Ye Old Gun room

[wayne goerres]

There are several of use that live in the state of goerga. It would be interesting to find out how many.

[Double Play]

Wayne,
There were 48 PGCA members as of 12/31/2013 from the great state of Georgia. You can thank Mary Bowes for that information.

[Milton Starr]

I love Georgia , home of the bobwhite

[wayne goerres]

Thanks Mary.

[George Lander]

Milton: South Carolina has a good suppky of Bobwhites as well.

Best Regards, George

[C.O.B.]

How is the wild Quail population in the South?

[charlie cleveland]

mississippi also has a lot of bob whites in places but saddly most of them are pen raised..hope you boys well with your wild bob whites ours vanished in about 20 years for some reason...charlie

[Harry Reed]

I hunt in the piedmont portion of GA which runs across GA from a little North of Atlanta across the state south of Macon. Native populations of quail decline has stabilized, but quail populations are still low. When I was very young I remember responding to quail with the bob white whistle for hours. If you answered, they would answer. As kids we did this until dusk. Rarely do I hear the bobwhite whistle in the late afternoon now. I am grateful for pen birds because a small percentage do survive in the wild. I really do not know the reasons for quail declines in the south.

[C.O.B.]

Originally Posted by Harryreed

I really do not know the reasons for quail declines in the south.

I would think the suspects are A) Loss of habitat, B) use of insecticides for crops C) increased predation.

[Harry Reed]

I think you are correct Rich. I do know that when some of our leases have been clear-cut for timber and re-planted. The years when the new seeding are several inches high until they are ten foot high quail populations explode. Then after the pines grow larger the quail population disappears. Farming in GA has changed from a collection of small family farms to large operations. With the loss of cutover areas and natural boundaries the quail have declined.