Hearing A Lot Of Quail Tonight In Fisher County

I’m spending the night at a friends farm east of Rotan. I had some business to take care of in Odessa today. Hearing quail from every direction. I hope the rain hits at the right time.

The country was flooded from Snyder to Rotan. It seems like it stopped at the gate to his place east of town. I think his tank only caught a foot of water. It also sounds like the coyotes are making a good crop this year.

Good news to hear, I sure hope quail make a strong recovery.have seen very few in wichita/wilbarger/ford co the last few years.

Talked to a guy in the western panhandle today. They had good rain so far, but 3” and baseball sized hail last night may have put a damper on their birds.

Have had a couple of good rains in Dickens over the past few weeks and it's storming there now. Reports of whistling everywhere.

Very good nest counts this spring at the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation ranch just west of Roby.
This is a really swell outfit to support, by the way, if you want wild Texas quail to have a future.
https://www.quailresearch.org/

Man I would love to have decent birds in the rolling plains / panhandle this year. South Texas is ok but...

Got 13 pups (two litters) going to keep maybe 6 and would give a bunch for some birds to get them started out right. Maybe we get some timely rains this year.

My old lease in kent county has had 13 inches in the last month and the place look absolutely beautiful. Hearing lots of quail and whistle counts done saturday were good. I believe a significant rebound is in the works.

I've heard more Bobs this year in Taylor Co than the past 5 years put together.

I haven't seen or heard a bird in Northern Archer county in years. Last time we had a covey, they sprayed the wheat fields around me and no more birds.

We could use a good rinse in Fisher and Nolan counties after this bloody heat ...