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<blockquote data-quote="jakeman" data-source="post: 3476309" data-attributes="member: 10690"><p><a href="https://oklahoman.com/article/2587470/quail-mortality-researched-study-says-hawks-owls-are-greatest-threats-to-bobwhites" target="_blank">https://oklahoman.com/article/2587470/quail-mortality-researched-study-says-hawks-owls-are-greatest-threats-to-bobwhites</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Quail mortality rates do not really change much due to hunting pressure. You can still take a few birds out of that covey if you want. I knew one of the biologists that conducted the Packsaddle study. Mortality rates during the study didn't change even when the birds were not hunted. It stayed between 80-85%. If the hunters didn't take them, predators or other causes of death did. Even in areas that received zero hunting pressure, the mortality rate was the same. Where birds had the s*** shot out of them, the mortality rate was steady.</p><p></p><p>It's about "natural" habitat. If you have good "natural" habitat that holds birds, you can shoot a covey down to zero, and during the shuffle, birds will move into that habitat.</p><p></p><p>All of the things that I grew up hearing; all of the things I just knew as gospel about quail, turned out to just be a bunch of BS, passed down thru the generations. It was mostly just crap, but it all sounded good and made sense, right up until it didn't.</p><p></p><p>Go shoot your birds if you want, or don't. They're on your place. You do what you want to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jakeman, post: 3476309, member: 10690"] [URL]https://oklahoman.com/article/2587470/quail-mortality-researched-study-says-hawks-owls-are-greatest-threats-to-bobwhites[/URL] Quail mortality rates do not really change much due to hunting pressure. You can still take a few birds out of that covey if you want. I knew one of the biologists that conducted the Packsaddle study. Mortality rates during the study didn't change even when the birds were not hunted. It stayed between 80-85%. If the hunters didn't take them, predators or other causes of death did. Even in areas that received zero hunting pressure, the mortality rate was the same. Where birds had the s*** shot out of them, the mortality rate was steady. It's about "natural" habitat. If you have good "natural" habitat that holds birds, you can shoot a covey down to zero, and during the shuffle, birds will move into that habitat. All of the things that I grew up hearing; all of the things I just knew as gospel about quail, turned out to just be a bunch of BS, passed down thru the generations. It was mostly just crap, but it all sounded good and made sense, right up until it didn't. Go shoot your birds if you want, or don't. They're on your place. You do what you want to do. [/QUOTE]
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