Quail Habitat Requirements for East Texas Forests.

All wildlife species need food, cover, water and space.These elements must be furnished by their habitat-the forest.In East Texas forests, food and cover are important elements regulating quail numbers.Range requirements of bobwhite quail are much more exacting than those of any domestic livestock.While bare ground is readily recognized as unsuited to bobwhites, too much brush or thick grass is also unsuitable.Brushy, grassy areas m,ay be barren of available quail foods and unsuitable for quail cover.