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    at the Sportsmens Classic this weekend. If you are interested on birds on your property, check these folks out. They have given us some great ideas at our club. The biologist that has helped us so much is suppose to be there Friday. She primarily works Sumter, Clarendon and Orangeburg counties I believe but crossed the river for us. A great help on ideas. Tell her I said hello so she will know I am trying to spread the word.

    By the way, she got her masters from Clemson in wildlife management, with her thesis was on wild pig management as I recall, and is a graduate from Glenn's school. Auburn.

    And from what I understand, this program for the birds is being funded in part by fed & state government, Quail Forever and other partners interested in bringing back the birds.

    Find them on facebook if you partake in that fix. South Carolina Bobwhite Initiative.
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    Is she hot?

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    Thanks. Will stop by.
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    Quote Originally Posted by santee11 View Post
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    They could start by legalizing the trapping and hunting of hawks and owls.

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    You would do more good by killing fescue and other non native cool season grasses than the predators. A healthy habit can sustain healthy populations of both quail and predator.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dentaldog View Post
    You would do more good by killing fescue and other non native cool season grasses than the predators. A healthy habit can sustain healthy populations of both quail and predator.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dentaldog View Post
    You would do more good by killing fescue and other non native cool season grasses than the predators. A healthy habit can sustain healthy populations of both quail and predator.
    Spot on. If you think we have hawks, owls, coyotes, or other predators travel west, wouldn't be a quail out there if hawks hurt the population. Habitat loss and fire ants are our main issues.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Whackumstackum View Post
    Spot on. If you think we have hawks, owls, coyotes, or other predators travel west, wouldn't be a quail out there if hawks hurt the population. Habitat loss and fire ants are our main issues.
    My dad always thought that their had to be some correlation between fire ants and the loss of quail....among other things.

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    Quote Originally Posted by santee11 View Post
    Is she hot?
    actually, I think she is.

    I saw an article ( don't remember where) a while back about the bob white initiative and the lady biologist they talked about was pretty good looking
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    Quote Originally Posted by dentaldog View Post
    You would do more good by killing fescue and other non native cool season grasses than the predators. A healthy habit can sustain healthy populations of both quail and predator.
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    Preach. Fescue is killing our quail. Laughable.

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    Theres still wild quail in state?

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    Laughable? Yeah, hawk season sounds awesome.

    Habitat probably doesn't have anything to do with it.
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    It was tongue in cheek.
    Fescue was around when we had quail.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dawhoo View Post
    Seriously...
    Yes, I'm being dead serious.

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    Fescue can be nearly impenetrable for a young chick to go through and the adults don't care for it either.

    https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_loar10.pdf
    http://bringbackbobwhites.org/2016/0...ative-grasses/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Whackumstackum View Post
    Spot on. If you think we have hawks, owls, coyotes, or other predators travel west, wouldn't be a quail out there if hawks hurt the population.
    i could use the same thought process about coyotes and deer....

    I think its pretty important not to talk in absolutes when it comes to many things, including wildlife.

    Quail have declined. The reasoning is multifaceted and not fully understood. With our current landscape, getting rid of predators sure would help.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2thDoc View Post
    i could use the same thought process about coyotes and deer....

    I think its pretty important not to talk in absolutes when it comes to many things, including wildlife.

    Quail have declined. The reasoning is multifaceted and not fully understood. With our current landscape, getting rid of predators sure would help.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2thDoc View Post
    i could use the same thought process about coyotes and deer....

    I think its pretty important not to talk in absolutes when it comes to many things, including wildlife.

    Quail have declined. The reasoning is multifaceted and not fully understood. With our current landscape, getting rid of predators sure would help.
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