Quail hunters in Texas can take a little solace, perhaps even a bit of optimism, afield this season. The state’s bobwhite quail populations seem to be recovering in what could be a “building year” for ...

The 2019 “building mode” for Texas’ bobwhite quail is but a memory. Bird numbers are down in four of the six ecoregions Texas Parks and Wildlife Department examines in its annual roadside survey. That ...

In the 1960s, Thanksgiving holidays spent visiting grandparents on family land in the East Texas Piney Woods were never long enough to take full advantage of all the opportunities surrounding the ...

BLOOMING GROVE -- On one side of a gravel road in Navarro County, an overgrazed pasture has been cropped to the dirt.Across the road, a surviving patch of Blackland Prairie that has been reseeded with ...

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) surveys shows quail populations are on the rise, just in time for the beginning of hunting season. The quail hunting season began Oct. 28. The data indicates ...

Stan Graff has one desire for his 6,000-acre ranch in Red River County. “I just want to hear the whistle of the bobwhite quail again,” the Dallas businessman said following a prescribed wildlife burn ...

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, ...

Bobwhite quail in Texas need successive years of timely rain to kickstart a long-term turnaround in numbers. It is a magical moment for a hunter when a pointer goes from a full run to a complete stop ...

"That worn-down pasture's what you call a quail-proof fence. It turns this good habitat into a deserted island," said Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologist Jay Whiteside, who works with 33 ...