Correct me if I'm wrong.

Where'd wild the quail go ?

In the late 1960's the Hawks were protected because of DDT. I'm no biologist but I would guess 10 years would be long enough for the Hawks to rebound in abundance.

Quail were abundant in the south untill about 1980.
Read the 1950 book "Hunting with a Twenty Two" by Charles Landis espescially the chapter by Henry Davis and you will have a different out look on Hawks.

We land scaped this place and it's our duty to protect all wildlife for future generations to enjoy....be it hunting or watching.

Can we afford to protect one specie and let it decimate another ?

I believe that's exactly what's happened to the quail.
L.F.