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The California valley quail are in East Texas and seem to be flourishing. This means they give your dogs a great opportunity on the ground, luckily not running as much as Blue quail, and give the hunter great opportunity in the air, as they flush hard and fly fast when directly encountered.” They stay mostly on the ground to forage, roosting in trees at night, and only fly in short bursts to escape predation. He said: “California quail are very social birds and range in coveys of up to 100 birds. Some significant biological advantages that the California quail possess are that they roost in trees rather than on the ground, which reduces predation, and their diet consists mainly of seeds and vegetation instead of relying on many insects like our native birds.” They run hard and fly fast like our native quail, they make for good dog work, and are a ton of fun to hunt. The main song of the male is quite nostalgic as the three notes sound like an ah-ooo-ga horn. “Their song and many calls are quite different from bobwhites. “The California valley quail is a beautiful game bird, with vibrant colors and the classic quail topknot,” Reyna said. If all goes as planned, the look and call of the California valley quail will be accompanied by that same adrenaline spike. Plus, the coloration of bobwhites is well-known to any upland bird hunter. The heartbeat of Texas quail hunters increases rapidly at the distinctive sound ( bob-white) of the bobwhite quail. Both species are dependent on a successful hatch year to persist and one aspect of the research is looking at how California quail develop in the egg compared to bobwhites, and how that contributes to a successful hatch. He added that the population is expected to grow in about the same ratio as a bobwhite population. With no spring or summer rains, as in a drought year, few to no chicks are produced and the quail population typically declines by over 50 percent,” he said. California quail can have up to 28 eggs in the nest which means a lot of boom in good years. The buffered heat ignites mating and improves hatching.

Generally speaking, in Texas where you have large acreages of good habitat and plenty of mating quail, chicks will be produced when it rains in the spring and periodic rains buffer the high heat in the summer. “The number of chicks produced in a population each year depends on the climate. The researchers believe the newly transplanted quail species will find the Texas to its liking. He sites a 2006 report that pegs the economic impact of upland bird hunting in the Lone Star state at $144 million. Reyna notes that while there are about 200,000 upland bird hunters in Texas, not all hunt quail. Plus, some of the federal tax on hunting supplies is returned to the state for the sole purpose of quail conservation. and more quail will directly translate to more economic gain. The money has a direct positive impact on local economies, from home to hunt, giving quail hunting a strong economic impact.Īccording to Realtree Camo, upland hunting generates about $2.4 billion annually in the U.S. These dollars go to license, guns, ammunition, lodging, food and supplies purchased at the hunter’s place of origin, along the travel route, and in and around the hunting destination. He added that a recent economic impact study conducted by Texas at A&M showed that an average quail hunter spends about $8,000 per year and is willing to spend about $250 per bird when hunting.