A “Blue Quail Appreciation Day” is scheduled to be held at the Quail Ranch in Crane County on Friday, October 13, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Quail Ranch is located 7 miles East of Crane on HWY 329.

Sadly, most Texas hunters were not even born the last time the state enjoyed a real boom cycle for bobwhite quail. There have been some consecutive up years, the most recent being 2014-17, but even ...

Texas' Rolling Plains, a mosaic of mostly grasslands peppered with mesquite and other modest trees, in no way resembles the scenic, verdant, rocky hills of Greece. And the Rolling Plains' fist-size, ...

The bad news first: Bobwhite quail hunting season probably won’t be very good across much of Texas. Especially in the Rolling Plains, a region that has historically been one of the top bobwhite quail ...

While hunting prospects for bobwhites are somewhat bleak this season across much of Texas, opportunity abounds for scaled quail under the wide-open skies of the state’s Trans-Pecos region. And that ...

Quail hunters in the Rolling Plains and South Texas should expect the best bird numbers in years with a population rebound. (Steve Knight/Tyler Morning Telegraph) Texas has two major fall/winter bird ...

SAN ANTONIO – Texas wildlife is still feeling the effects of the drought, and that will likely affect hunters this fall season, according to biologists. Texas Parks and Wildlife says that the forecast ...

A state small game manager advised the Arizona Game and Fish Commission to restrict the upcoming quail hunt because of ongoing drought. Dry conditions have hampered quail reproduction across parts of ...

September’s deluge tossed a monkey wrench into predictions for quail season that kicks off Saturday, with both biologists and outfitters urging hunters to exhibit a bit of patience before testing out ...

Texas quail hunters of a certain age hold all quail hunting seasons against a standard set by a handful in their past — years when the quail population boomed. It seemed every other clump of broom ...