I was reading a blog by Chad Love bemoaning the use of technology. In the blog he made this back-handed comment about Karl Rove

[teufelhunden]

I was reading a blog by Chad Love bemoaning the use of technology. In the blog he made this back-handed comment about Karl Rove quail hunting: "I'd bet my worn-out game vest that shotgun of his has never killed a public-land commoner's quail, but at least he'd nail the word-count limit on his stories." My question is what is the best state to kill public-lands commoners quail? Does your state have very many quail on public-lands?

[buckhunter]

I can count on one hand the number of quail on Ohio's public land.

[Jim in Mo]

Nada, zilch. It's tough to find quail on private land unless the property owner must make an effort to leave cover, and that's tough for the modern day farmer to do.

[Golfing Sportsman]

In Wisconsin we have a season and bag limit for bobs but i have never seen one on public land.

[Del in KS]

Bad weather the last 2 years have made quail as scarce as Unicorns in Kansas. A farmer I know told me last week he used to have at least 10 coveys on his place. Last fall he flushed exactly 1 covey all season long and did not shoot inorder to leave them for seed.

[texasfirst]

Texas has ample quail hunting opportunities on public land, although I have my own private stomping grounds I prefer. SEMPER FI!

[Beekeeper]

Texas and Oklahoma

[silsbyj]

I would say Texas or Oklahoma. It helps the population when hunters dont chase a covey down until every last bird is dead.

[ETangler]

Backhanded indeed!!!!

[blackdawgz]

I would take it farther than that. I would bet that his boots (if he has any) have never been off the sidewalk, and that he has not been hunting since he got out of high school. I have never seen quail as highly concentrated as in Arizona. I don't think they have any here in WA.

[rudyglove27]

Definitely Texas!!!