[FLDBRED]

When and where was the last time you saw wild quail in NJ?

 

[68Ioweu1]

I've never saw one. I hunt pottersville, bedminster, hillsborough, franklin and branchburg. for about 15-20 years plenty of woodcock never a quail and never a grouse.

 

[MTH]

There used to be loads of grouse in Sussex. But the maturation of the forests have just about wiped them out in the areas I hunt

 

[OneShot1kill]

i see grouse up in stokes in the fall, also over in the walpack once in ahwile.

 

[almaink]

When I was a kid In Eatontown we had a few coveys in the fields surrounding the neighborhood. We also had wild Pheasants. It's all Apartments now tho...

 

[Cat]

Hear tell of some WB in S.NJ but haven't seen any I actually could say ok they are myself.

2 seasons ago due believe I took a wild pheasant myself the bird had ever characterist of a wild bird from back in the day.

 

[bigbuck24]

As recent as 3 yrs ago,I used to flush a couple up in Morganville.

 

[DROPTINE69]

I HEAR QUAL AT LAKEHURST IN THE MORNING WHEN TURKEY HUNTING THEY ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

 

[Grits N Gravy]

Though a rarity, I have seen ruffed grouse on my parents' property in Clinton. Never a wild quail though.

 

[Cat]

Tell me just how do you know wild quail that were released at some point? What do they do that can identify them acutally if one ran into them?

 

[oneshotkill]

Waterford twp NJ 15 years ago.

 

[FLDBRED]

I also have seen quail in Morganville,but it was a while back,10 or more years.

 

[almaink]

State stocks quail not as many as they used to tho, and not at all WMA's.
When I had a dog I used to hunt them over at Assunpink but I don't think they stock then there anymore.

 

[Broadhead]

Wild quail I saw some including a covey in Freehold about 22 years ago.

 

[Michael_Walther]

Guess quail restoration project is bs? Seen grouse every season all over the state. Grouse are here, but elusive. I have heard quail but never seen them. A friend of mine; lives in the princeton area; says he sees them all the time. I think they may be Griggstown convicts though.

 

[almaink]

Still going...
http://www.njquailproject.org/index.html

 

[LBI Surfrat]

My folks moved to Marlton back in 89. I was 15. farms on elmwood rd had bobwhites..i would see them in the mornings when riding my bike. all that ground now has houses on it. sad.

Nick

 

[Michael_Walther]

Yeah, habitat destruction is to blame. My father used to hunt native bobwhites, pheasant and grouse when he was a kid. Pretty much gone now. [down] At least NJ is moving in a good direction preserving land.

 

[Michael_Walther]

Need to get some logging done up in sussex, bring back the grouse!

 

[catfish hunter]

I see them a lot. There are also wild pheasants. I saw one the other day w/ a 3.5 foot tail. He is going on my wall this year.