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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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