Comments on: Reader responds to quail story http://blog.newsok.com/outdoors/2011/01/23/reader-responds-to-quail-story/ The Oklahoman's Ed Godfrey is your guide to the great outdoors Wed, 15 May 2013 19:50:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Kip Shearin http://blog.newsok.com/outdoors/2011/01/23/reader-responds-to-quail-story/comment-page-1/#comment-12931 Kip Shearin Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:27:51 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/outdoors/?p=2602#comment-12931 Me:what’s shite? I heard you swear

]]> By: dale tripp http://blog.newsok.com/outdoors/2011/01/23/reader-responds-to-quail-story/comment-page-1/#comment-3413 dale tripp Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:51:00 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/outdoors/?p=2602#comment-3413 Have to agree with Mr.Hart’s post on many of topics he touched upon.Certainly,in a few areas modern farming practices encroach on quail habitat don’t think there consumption of wheat,milo,etc.contains enough herbicide to affect survival rates,though.Avian and ground predators seem to wreak the most havoc on birds unfortunately.Think back to the days when gov’t.hunters were the norm(and twice as many people trapped as do today)racoon,skunk,fox&coyote populations were a fraction of what they are currently.Public and private land I hunt(and still succesfully thank you) has changed very little from 50 years ago…a few more cedar trees(even though bob’s do use them for shelter at times)however most small farms still leave fencerows,go easy on herbicide&pesticides,rotate grazing,etc. so we can’t malign the farmer too much.Again agree with Mr.Hart concerning “everyday ” season…think of the wma’s in western Okla.used to get hit every day year in year out.Bird hunter’s I learned from 40 years ago always had unspoken rule of only taking a few birds from a covey each hunt for the obvious reason…anymore think that should be in regulations.Haven’t heard anyone mention weather…drought,torrential summer rains,extreme winters we’ve had all take a toll.Long story short quail don’t have a lot of friends but the good news is we’re still fortunate enough to have huntable population of wild birds…and for that we should all be thankful.

]]> By: Jeff Taylor http://blog.newsok.com/outdoors/2011/01/23/reader-responds-to-quail-story/comment-page-1/#comment-3412 Jeff Taylor Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:21:17 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/outdoors/?p=2602#comment-3412 Unchecked predators are doing more damage to Quail numbers than habitat. The egg eaters like Snakes, Skunks and Armadillos always get their share, but Hawks, Turkeys and Feral Hogs are doing big damage to quail numbers as well.

]]> By: Kirby Carter http://blog.newsok.com/outdoors/2011/01/23/reader-responds-to-quail-story/comment-page-1/#comment-3411 Kirby Carter Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:46:41 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/outdoors/?p=2602#comment-3411 I have heard from some local farmer’s in the Sayre area that the Cattle Egret’s are eating small birds. Has anyone else heard this??

Thanks
Kirby

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