Quail Food Plot Evaluation on Regenerated Pine Stands, Sandhills Region
Food plots for quail (Colinus virginianus) were established on 2 regenerated pine plantations in the Sandhills Region of South Carolina during 1976 and 1977. Bicolor (Lespedeza bicolor), Japonica (L. japonica), Thunberg (L. thunbergii), Kobe (L. striata), Korean (L. stipulaceae) lespedezas, and a reseeding variety of soybean (Glycine max) were evaluated along with various planting methods. The planting methods included combinations of broadcast seeding, dibbling seedlings, disking, inoculating seeds, covering seeds, and fertilizing. All plant materials tested were successfully established...
