Oklahoma's quail season opens Saturday

Dietsch said the quail numbers will not rise until the nesting and reproductive conditions improve for the birds.

Dietsch and other members of the Quail Forever chapter assisted the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and researchers from Oklahoma State University in a post-reproduction quail survey on the Packsaddle and Beaver wildlife management areas in September.

A dog handler, one bird dog and a researcher were dispersed over one mile routes on the wildlife management areas.

“We ran 37 routes (19 at Packsaddle and 18 at Beaver) and detected eight groups of quail for an average of one group per four miles,” Dietsch said. “That translates to a detection about every 2½ hours.”

The average number of birds per group was eight or nine, he said.

Arkansas trout angler to speak

The 89er Chapter of Trout Unlimited will hold its monthly meeting Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. at Sportsman's Country Club, 4001 NW 39.

Steve Dally, owner of Dally's Ozark Fly Fisher in Cotter, Ark., will be speaking about streamer fishing for big White River brown trout.