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sorry to leave you hanging rusto, went to a "missouri quail restoration landscape" opening week. buddy and i hunted as best we could, as the shortest cover was 3-1/2 to 4ft tall, warm and dry. couldn't see my setter most of the time, but i could hear him breathing. he got birdy in 2 places...

515, disturbance of warm season grass was talked about in the habitat forum. there are some good videos on youtube by hamilton native seeds. bob white 1 and 2. don't know how to copy, or i would. they discuss disturbing warm season grasses by grazing and burning to make it quail mecca...

thanks jpace, i can't ever find anything on their website, it tends to change alot, so i do a formal information request for the raw data. if you look at the mdc breakdown by zoogeographical regions everything looks fair. when you put the actual quail counts on the missouri county map, it...

i formally requested the roadside counts from mdc this year just to see if there was somewhere i could go try to find a few birds. looks pretty dismal to me. of course a roadside count (used to be a rural mail carrier route) is not exact science, and i think they are trying to start a new...

does everybody else's 550 plus show strange distance and direction when you turn the collar on? This is on a tailgate after doing a recalibrate. I usually just lay them down in the field away from the truck, but I still get wrong direction and the distance is off by 10 to 12 feet. Out hunting...

i've been using the K9 Topcoat sporting vest several years now. seems to be good skid plate, and overall protection, never seen any chafing. great for setter in snow. they keep changing the material, and its now over $100. my last setter could shred one every 2-3 years, but i took it as saved...

seems several groups dedicated to bees, insects, grasslands, songbirds, grassland birds, hunting, waterways, food production, and the environment know that neonicotinoids are the likely the cause of species decline. hmmm. another smart guy said onetime. you can't change the policy of a...

i'm glad you brought this up, even though its not getting the debate it deserves. it;s obvious that QF or PF is not going to touch this, and that none of our respective conservation departments will either. when you break it down to its simplest form, quail either don't have a safe enough...

thanks P.D., that oklahoma state article is good stuff. burn and graze.

P.D. can you tell more about cattle stocking when the goal is more quail? how many acres of what kind of forage are you grazing? how many grazing days/head? do you have a formula, or is it by what average grazing height you are comfortable with for the time of year and conditions? how many...

from my observations, in west central missouri today, the normal cattle farm is a spring, summer, early fall, fescue based operation. typically around november 1st, depending on your stocking rate, it turns into a fescue based hay and supplemented grain operation. with a really dry start to...

my original post was meant to poke my fellow missouri quail hunters into reporting how great the hunting is. i had noticed the article that said pheasant dramatically up nw and nc, and southern quail were up 100%. when i decided to post, i looked up the article again to make sure i had the...

i thought missouri was the leader for habitat and quail comeback success a year or two ago. southern quail were supposed to be 100% higher than 2021. this years pheasant forecasts said dramatic increase north and northwest, and quail should be good. it sure is quiet on here

thanks for the responses. i'm converting some overgrazed droughted upland fescue pastures to warm season grasses with pollinators. i planned 3 acres of indigo, summac, plumb, and blackberry along bare fencelines and open hilltops. Missouri Dept. Conservation sells bare root seedlings, but at...

does anyone have a source for quail covey headquarters seed mix? it used to be a QF thing in the early 2000's. it was a mix of false indigo, winged summac, and wild plumb, or similar local variants. trying to establish bare fencerow and hilltop escape cover clusters. i bought bags at a qf...

i wish the MDC, QF, or even KDWP would make an attempt to quantify habitat types per section of land, that they think it takes to attract, hold and build a quail population. at least give a landowners and neighbors a target that could be worked toward. meaning how many acres of warm season...

i thought the quail emphasis area were farmed and maintained for purpose of attracting and maintaining quail, and in northern missouri also pheasant. not much studying besides mandatory/voluntary hunter harvest cards. i've hunted 3 QEA's in western missouri and have never seen a wing box or...

oh well, forgot all about it. was kinda pricey just to go watch. did anyone attend? i just read nick prough's article in the habitat guide from the quail and upland wildlife federation. new federal wildlife restoration programs, imbalance of predators, quail nesting much later in summer...

on the topic of hunting a dog multiple days and from speaking to a few of these supplement people, i believe pre hydration is very important, adding water to a quality kibble if you don't already. feeding heavy 48-24 hours before day one hunt, because a dog can't process energy snacks or food...

Just found this -- ninth quail symposium, Springfield, MO. Looks interesting, with some actual science and open forum. Might be worth attending, with all the heavy hitters in the quail community.