Quail season outlook surprisingly decent given tough summer

BETTER THAN EXPECTED--Road counts show that prospects for the 2026-2027 quail season in the Panhandle and Rolling Plains are better than expected given the dry roasting that occurred this summer. Quail season for both bobwhites and scaled quail opens November 1 and continues through February 28, 2027.
BETTER THAN EXPECTED--Road counts show that prospects for the 2026-2027 quail season in the Panhandle and Rolling Plains are better than expected given the dry roasting that occurred this summer. Quail season for both bobwhites and scaled quail opens November 1 and continues through February 28, 2027.

Clean up the over/under, oil and lace those boots—and better plan to boot up the dog, too if you’re headed to the Rolling Plains. The highly anticipated regular quail season in Texas opens November 1 and runs through February 28, 2027. As bad as things looked this summer for quail, the forecast for the upcoming season is surprisingly decent.

According to Patrick Schutz, Texas Parks and Wildlife Dep…