Shell’s Covert, by Marc Puckett

“I understand the need for fire, but when you are burning in May, you are burning up quail, turkey and grouse nests and that can’t

I have been known to say the following: “If it were not for cut-overs, there may not be a quail left in Virginia.” Some may

Much debate centers on whether coyotes are good or bad for populations of deer and turkey (This also may depend on who you ask …

Early in my career I was guilty of arrogance in my statements that habitat alone was all that was needed to produce great populations of

My first blog post here was in February, 2011. That’s over seven years ago. During that timeframe I have probably broken every rule of blogging.

I thought long and hard before I bought my latest bird dog puppy … as much about  whether to buy her, as from whom. I

I have heard some folks say, “What do you all need to waste money on studying this or that species for? You know everything you

Another short but sweet post… It occurred to me that there are a lot of resources available to people interested in learning more about quail

Author’s note: Some of this BLOG is derived from a very recent article published in the Journal of Wildlife Management entitled: “Economic Tradeoffs of Managing