Comments on: The demise of bobwhite quail. What can we do? http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2007/11/16/the-demise-of-bobwhite-quail-what-can-we-do/ Brittanys as companion bird dogs. Hunting, training, trialing and more. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:04:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Peacher79 http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2007/11/16/the-demise-of-bobwhite-quail-what-can-we-do/#comment-32 Peacher79 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:04:19 +0000 http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2007/11/16/the-demise-of-bobwhite-quail-what-can-we-do/#comment-32 Dave, I'm not a wealthy landowner that has 1,000's of acres of prime hunting land at my disposal. I’m just a working guy who loves dogs and the great outdoors that feels blessed every time I get to be around them. . I grew up hunting small farms that were loaded with quail. I took it all for granted. I figured they'd be there forever. A bunch of first time bird dog buyers have found out real quick how low the #'s are and get very discouraged. The only way to solve this is to go after the issue proactively. In my state, quail have finally made it to the list of topics at wildlife dept meetings after exhaustive pushing by a few concerned bird hunters. I attend all I can. I encourage everyone I come in contact with to join a local chapter of some quail group, although some old timers are burnt out on organizations around here. They are tired of seeing their hard work in raising $ go to other states. I chose QF because all $ raised by local chapters are spent by that chapter. I've found a land trust group that has plenty of dollars ear marked to purchase land to set it aside for conservation and hunting purpose. I’m working on getting some big parcels (1,000 acres plus) purchased and managed for quail that would be open to the public. I visit and promote quail conservation with gun store owners as well as outlets that sell hunting/dog related items. We’re all in this together. You are doing quail a great favor by just hosting your website. Several of the forum users and I have become great friends and they attend functions to help the cause. I know we need to constantly stay on our fish and wildlife people. They constantly complain about declining licence sales for both hunting and fishing licenses. It is unbelievable how many tags, stamps, hunter safety, etc; a kid has to have to just give hunting a one time try. If this great sport has any chance at all in moving forward, the kids coming on have to be exposed. I think every person that hunts has the responsibility to “Take a Kid Hunting”. I’m all for youth hunts. I’ll hang in there with kids all day till they get some success in harvesting a bird. A forward thinking bird preserve owner will donate birds for youth hunts. I want everyone to share ideas and success stories of things they do or have done that work. Please everyone hang in there and never give up. Bob Dave,
I’m not a wealthy landowner that has 1,000′s of acres of prime hunting land at my disposal. I’m just a working guy who loves dogs and the great outdoors that feels blessed every time I get to be around them.
. I grew up hunting small farms that were loaded with quail. I took it all for granted. I figured they’d be there forever. A bunch of first time bird dog buyers have found out real quick how low the #’s are and get very discouraged.
The only way to solve this is to go after the issue proactively. In my state, quail have finally made it to the list of topics at wildlife dept meetings after exhaustive pushing by a few concerned bird hunters. I attend all I can. I encourage everyone I come in contact with to join a local chapter of some quail group, although some old timers are burnt out on organizations around here. They are tired of seeing their hard work in raising $ go to other states. I chose QF because all $ raised by local chapters are spent by that chapter. I’ve found a land trust group that has plenty of dollars ear marked to purchase land to set it aside for conservation and hunting purpose. I’m working on getting some big parcels (1,000 acres plus) purchased and managed for quail that would be open to the public.
I visit and promote quail conservation with gun store owners as well as outlets that sell hunting/dog related items. We’re all in this together.
You are doing quail a great favor by just hosting your website. Several of the forum users and I have become great friends and they attend functions to help the cause.
I know we need to constantly stay on our fish and wildlife people. They constantly complain about declining licence sales for both hunting and fishing licenses. It is unbelievable how many tags, stamps, hunter safety, etc; a kid has to have to just give hunting a one time try. If this great sport has any chance at all in moving forward, the kids coming on have to be exposed.
I think every person that hunts has the responsibility to “Take a Kid Hunting”. I’m all for youth hunts. I’ll hang in there with kids all day till they get some success in harvesting a bird. A forward thinking bird preserve owner will donate birds for youth hunts.
I want everyone to share ideas and success stories of things they do or have done that work.
Please everyone hang in there and never give up.

Bob

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