One of six native quail species found in the United States, the northern bobwhite is the only species found east of the Mississippi. It is named for its two-note whistle, which sounds like a low “Bob” ...

On an early January morning, Raleigh Lowder let loose his two hunting dogs, 2-year-old English pointer Dottie and 10-year-old German short hair Doc, to scour the grounds of Bobwhite Hills Wild ...

If there’s anything more genuinely unnerving to a bird hunter than a covey rise of bobwhite quail, I’m not sure what it is. Even when you halfway know to expect it, the little buggers burst from ...

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 ...

Bobwhite quail once seemed plentiful in Ohio, which is surprising, because the state doesn't have many areas where quail typically thrive. Quail numbers in Ohio have dwindled, especially since the ...

The dog is crouched low, back straight, one foreleg slightly bent and eyes locked forward. His owner steadies him with quiet words. The handful of hunters, clad in blaze-orange caps and vests and ...

The bad news first: Bobwhite quail hunting season probably won’t be very good across much of Texas. Especially in the Rolling Plains, a region that has historically been one of the top bobwhite quail ...

A researcher at the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation is about to affix a radio transmitter to a hen bobwhite quail to study bird movements and habitat use. About a quarter century ago I shared ...

Northern bobwhite quail aren’t exactly made for Ohio. A grassland bird, quail were not built for harsh northern winters nor forest life, which for millennia was close to the only life the Ohio ...