Reference

Below is a collection of links to Quail publications from various federal, state, and non-profit agencies. We have also included publications from many univeristy extension services. Many of these links below go directly to PDF files. In which case you will need Adobe PDF reader. If you don’t already have it, get it here: Adobe PDF Reader

So read up!

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. – Dr. Suess

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Publications from State Agencies:

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

• Ecology and Management of Bobwhite Quail in Alabama

Arkansas

• Arkansas Quail – Private Lands Management Guide
• Quail Management Plan
• The Northern Bobwhite

California

• Guide to Hunting Quail in California

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

• Fallowed Field Management
  
• Impacts of Exotic Pasture Grasses on Bobwhites
• Managing Field Borders for Quail and other Wildlife
• Managing Pine Stands for Quail
• Minimizing Avian Predation Through Habitat Management
• Small Game Management in Georgia
• Using Prescribed Fire for Managing Quail Habitat

Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks

• Managing Your CRP for Wildlife
  
• Restoring Bobwhite Quail
• Southeast Kansas Quail Initiative

Missouri Department of Conservation

• Farming and Wildlife – Bobwhite Quail
• Managing CRP Grasslands for Bobwhite Quail
• Missouri Quail – At the Crossroads of the Future
• On the Edge – A Guidance for Bobwhite Quail
• Pasture/Hayland seedlings and their Suitability for Bobwhite Quail

Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks

• Land Use Changes in Mississippi – and What does it Mean for Bobwhite Restoration?
• Mississippi Quail Population Trends
• The Bobwhite Quail in Mississippi
• Wildlife Benefits of Conservation Buffers in Mississippi

North Carolina Division of Wildlife Management

• The Upland Gazette
• Planting Food Plots of Small Game

South Carolina

• Wildlife Management Guide – Bobwhite Quail

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

• Bobwhite Quail in Texas
• Bobwhite Facts and Fantasies
• Effects of Quail Management on Nongame Species
• Guidelines for Bobwhite Habitat Management in the Cross Timbers and Prairies
• Scaled Quail in Texas: Their Biology and Management
• Where Have All the Quail Gone?

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

• Habitat Management for Bobwhite Quail
• Virginia Bobwhite Quail Management Plan

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Publications from Non-profit Agencies

Quail Unlimited

• Habitat Management for Bobwhites: A Basic Guide for the Land Manager
• National Seed Program Report

Southeast Quail Study Group

• Bobwhite Basics
  
• Managing Pine
• Fescue
• Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative Fact Sheet
• Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative State and Federal Incentives: Power Point

Tall Timbers Research Station

• Autumn Population Estimation
• Chick Foragin Ecology
• Food Supplementation
• Habitat Use
• Nest Predators
• Predation Effects
• Quail Genetics Research
• Quail Population Dynamics
• Scale of Management
• South Florida Quail Project
• Timber Density and Quail

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Publications from University Extension Offices:

Iowa State University Extension:

• Iowa Habitat Loss and Disappearing Wildlife
• Buffer Strip Design, Establishment, and Maintenance

Kansas State University Research and Extension:

• Future of Conservation Reserve Program Land in Kansas: The Landowner’s View
• CRP Evaluating the Options (Conservation Reserve Program)

University of Missouri Extension:

• Ecology of Northern Bobwhite Quail in Missouri
• Habitat Management Practices for Bobwhite Quail

Texas A&M University Cooperative Extension:

• Integrating Deer, Quail and Turkey Habitat (PDF)
• Quail Decline in Texas