I was visiting with my neighbor this morning, who releases 64 coveys of 25 birds each in August. He said he hunted yesterday and only found 5 coveys, and they only killed 3 birds. Does that sound like put and take hunting? I don't think so. Released does not necessarily a dead bird make.
SRH
I was told by an older gentleman nick name of Peanut that has lived and breathed quail and bird dogs his entire life that a pen raised quail can not survive in the wild because they aren't raised on insects...he claimed that pen raised quail don't have enough oil in their tail gland to keep their feathers conditioned and he speculated that it was because of a lack of something they get from eating insects.
I said buy them some crickets Peanut.
