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searchaux" style="display:none">Hunting of quail</div> <p><b>Quail hunting </b> is a <a href="/wiki/Hunting" title="Hunting">hunting</a> sport. There are 21 subspecies of <a href="/wiki/Northern_bobwhite" title="Northern bobwhite">northern bobwhite</a>, a ground-dwelling bird native to the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Many of the common larger species are hunted as <a href="/wiki/Game_bird" class="mw-redirect" title="Game bird">game birds</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quail_hunting&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The archaeological record from excavations of <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas">indigenous peoples'</a> sites in <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> reveal few quail bones, suggesting that those early inhabitants focused on larger game that may have produced greater results for the effort involved. When European settlers arrived,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (October 2016)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> quail hunting began in earnest.<sup id="cite_ref-Quail_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quail-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 18">: 18 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_developments">Modern developments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quail_hunting&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Modern developments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Quail live throughout the United States. Quail hunting in the 20th century was the most popular game hunting sport.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to their popularity as game birds and their extensive distribution, quail have been studied throughout the North American continent, particularly in the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Quail_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quail-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 20">: 20 </span></sup> In the twenty years from the late 1960s through the late 1980s, quail populations, as measured by hunting statistics, showed dramatic declines. Causes included disease, habitat reduction, hunting, weather variables and other impacts. These were addressed through formation of organizations such as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Quail_Unlimited&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quail Unlimited (page does not exist)">Quail Unlimited</a> and through side benefits from the <a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_Farm_Act&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1981 Farm Act (page does not exist)">1981 Farm Act</a>, which encouraged farmers to remove highly eroded land from cultivation, thus increasing quail habitat.<sup id="cite_ref-Quail_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quail-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 24–26">: 24–26 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quail_hunting&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFHuggler,_Tom1987" class="citation book cs1">Huggler, Tom (1987). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wQPAFphgw7UC&q=%22Quail+hunting%22"><i>Quail Hunting in America: Tactics for Finding and Taking Bobwhite, Valley, Gambel, Mountain, Scaled, and Mearn's Quail by Season and Habitat</i></a>. Stackpole Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780786473656" title="Special:BookSources/9780786473656"><bdi>9780786473656</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 January</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Quail+Hunting+in+America%3A+Tactics+for+Finding+and+Taking+Bobwhite%2C+Valley%2C+Gambel%2C+Mountain%2C+Scaled%2C+and+Mearn%27s+Quail+by+Season+and+Habitat&rft.pub=Stackpole+Books&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=9780786473656&rft.au=Huggler%2C+Tom&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DwQPAFphgw7UC%26q%3D%2522Quail%2Bhunting%2522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQuail+hunting" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoskelley,_Fenton1961" class="citation cs2">Roskelley, Fenton (23 December 1961), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19611223&id=LQ4zAAAAIBAJ&pg=6864,5777871&hl=en">"Many Area Hunters Shy Clear of Quail Hunting"</a>, <i>Spokane Daily Chronicle</i>, p. 70<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 January</span> 2016</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Spokane+Daily+Chronicle&rft.atitle=Many+Area+Hunters+Shy+Clear+of+Quail+Hunting&rft.pages=70&rft.date=1961-12-23&rft.au=Roskelley%2C+Fenton&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fnid%3D1338%26dat%3D19611223%26id%3DLQ4zAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D6864%2C5777871%26hl%3Den&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQuail+hunting" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quail_hunting&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFA._Starker_Leopold1985" class="citation book cs1">A. Starker Leopold (1985). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9addNMcRimQC&q=%22Quail+hunting%22"><i>The California Quail</i></a>. University of California Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780520907775" title="Special:BookSources/9780520907775"><bdi>9780520907775</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 January</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+California+Quail&rft.pub=University+of+California+Press&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=9780520907775&rft.au=A.+Starker+Leopold&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D9addNMcRimQC%26q%3D%2522Quail%2Bhunting%2522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQuail+hunting" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHines_Lambert2013" class="citation book cs1">Hines Lambert (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lE5k8jo1HWkC&q=%22Quail+hunting%22"><i>Hunting Quail and Pheasants</i></a>. The Rosen Publishing Group. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781448899036" title="Special:BookSources/9781448899036"><bdi>9781448899036</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 January</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hunting+Quail+and+Pheasants&rft.pub=The+Rosen+Publishing+Group&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=9781448899036&rft.au=Hines+Lambert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DlE5k8jo1HWkC%26q%3D%2522Quail%2Bhunting%2522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQuail+hunting" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeonard_A._Brennan2007" class="citation book cs1">Leonard A. Brennan (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=VIIxeLWzmQsC&q=%22Quail+hunting%22"><i>Texas Quails: Ecology and Management</i></a>. Texas A&M University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781585445035" title="Special:BookSources/9781585445035"><bdi>9781585445035</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 January</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Texas+Quails%3A+Ecology+and+Management&rft.pub=Texas+A%26M+University+Press&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=9781585445035&rft.au=Leonard+A.+Brennan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DVIIxeLWzmQsC%26q%3D%2522Quail%2Bhunting%2522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AQuail+hunting" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Richard Rankin, Jr. 2017. <i>While there were still wild birds: A personal history of Southern quail hunting</i>. 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title="Bat-fowling">Bat-fowling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beagling" title="Beagling">Beagling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowhunting" title="Bowhunting">Bowhunting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big%E2%80%93game_hunting" title="Big–game hunting">Big–game hunting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coursing" title="Coursing">Coursing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_stalker" title="Game stalker">Game stalkering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gigging" title="Gigging">Gigging</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_hunting" title="Green hunting">Green hunting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falconry" title="Falconry">Falconry</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_with_eagles" title="Hunting with eagles">Eagles</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_sports" title="Field sports">Field sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fowling" title="Fowling">Fowling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handgun_hunting" title="Handgun hunting">Handgun hunting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_hunting" title="Internet 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title="Assegai">Assegai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow_and_arrow" title="Bow and arrow">Bow and arrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bear_spear" title="Bear spear">Bear spear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boar_spear" title="Boar spear">Boar spear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boomerang" title="Boomerang">Boomerang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blowgun" title="Blowgun">Blowgun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crossbow" title="Crossbow">Crossbow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pistol" title="Pistol">Pistol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punt_gun" title="Punt gun">Punt gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifle" title="Rifle">Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spear-thrower" title="Spear-thrower">Spear-thrower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shotgun" title="Shotgun">Shotgun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_sword" title="Hunting sword">Sword</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throwing_stick" title="Throwing stick">Throwing stick</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silencer_(firearms)" title="Silencer 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href="/wiki/Salter_(trap)" title="Salter (trap)">Salter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sporting_lodge" title="Sporting lodge">Sporting lodge</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jagdschloss" title="Jagdschloss">Jagdschloss</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolf_trap" title="Wolf trap">Wolf trap</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By location</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_in_Australia" title="Hunting in Australia">Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dugong_hunting_in_Australia" title="Dugong hunting in Australia">Dugong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_industry" title="Kangaroo industry">Kangaroo</a></li></ul></li> <li>Azerbaijan <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Historical_tiger_hunts_in_Azerbaijan" title="Historical tiger hunts in Azerbaijan">Tiger</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_in_Cambodia" title="Hunting 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Hunting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_in_Russia" title="Hunting in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_in_Romania" title="Hunting in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_in_Spain" title="Hunting in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li>Switzerland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_hunting_reserves_in_Switzerland" title="List of federal hunting reserves in Switzerland">Federal hunting reserves</a></li></ul></li> <li>Tonga <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pigeon_snaring" title="Pigeon snaring">Pigeon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_in_the_United_States" title="Hunting in the United States">United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_and_fishing_in_Alaska" title="Hunting and fishing in Alaska">Alaska</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_and_shooting_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Hunting and shooting in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Driven_grouse_shooting" title="Driven grouse shooting">Driven grouse 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2004">Hunting Act 2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_season" title="Hunting season">Hunting season</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poaching" title="Poaching">Poaching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sustainable_hunting" title="Sustainable hunting">Sustainable hunting</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bambi_effect" title="Bambi effect">Bambi effect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blooding_(hunting)" title="Blooding (hunting)">Blooding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canned_hunt" title="Canned hunt">Canned hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Car_hawking" title="Car hawking">Car hawking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duck_ague" title="Duck ague">Duck ague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falconry_training_and_technique" title="Falconry training and technique">Falconry training and technique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fair_chase" title="Fair chase">Fair chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_dressing_(hunting)" title="Field dressing (hunting)">Field dressing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamekeepers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Gamekeepers in the United Kingdom">Gamekeepers in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gillie" title="Gillie">Gillie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_dog" title="Hunting dog">Hunting dog</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gun_dog" title="Gun dog">Gun dog</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunting_magic" title="Hunting magic">Hunting magic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hunting_deities" title="List of hunting deities">List of hunting deities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_big-game_hunters" title="List of big-game hunters">List of big-game hunters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opposition_to_hunting" title="Opposition to hunting">Opposition to hunting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parahawking" title="Parahawking">Parahawking</a></li> <li><a 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