95% of our brood locations were in something that had been either burned or grazed or some type of disturbance in the last 12 months. Unfortunately, some people get lulled into it. You go to Western Kansas and it's, you know, New Year's and you're hunting pheasants and there's snow. And you go into one of those thick-ranked CRP fields and a pile of pheasins come out of it and you're like, this was awesome.

Well, yeah, for one month a year.

But even for raising fessin chicks, it's gnaw.

The story of success that it tells that we can grow quail if we're intentional about it.

I think that people like that because, you know,

they've seen quail decline their entire career

if they're biologists or their entire life,

if they're hunters, in most places in the country.

There are some exceptions, but they like this success story.

... this success story. Good girl, sweetie.

That's a big bird.

That's a big bird.

Wow.

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Everyone, today we are joined by former guests going back to 2019, Kyle Hedges and Frank Longcarriage.

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