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Originally Posted by southern151
When I was raising birds, we were tied in with Quail Unlimited. They actually donated a 500 egg incubator to us. Go check out their website and see if they have anything to offer in this field. I don't know if they do or not.
They shared a great deal of study material with us. One of the biggest things that was hurting us up there was the way the land was farmed and harvested. They had pointed out that harvesting isn't an issue but leaving a strip of 75 ft or so on the outer edges is tremendous help...Normally along fence or tree lines. They have a lot to offer and may be of great assistance to you.
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My Grand Dad did this on his "cattle/sheep" farm in Missouri. He always had Quail. One year he had a covey of about 60 birds. It was a really cool site to drive the dirt road and jump up those birds.
Burning the under brush in the woods is also a big help to the Quail population.
The extra stip of "cover" was good for the rabbits too. I could always walk the fence lines and find a few rabbits out in the edge of the pastures. When they ran back for the cover......they usually made the mistake of stopping at the fence.