Interesting about the inverse relationship between turkey numbers and grouse populations. Wonder if the same correlation exists between turkeys and quail? I've never heard it as an explanation for the bobwhite decline. If someone had told me 15 years ago that I'd see more turkeys in a year's time than I see quail, I'd have said they were crazy. But that has become the reality.
It is my understanding that the fall in quail numbers is more habitat related than anything. In my area there are few overgrown fence rows and the preponderance of fescue has more impact than turkeys. It is so thick that the chicks can't move thru it. There is a saying that quail won't walk where they can't see their toes.
