Quail Management Short Course 1, 2005

In October of 2005, the Florida Cooperative Extension Service, DeSoto County Board of Commissioners, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission hosted the 1st Quail Management Shortcourse in Arcadia, Florida. The purpose of the Quail Management Shortcourse was to educate landowners, managers, hunters, and quail enthusiasts on the ecology and management of bobwhite quail in Florida using science-based information from a variety of sources, including landowners, the hunting industry, academia, non-governmental organizations, and natural resource agencies.

If you would like, hard copies of the proceedings, the 2-DVD course, and also a pocket-sized all-weather flip book titled "Florida Range Plants for Cows and Quail" are available free of charge to US residents. Please just contact us by email and state which items you require.

The entire course proceedings are now available online chapter-by-chapter in text and video. Videos are best viewed using Microsoft Internet Explorer. Click the list below to get the proceedings:

Complete 1st Annual Quail Management Shortcourse Proceedings, 2005 (1.72 MB)

Chapter by chapter:

Taking care of unfinished business (text)
Don McKenzie, "Taking Care of Unfinished Business" (video)
Past and present bobwhite management in south central Florida (text)
Tommy Hines, "Past and Present Bobwhite Management in Southeastern Florida" (video)
Quail facts (text)
Bill Giuliano, "Quail Facts" (video)
What to look for in northern bobwhite habitat (text)
Roger Wells, "What to Look for in Bobwhite Quail Habitat" (video)
Important plant species for quail and cattle in south Florida (text)
James Martin, "Important Plant Species for Quail and Cattle in South Florida" (video)
Use of fire to manage wildlife habitat (text only)
Mechanical treatments for quail habitat improvement (text)
George Tanner, "Mechanical Treatment for Quail Habitat Improvement" (video)
Quail habitat management using herbicides (text)
Andy Pierce, "Quail Habitat Management with Herbicides" (video)
Cows and quail: can they coexist? (text)
Bill Giuliano, "Quail and Cows: Can They Co-Exist?" (video)
Food plots and agricultural plots: use and benefit for quail (text)
Nigel Morris, "Food Plots and Ag Crops: Use and Benefits for Quail" (video)
Dave Delaney, "Ranchland Quail Management at the King Ranch, Texas" (keynote speaker, video only)
Supplemental feeding and bobwhite management (text)
Bill Palmer, "Supplemental Feeding and Quail Management" (video)
Predation management and bobwhites (text)
Bill Palmer, "Predation Management and Bobwhite Quail" (video)
Imported fire ants and their management (text)
Roberto Pereira, "Imported Fire Ants and Their Management" (video)
Management choices: using quail management to benefit other wildlife (text)
Chuck McKelvy, "Management Choices with Quail and Other Wildlife" (video)
Hunting leases (text)
Wayne Zahn, "Hunting Leases" (video)
The preserve picture (text)
Fred Fanizzi, "Quail Hunting Preserves" (video)
Bobwhite management and hunting in Florida: overview of rules and regs (text)
Nick Wiley, "Bobwhite Management and Hunting in Florida's Ranchlands" (video)
Pen-raised quail: their use and problems for wild birds (text)
James Selph, "Pen-Raised Quail: Their Use and Problems for Wild Birds" (video)
Feeding the high performance bird dog (text only)
Studies of quail hunting efficiency (text only)