Oklahoma Quail Season Opens Nov 11 - Numbers Back to 10-Year Average

Quail hunting season in Oklahoma will run from Nov. 11 to Feb. 15, 2018. This year’s Quail Roadside Surveys in Oklahoma show a decline from last year in the number of observed birds. We are sitting right at the 10-year average. That last two years was a boom, and now we are back down to average said Derek Wiley, upland game biologist with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. Wiley said there is little cause for concern among hunters or biologists and cited several factors that likely have played a role in this year’s lower bird counts... READ MORE