovines.

Disregard post lol turns out Bermuda Island does have bats and bermudagrass is actually native to africa. My bad!

Two large coveys our our place. Heard singles call in the last few decades, but hadn't actually seen a bird until last week.

Had a bakers' dozen covey run through my bow hunt last week in Coleman Co. aflatoxin schmaflatoxin

Finally made it to my place in dickens county and was anticipating a serious reduction in population. To my surprise I was blessed with a covey of 15 at my tree stand blind. Not sure if this is a reflection of a good population but it's at least as many as I had last year and will support some limited hunting for me and my best friend Riley.

I counted roughly 30 or so bob whites at my feeder and my buddy had a big covey of Blues at his on the other side of the Mesa from where I'm hunting. Heard a lot of whistling Saturday more to. (Mitchell county.)

My great Aunt at a place on the bay near Point Comfort. Back in the 70s the only reason you needed a dog was to find them after shooting. She also had almost as many rattlesnakes as quail.

Some spotted near Newcastle last week.

Pure greatness.

Seeing/hearing decent numbers in Wichita co. Multiple coveys spotted. We will make a couple drives to check the population after deer season.

I killed 11 in Montague County this weekend


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...but I was gunning for a AKC Hunt test

It's been 25 years since I saw any quail in Lee County. I'd love to see them come back but I don't see that happening.

Your chances are slim to none.

We found a few this weekend.

Has anyone found any quail east of I 35 in North Texas?

We will be hunting Ochiltree County, in the Panhandle this Saturday. It's our annual pheasant hunt.
We usually push a few coveys in the process.

Will let you guys know what happens.

I saw two on the side of the road on hwy 455 just this morning. Surprised me!

Childress area doesn’t have many this year. Lasalle Co. has pretty good numbers.

Seen a very healthy amount in Dimmit County!

QUail Depredation