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.

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.

Episode 9: If We Make It Through December

The Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation (RPQRF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focusing on one thing: understanding and managing bobwhite and scaled quail in West Texas. Everything we do centers around quail and quail hunting, as reflected by our mission:
“To preserve Texas’ heritage of wild quail hunting for this, and future, generations.”
The Foundation and its Research Ranch were established to provide a living laboratory to devise land management strategies for the benefit of quail and also as an exemplar property to demonstrate the best methodologies and techniques to other “students of quail.”

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The Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation (RPQRF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focusing on one thing: understanding and managing bobwhite and scaled quail in West Texas. Everything we do centers around quail and quail hunting, as reflected by our mission: “To preserve Texas’ heritage of wild quail hunting for this, and future, generations.” The Foundation and its Research Ranch were established to provide a living laboratory to devise land management strategies for the benefit of quail and also as an exemplar property to demonstrate the best methodologies and techniques to other “students of quail.”

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