Dr. Dale on Quail

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 mortalities than just the birds in your bag.

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’ll also hear plenty about hunting blue quail, including the outlook for this upcoming season and the differences between hunting blues versus bobs.

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.