Not trying to start a religious thread here, just passing on some information.

gspbrad hit the nail on the head, bobwhites evolved into and with the habitat, as have all game birds.

Some birds, such as Ringneck Pheasants have been able to be introduced into areas very far from where they originated, and in some instances it worked, in many it didn't.

As for the situation with the fireants, it has to be remembered that the fireants had predators themselves and were not the problem in their native country that they are here.

Hungarian Partridge have been tried with limited success, and chukars do well in specific type habitats(parts of the Rocky Mountains).

With bobwhites, along with the fireant problem, there is the fragmentation and modifacations of their habitat, along with increased numbers of mammalian predators, feral housecats and feral hogs.

Combine all of that with the fact that bobwhites are "Hard-Wired" when it comes to optimum habitat requirements.

While some on here will most adamantly disagree, several researchers feel that the bobwhite quail as a huntable, wild population is going to become extinct.

The birds will still be around, due to the numbers raised in captivity.