In my part of GA we had good wild quail hunting up into 1990, in selected locations. Pretty much gone, now. We stumble into a covey occasionally while woodcock hunting.
A close friend who owns about 1100 acres near me has managed it for quail for the last 8-10 years. He has a few coveys of wild birds, but releases 2300 each year, in coveys, in late August. By Thanksgiving those birds are so wild they often won't hold for a point. I hunt with him two or three times a season, and am always impressed by how wild they have gotten. Some even survive, nest and raise. I've seen the little ones in the late spring/early summer, ofttimes.
That pair of 16s would be right at home down he'ah. Nice job, Brian.
SRH
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