No sir, don't mind you asking atall! As my memory serves me about three, lets call it seasons , ago here in Coleman county we were in a severe drought which we are still in BTW! TP&WD will concur that if you have little or no habitat, which consists of plantlife and water your species that depend on them will deminish. Quail are very, and I can't stress the word very strong enough, fragile. But Coleman co. is not alone in this situation. But, further west and north conditions are and have been better so the quail population flourished there.

Now, last spring we got a ton of rain and it came at the right times to spawn hatches! And along with the abnormally cool spring weather we had a bumper crop of quail and turkey poults. But when that season opened up for some reason the numbers weren't there. In conclusion to that happening we only saw a lot of adult birds and pairs so ultimately the census was that the chicks and poults drowned in the midst of all the rain fall. Predatory influx on the quail and turkey has also taken its toll. Contrary to somes belief, the fire ant has very dismal effect on the birds. Now we are faced with the loss of the habitat once again because of no moisture. Hope I answered your question. This is not my opinion but the findings of TP&WD and many support groups of our fragile quail. Benny.