[TN-Bird] Re: re quail hunting discussion
- From: "Roger Applegate" <Roger.Applegate@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <dnldhlt@xxxxxxx>,<tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:42:06 -0600
I can address this because I have been working with this issue for about the
last 15 years. The short answer is that genetic problems depend on numbers of
domestic birds released and whether or not there are wild birds still lingering
at the site. The worst case scenario is where you have a faltering wild
population and large numbers of domestics are released; we're talking hundreds
or thousands. The other end of the spectrum is a site back in the woods where
wild birds are completely gone and there is no way for the domestics to make
contact with wild ones. It's a very complex and difficult issue.
Also, to clarify one point, domestic bobwhites are not just released by people
who are hunting them. As we have heard from a few posts in the last couple of
days, they are being released by well meaning people that just want to have
them around. They are also released for dog training and dog field trials.
Both of the latter are legitimate uses as long as the released birds are
recovered using call boxes or are shot.
One last thing, I prefer the accurate term of domestic in referring to
so-called pen-raised bobwhites because all of the birds than can be purchased
and raised successfully in a pen are domesticated stocks that have been
artificially selected (as opposed to naturally selected) in the same way as dog
or cattle breeds. Some, for example the Wisconsin jumbo, were selected for
very large breast size for the food market. The Tennessee red is an unusual
breed that was originally taken from some red morphs here in TN and propagated
in Wisconsin for marketing as an ornamental quail. Some of these have made
there way back here to TN no doubt to liven up wild populations to make them
"more colorful."
Roger D. Applegate
Small Game Coordinator
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Ellington Agricultural Center
PO Box 40747
Nashville, TN 37204
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Email: roger.applegate@xxxxxxxxxxx
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