This month’s episode of our Dr. Dale on Quail Podcast continues our exploration of Aldo Leopold’s classic treatise, “Game Management.” Join Dr. Dale and Gary Joiner as they discuss using cattle as a “tool” to impact plant succession and enhance your quail habitat. Dale and Gary also cover the use of a more traditional tool – the plow – to create quail-friendly landscapes.
As we ease into summer, fingers crossed and prayers for rain and a great quail season, our next three podcast episodes will focus on how we can maximize our quail habitat over the long-term. Dr. Dale and Gary Joiner will dive deep into the teachings of Aldo Leopold through his timeless book, “Game Management,” and discuss its relevance for enhancing quail habitat. In this month’s episode, Dale and Gary focus on two of Leopold’s key “tools” for habitat work: the ax (brush management) and the plow...
f you’re out in quail country these days, you should be hearing the sweet sounds of bobwhites looking for love. Those calls are music to quail hunters’ ears, which raises the question: other than the calls of the quails themselves, what are the top tunes for quail? Join Dr. Dale and Gary Joiner as they discuss the “national anthem” for quail, the soundtrack of quail management and why particular songs (hint: lots of classic rock) resonate with quail hunters. Dale also covers his recommendations ...
These days, we can’t help but think about our health and the dangers presented by the new coronavirus impacting folks in every corner of the planet. We can’t see this threat, but we know it’s out there. Well, our quails can relate. They face numerous threats, including parasites they can’t see, either. This month’s episode of our Dr. Dale on Quail podcast covers what we know about parasites and quail. Join Dr. Dale and Gary Joiner as they discuss the types of parasites affecting quail, the impac...
As we transition from winter to spring, quail hunters are reflecting on this past season and wondering what’s ahead. How loudly (and how often) will we hear the familiar calls of bobwhites in April/May? Do we have enough brood stock? What needs to happen to make 2020-2021 a “boom” season like 2016? This month’s episode of our Dr. Dale on Quail podcast tackles these topics and more. Join Dr. Dale and Gary Joiner as they discuss the status of Texas quail populations, spring call counts and what we...
It may still be winter, but summer will be here before we know it, so this month’s episode of our podcast is all about the famed Bobwhite Brigade summer camp. Join Dr. Dale and Gary Joiner as they discuss the Bobwhite Brigade’s history of turning motivated student “cadets” into passionate conservationists and how it became the template for other wildlife conservation camps across the country. Dr. Dale also covers the components of the program, skillsets taught, the application process for cadets...
It’s felt more like winter than fall recently, so this month’s episode of our Dr. Dale on Quail podcast is an ode to the Merle Haggard tune, "If We Make It Through December." Join Dr. Dale and Gary Joiner as they discuss the risks to quail from low temperatures (including increased risk of predation), how quail cope with cold weather and management techniques to help quail survive winter conditions. Dr. Dale also offers suggestions to ensure your cold weather quail hunts don’t cause greater mort...
This month’s episode of our Dr. Dale on Quail podcast focuses on the second most abundant, yet equally loved, quail species in Texas: the blue quail. Also known as the scaled quail or cottontops, blues prefer to run rather than fly, offering hunters a unique challenge compared to pursuing their bobwhite cousins. Join Dr. Dale and Gary Joiner as they discuss the distribution of blue quail, distinctive characteristics of the species, blue quail research efforts and managing habitat for blues. You’...
This month’s episode of our Dr. Dale on Quail podcast covers our forecast for the 2019-20 quail hunting season. Get the latest scoop on population estimates and learn which factors take us from “boom to bust” seasons and vice-versa. Dr. Dale and Gary Joiner also discuss which areas are bright spots for quail numbers, hunting considerations and why Texas has such a long quail season and liberal bag limits.
This month’s episode of our Dr. Dale on Quail podcast covers the relationships between hawks and quail and roadrunners and quail. Learn which species pose a greater threat to quail and which have an undeserved “bad rap.” But what’s a manager to do, as both hawks and roadrunners are protected by state and federal law? Dr. Dale and Gary Joiner also discuss what actions you can take to protect quail from airborne predators. Click the button below to listen.
This month’s episode of our Dr. Dale on Quail podcast addresses a hotly-debated topic among quail hunters: predator management. Join Dr. Dale and Gary Joiner and learn why every moment of a quail’s life is dictated by the threat of predation, which species are major predators of quail (and which are not), and how to keep quail predation at manageable levels. Click the button below to listen.
This month’s episode of our Dr. Dale on Quail podcast series covers all the details of nesting ecology of bobwhite and scaled quail in Texas. Join Dr. Rollins and Gary Joiner as they discuss when, where and why quail build nests, as well as incubation periods, clutch sizes, keys to successful hatches and many more nesting-related topics.
Are you on the lookout for quail? If so, this month’s episode of our Dr. Dale on Quail podcast is for you. Join Dale and Gary Joiner as they discuss quail numbers and the various ways you can count quail, including the “dos” and “don’ts” of conducting whistle counts to estimate the number of quail on your property. You’ll also learn which methodologies are more accurate and why.
This month’s episode in the Dr. Dale on Quail podcast series is all about Dr. Rollins’ lifetime love of quail and his journey from growing up in Hollis, Oklahoma to becoming a national leader in quail conservation. Dr. Dale explores his past and connects his personal and professional experiences with his role in quail conservation today.
In the first episode, Dr. Rollins and Gary discuss the history of RPQRF, why it was founded, our mission, our research efforts to date, etc. Future episodes will cover Dr. Rollins’ lifetime of loving quail (he calls it his “quail odyssey”), the state of quail in the state of Texas, methodologies to restore quail populations, predation management, supplemental watering and food for quail, quail myths, and many other quail-centric topics.
