Quail

The East Foundation is on the cutting edge of studying how working landscapes can work for people, cattle, quail, and wildlife of all stripes

A few thoughts on tradition versus science versus ethics in the quail woods

Making a difference for wild quail has never been easier

Chef Nicolas Lebas upgrades the fall bird with cornflakes, an apple slaw stuffing, and a red bell pepper glaze

From hardscrabble roots, a onetime farmer creates his quail woods dreams in North Carolina, where good dogs and great friends make memories that stretch beyond the field

How a Texas couple fries fall’s favorite bird

The Texan is helping bring back the bobwhite, icon of Southern game birds

When the Rollins family isn’t overseeing a vast business empire and philanthropic foundations, you’ll find them among the Old Florida live oaks and cabbage palms of Blue Cypress Ranch, where the bobwhite is king—and a kennel of American-bred British Labrador retrievers is turning heads in the dog world

An English designer looks to the Southwest Georgia quail set for her new apparel line

A Mediterranean take on the South’s favorite game bird

After slamming into the Gulf Coast, Michael set its sights on some of the South’s most cherished pine forests

Aerial maneuvers, Delaware claims, and football rivalry niceties

Few things top a great day in the field with good friends, fine bird dogs, and plenty of quail. A photographer captures the beauty and joy of a Southern tradition

Step into the field for a photographic ode to good times, great dogs, and the joy of a Southern quail hunt

When quail season winds down, an elite group of handlers who keep the bird dogs on point in the famed Red Hills hold a friendly competition to see who has the top dog

Whether you bag them or buy them, this bird makes a terrific addition to any festive spread

There’s no finer quail country than the Red Hills, 300,000 acres of longleaf and wiregrass and home to more than a hundred sprawling plantations. Who’d have thought a real estate broker would become its unofficial steward?

How a North Carolina plantation turned back the clock on bobwhite habitat

Where the quail feel right at home

Texas researchers identify a new threat to the bobwhite