Coleman county quail

I was out at my ranch last week and saw the most quail I have ever seen since I bought the place.
It’s not over run by any means, small groups 2-5 in a bunch, I seen them several different times.
We are going to do more predator control this year so if we get good conditions for good hatch next year it could be even better.
Hawks are a problem but we can’t do anything to control them, just driving through the tall grass and weeds last year me and the grandson found 2 quail that were plucked and eaten by what looked to be hawks.
We have a couple quail feeders set up and planning on planting food plots.
If we plow in wheat this fall hopefully wild sunflowers will come up for them next spring.
Any suggestions will be helpful.

Good luck!

Since fur prices are nothing varmit are out of control. Coons skunks fox bobcats eat the eaggs as fast as they are layed. Then they eat the chicks. I to hunt colman county. There is 2k acre place beside us that is a Quil hunting. Some years we see them some we don’t

If you have corn feeders you can add a bag of milo to each. Even with the feeder nearly full of corn, the smaller milo grains will sift in between the corn and you can throw both at the same time.

""" Coons, skunks, fox, bobcats eat the eggs as fast as they are layed. Then they eat the chicks.""" Don't forget snakes and pigs and crows. Quail is a base food for nearly every animal in the wild. Hence they can breed 3 hatches in a year (a good year) , and feed all of the animals and have some left over for the hunters.

This.

We have had several smaller coveys on our 3,000 acres. We don't hunt them, but they sure are fun to watch from the bow blind.

I was advised against doing this, because deer feeders usually don’t have enough cover to protect quail against hawks. I’m sure they go to them picking what they can.
We keep our milo feeders in thicker stuff like cactus thicker groups of trees and brush so quail can hide better from predators.

My friend went out to my ranch and found this, plus seen quail close to the nest.

Went out to my ranch this weekend and saw 4 small covey’s.
From 4 to 7 in a bunch, one bunch had a couple bitties with them.

Johnny house

Hey Bill
I hope you are doing well.

There you are. Good to see you.

Glad to see you back Bill. Hope all is well there.

Hey Bill, glad to see you back on here buddy. I hope all is well and regardless of any crap I’ve ever given ya in the past I love ya brother.

BILL!!!! So good to see you post on here, man!

I would also say "Be careful when you do this". I used to put a Bag of Milo in w/ my corn to help feed the quail. I would have a covey of 10-12 birds that would should up almost every evening (Like Clockwork), then all of a sudden I would have 9, then 8 then 6 or 7. I started watching what was going on around my feeder area and a Hawk would show up 5 minutes or so before the quail would show up. Didn't take me long to figure out that I was just setting the Supper Table for that Darn Hawk. Now we just hand throw some in the Brushy areas where we know where the quail like to hide & hang out. We don't hunt them, we just like to see/hear them.

Agree - Aggiedukmast - don't make it any easier for avian predators. I'd use a gravity feeder like a 4" pvc pipe 4' tall with a cap on top and a cap and 45 elbow at the bottom. Drill a few holes in the bottom of it. Sink it into good cover. Fill with Milo. Cheap to make - very effective

Quail eat the whole corn, no need for milo. Every feeder is a predator magnet. Try broadcasting feed to the side of a road, the quail will find it.

Land owners need to allow trust worthy people to come out and let them have access to varmint hunt.

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If you are rooting or cutting post oaks or mesquites, save the brush piles. Quail and cottontails flourish with brush piles for cover. .

Small burns when they green up are loaded with bugs and baby quail need the protein. No tall grass, little quail can more easily catch bugs.

Vaccinate any feral cats, pigs, coyotes, skunks or 'coons with .17HMR, .20 Ruger, .22-250.

Those brush piles also become varmit homes.

Mr Oxner hope you are well.

Vaccinate any feral cats, pigs, coyotes, skunks or 'coons with .17HMR, .20 Ruger, .22-250.

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