Quail Management Information Resources
The links below provide information specifically about quail habitat management or about practices or programs that may be used to enhance quail and other wildife habitat. Click on the publication title to view, save, or print material. By clicking on the links provided, you may be directed to web pages outside of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks website.
Booklets
Ecology and Management of the Northern Bobwhite. A guide to bobwhite ecology and management, including descriptions of life history, habitat requirements, habitat management practices, and harvest management. Published by the Mississippi State University Extension Service.
Strip Disking
and Other Valuable Bobwhite Quail Management
Techniques. A guide to strip disking for bobwhite
habitat management. Published by the Mississippi State University
Extension Service.
Light Disking
to Enhance Early Successional Wildlife Habitat in Grasslands and
Old-fields: Wildlife Benefits and Erosion Potential.
This USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service Technical Note
details strip disking for wildlife habitat management and
considerations for strip disking to manage federal conservation
program covers.
Prescribed Burning
in Southern Pine Forests: Fire Ecology, Techniques, and Uses for
Wildlife Management. A guide to using prescribed fire
for wildlife management. Published by the Mississippi State
University Extension Service.
Legal Environment for Forestry Prescribed
Burning in Mississippi. A guide to laws and legal
considerations pertaining to prescribed burning in Mississippi.
Published by the Mississippi State University Forest and Wildlife
Research Center.
Supplemental Food and
Cover Plantings for Bobwhite Quail in Mississippi. A
guide to plant materials and food planting strategies for bobwhite
quail. Published by the Mississippi State University Extension
Service.
Pine
Forestland Habitat Management for Wildlife. A guide to
managing upland pine forests for bobwhite quail and other wildlife.
Published by the Mississippi State University Forest and Wildlife
Research Center.
Conservation Reserve
Program Mid-contract Management: Practices for Wildlife Habitat
Improvement in Mississippi. A guide to using
mid-contract management cost-shares to manage existing Conservation
Reserve Program covers to improve bobwhite quail and other wildlife
habitat. Published by the Mississippi State University Forest and
Wildlife Research Center.
Native
Warm-season Grass Restoration in Mississippi. A guide
to releasing or establishing native warm-season grasses for
wildlife habitat and livestock forage. Published by the Mississippi
State University Extension Service.
Streaming Video
Bobwhite Habitat
Management in Mississippi Video. This video describes
bobwhite quail habitat requirements and management. By clicking on
the link, a new window will be opened to the College of Forest
Resources at Mississippi State University. Select the "Bobwhite
Habitat Management in Mississippi" video. This video was produced
by the Mississippi State University Office of Agricultural
Communications.
Conservation Reserve
Program, CP33 - Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds
Video. This video explains the wildlife and
economic benefits of CP33 buffers for bobwhite quail and other
wildlife. By clicking on the link, a new window will be opened to
the College of Forest Resources at Mississippi State University.
Select the "CP33 - Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds" video. This
video was produced by the Mississippi State University Office of
Agricultural Communications.
Information Sheets
A How-To Guide to Hardwood Stem
Injection: Hack and Squirt. 2-page guide to basic
principles of using selective herbicide to kill undesirable
hardwood trees.
Managing Old Field Habitats for
Wildlife. 2-page guide to managing old fields for
wildlife habitat.
Controlling Non-Native
Grasses to Enhance Wildlife Habitat. 2-page guide to
controlling non-native grasses with herbicides to enhance wildlife
habitat.
Quality Vegetation
Management: A How-To Guide for Managing Mid-Rotation Pine
Stands. 2-page guide to basic principles of using
selective herbicides and prescribed fire to manage pine stands for
wildlife habitat and timber.
