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” ...

After vanishing from Pennsylvania several decades ago, the unique sounds and sights of wild northern bobwhite quail will soon return to the landscape. The Pennsylvania Game Commission, along with a ...

Having a healthy human society is largely dependent on the state of the native ecosystem that surrounds it. Having a robust ecosystem can help the humans around it thrive. This is why aspiring ...

Arkansans are so immersed in deer and duck hunting that we overlook other game, such as bobwhite quail and woodcock. Few hunters pursue upland birds in Arkansas, largely for perceived lack of ...

Progress is being made, and a recent change in policy offers hope for more. But this is going to take more time that perhaps thought. Wildlife managers kicked off an effort to restore bobwhite quail ...

Northern bobwhite quail, the focus of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s latest effort to try to bring back a native wildlife species that, sadly, has disappeared from the state’s landscape, has ...

Texas quail and Texas quail hunters live in a boom-or-bust world, their intertwined fates annually determined, to a large degree, by the roll-of-the-dice capriciousness of Texas weather. Get lucky — ...

Arkansans are so immersed in deer and duck hunting that we overlook other game, such as bobwhite quail and woodcock. Few hunters pursue upland birds in Arkansas, largely for perceived lack of ...

In 1837, Charles Fenton Mercer Noland, Arkansas' first outdoor writer, penned a line condensing his thoughts on the scrumptious nature of bobwhite quail. "If I ever starve to death," he wrote, "I hope ...

In 1837, Charles Fenton Mercer Noland, Arkansas’ first outdoor writer, penned a line condensing his thoughts on the scrumptious nature of bobwhite quail. “If I ever starve to death,” he wrote, “I hope ...

As my hunt for a covey came nearer to its conclusion, I noticed the sky beginning to clear to the west under the overcast blanket of clouds above me. Just then, the sun’s powerful rays peeked below ...