Originally Posted by Double Creek2
Do ya'll do any planting for quail? I haven't yet, but I think this year I'm going to spread a couple lbs per acre of ragweed and partridge pea in my old field winter strip disking. Nothing crazy, just try to add a little diversity. There is very little of either on my place.


I'm not really set up to burn yet, but hope to start implementing that down the road.

With my summer plots I have switched over to a mix of Egyptian wheat, sorghum, sun hemp and iron and clay peas throw and mowed into my fall plots that already have some chicory and clover in them. Adding the Egyptian wheat this year has been a game changer as it seems to provide more shade than just straight sorghum and both times I have seen the clutches have been in these areas.

I didn't have much ragweed or partridge pea around my property until I stated fall disking and burning. If I just fall disk, I am dominated by common ragweed in most areas which I am not mad about, but the areas I burn I do get more diversity with a lot of partridge pea mixed in.

I’m sure what I do helps, but the surrounding 1,000 or so acres is a buffalo ranch with great quail habitat. The owner leaves it all pretty natural, mostly just setting it back using a roller chopper pulled behind a skidder every couple years.