Quail Research Ranch Sets Sept. 25 Field Day

Sep 23, 2015

The Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch will conduct their 8th annual field day beginning at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 25 at the ranch located 10 miles west of Roby on U.S. Highway 180.

“This year’s theme is Reaping the Benefits of a Jubilee Year,” said Dr. Dale Rollins, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service wildlife specialist and ranch director from San Angelo.

“We’ll be looking at a number of study sites and discussing some very topical quail topics with some added information on dove to top it off,” Rollins said. “With the early rains and the promise of a strong El Nino beginning late next month, we’re hoping to keep up the momentum of this great year by adding to the quail management information stream generated from the ranch.”

Individual registration is $10 due upon arrival. Participants are asked to RSVP to Mary Lynn Nelms at 325-653-4576 for meal planning purposes. The fee includes lunch, refreshments and a copy of the field day report. For more information, email Rollins at d-rollins@tamu.edu .

Topics and tour stops include:

– Stop 1- South Food Plot

Food plots for bugs and bobwhites.

Rats and raptors.

Establishing woody cover.

Shooting field management for doves.

– Stop 2 – South Annie Conservation Reserve Program

Nesting.

Arthropods.

Enhancing quail use.

Feeders and quail mortality – what’s the story?

– Stop 3 – Oscar Pasture

Quail counts and demographics.

Nesting success and “mega-broods.”

Operation Blue Transfusion.

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