I dont know, they dont burn the whole open area at one time - 100 acres here and there so there is always some that isnt burned for 18 months or more. Even Tall Timbers Plantation, with some of the best habitat anywhere, still has to do predator control sometimes. Maybe if this place could get a decent quail population established - production might then stay ahead of mortality. I doubt there is a wild covey on private land within ten miles of that place. A lot of cattle country.
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And that brings up another point. If a large area is completely devoid of wild quail, would even the best quail habitat in the world matter. Unfortunately they don’t just grow from the ground. They would need to spread from somewhere close and start a population I would think
I know they have moved a few wild coveys here to re-establish. I would guess they did it there. Our state quail initiative has said in the past that they need 4000 contiguous acres for a successful quail population. This area would qualify. Tall timbers will form quail cooperatives in other states to help re-establish populations.
I could have the best quail habitat in the world on my 350 acres and there are no quail around to populate and it is not enough quail habitat to support a population