There are pros and cons associated with how you cut your hunting courses and block the woods. We weigh the differences between roller chopping and mowing.
Game Birds
Winter disking will improve wildlife-friendly forbs
Research at Tall Timbers has shown disking between October and January produces a higher percent cover of important bobwhite foods.
Minimal quail mortality observed during Hurricane Debby
During the recent passing of Hurricane Debby researchers at Tall Timbers and Livingston Place observed minimal quail mortality.
Tall Timbers’ Bill Palmer recognized for a career benefitting quail
Tall Timbers President Bill Palmer was inducted into the National Bobwhite & Grassland Initiative’s Hall of Fame for a career benefitting bobwhite quail
Aflatoxins can be trouble in summer’s heat
Supplemental feed is a valuable tool in quail management, but the warm, wet weather of summer in the Southeast can be a tough time for managers to control the spread of aflatoxins.
Counting quail calls can point to covey health come fall
The whistle of a bobwhite quail is music to any landowner or bird hunter’s ear. But it can also be a useful tool in summer to assess a property’s quail population, provide a glimpse into how the birds have responded to management practices or give a breeding outlook...
Embracing innovation with autonomous tractors in quail management
At Tall Timbers, we are eager to explore the potential of autonomous tractors to optimize quail habitat management.
Managing wiregrass areas for quail
Wiregrass is a great wildlife habitat but how should you manage it to make sure quail are using it?
Habitat management is predator management
Predator management can help ensure both adult and young quail thrive. But, focusing on habitat work is a good first step to address predators on your property.
East Texas prescribed fire a collaboration focused on quail
Multiple Tall Timbers programs and the East Texas Prescribed Burn Association joined together to burn more than 650 acres in East Texas in February to improve wild bobwhite quail habitat.
Tall Timbers project on Delmarva Peninsula working to bring back quail, prescribed fire
Tall Timbers and a number of partners in the region are working to not only restore wild quail populations but reintroduce a key part of managing quality habitat, prescribed fire.
Managing overstory is vital to bobwhite, timber health
This updated article is based on content originally published in the Tall Timbers Bobwhite Quail Management Handbook Managing the overstory on a property can be the most important decision made by a landowner, as it affects not only habitat suitable for bobwhite quail...