While mowing one of our pastures and my front yard for the first time this weekend, I flushed out a couple covies of some really plump looking quail. Two covies of about 5-7 to be exact. I'm not certain what type they were, but I'd like to know how to keep them around until quail season. I'd hate to loose my quail population on opening day. And most importantly, I'd like to boost their numbers. What can I do? Our 40 acres is flanked on all 4 sides by a combination of sorghum and corn fields. I plan to keep up with the pastures now that I have a tractor, but if I need to let one of the smaller ones grow out, I will. Will the noise of my Massey Ferguson scare them off? And for what it's worth, the pasture I found them in is coastal Bermuda grass with no brush or trees( there is some mesquite and weesatch growing in my yard though).
Front yard:
Hay pasture:
Front yard:
Hay pasture: