South Carolina Quail News
Lowcountry small game hunting opportunities
Nov. 07, 2008Numerous opportunities are available for hunters to harvest small game on over 281,000 acres of wildlife management area (WMA) land located in the Lowcountry counties of Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester.
Bobwhite quail populations in South Carolina and the Southeast have been declining steadily over the past 60 years due to major land use change and reduction in suitable habitat. The 24th Annual Wild Quail Management Seminar, sponsored by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is designed to instruct landowners and land managers in the proper techniques of creating habitat that will support native populations of bobwhite quail.
23rd Annual Wild Quail Management Seminar scheduled for March 11-12, 2010 - Nov. 30, 2009
Bobwhite quail populations in South Carolina and the Southeast have been declining steadily over the past 60 years due to major land use change and reduction in suitable habitat. The 23rd Annual Wild Quail Management Seminar, sponsored by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is designed to instruct landowners and land managers in the proper techniques of creating habitat that will support native populations of bobwhite quail.
Lowcountry small game hunting opportunities - Nov. 07, 2008
Numerous opportunities are available for hunters to harvest small game on over 281,000 acres of wildlife management area (WMA) land located in the Lowcountry counties of Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester.
DNR Small Game Project ranks top counties for quail - Nov. 06, 2008
Survey results for the 2007-08 hunting season show Georgetown, Clarendon, Calhoun, Lee and Richland counties were the top five counties for quail, while the top five counties for rabbits jumped per hour were Saluda, Fairfield, Chester, Newberry, and Hampton, according to biologists with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Small Game Project.
Preserve Fall, Winter Habitat for Quail, Rabbits - Sep. 05, 2008
Late fall and winter bring "hard times" for small game species like bobwhite quail and rabbits, according to the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.
20th Annual Wild Quail Management Seminars scheduled March 8-10, 2007 - Feb. 19, 2007
Bobwhite quail populations in South Carolina and the Southeast have been declining steadily over the past 60 years due to major land use change and reduction in suitable habitat.
Sign up to improve bird habitat with 'quail strips' - Oct. 16, 2006
Landowners may be eligible for a program to establish habitat for quail and other upland bird species. The program would require establishing or retiring a border, commonly referred to as “quail strips,” around row-cropped fields.
