Thanks, Drew. I've been reading those articles on caecal and eye parasites for years, mostly out of the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch. I have some hope that because of the great research that has been done in Texas, that we are closer to finding an answer to the decline, not only the long term, but the sudden crashes in populations.
One of our members on this board, and a friend of mine, mel5141, is a resident of the area, and is intimately involved with the research ongoing. They had extraordinary quail seasons back to back, not good mind you, but extraordinary according to him. Bird counts remained super high. I couldn't book a hunt anywhere in that area of Texas, then all of a sudden they crashed again last year. Last I heard from him there was not a definitive answer as to the cause, but that's been a few months. Sure wish he would stop by and bring us up to date on the latest.
SRH
