Yep, don't know why it is, but we always pass on the quail when we are out west chasing roosters. It just never crosses our thoughts I guess, but man there are a ton of quail where we hunt. We always say, "we have quail at home to chase. We hunt all private, it's funny...one of the guys we hunt on out there always blasts away at the quail, he usually gets a couple, then looks around and asks why we didn't shoot. One of these days we will have to try to thin the coveys down a bit.:cheers: