Hunting Bobwhite Quail in a Pine Forest

The best quail habitat is predominately a vegetative cover of herbaceous (nonwoody) plants, including a mixture of grasses and forbs (broad leaved herbaceous plants). Some woody vegetation including a pine forest is also desirable to a more limited degree.

Old fields, wide and weedy field borders, hedgerows or recently cut over timberland are prime examples of what the Bobwhite quail likes. The ground beneath the vegetative cover must be "open" with plant stems widely enough spaced for quail to pass through easily and the ground itself free of matted vegetation or the heavy accumulation of dead plant material.