Bill White and his sons Tony (left) and Andrew at a quail-restoration site in northwest Missouri. Photographs by Michael Sugrue Bill White makes me question everything I’ve heard about wild bobwhite ...

One thing I like about California is our choice of official state bird: the California quail. Most sports teams and schools pick rather fierce and aggressive animals for the mascots. The United States ...

A rainy Saturday didn't stop young hunters from taking shots at quail during a youth quail hunt hosted by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. A dozen eager boys gathered in the dark before dawn ...

If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, how much would thousands of quails be worth? The McDaniel’s Quail Farm raises more than 25,000 bobwhite quails each year. “I am a bird hunter and it ...

No offense to my friends and family, but some of the best visitors I’ve had in my garden recently have had wings, not arms. This time of year, birds seem to arrive in droves — some to nip off seedpods ...

Years ago I went down to Houston County in the southeast corner of the state to look for Bobwhite. That bird is the smallest member of the quail family, once an unquestioned resident of the state. At ...

It’s that time of the year again when outdoorsmen don hunter orange and wait patiently for game to come into their crosshairs, but will quail be among the wildlife in their bounty? This fickle bird ...

It’s dusk in spring, and the seven-year anniversary of my mother’s death from cancer is approaching, a death that marked the end of my biological family. I want to text my friend Margot, who lost her ...