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Rolling Plains Bobwhite Brigade

Rolling Plains Bobwhite Brigade “Tell me, I forget, Show me, I remember, Involve me, I understand.” Texas Brigade Camps 5-day camps for youth For Ages 13-17 years of age Cost is $300, Scholarships Available Held annually in June and July Texas Brigade Partners

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Rolling Plains Bobwhite Brigade

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  1. Rolling Plains Bobwhite Brigade

  2. “Tell me, I forget, Show me, I remember, Involve me, I understand.”

  3. Texas Brigade Camps • 5-day camps for youth • For Ages 13-17 years of age • Cost is $300, Scholarships Available • Held annually in June and July

  4. Texas Brigade Partners Texas Wildlife Association Texas AgriLife Extension Texas Chapters of Quail Coalition Texas Parks & Wildlife Department USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service

  5. North Texas > < South Texas < North Texas Texas Brigades < Rolling Plains < South Texas

  6. Covey Composition Covey Leader Asst.CoveyLeader 5 Cadets

  7. “…and this bird you cannot change” -Lynyrd Skynyrd

  8. Interspersion A variety or “patchwork” pattern of habitat and cover types in close proximity to each other and connected by travel lanes.

  9. Diversity Good bobwhite quail habitat has a variety of plants that provide food and/or cover.

  10. Plant Succession The process (natural or human-influenced) of one group of plants replacing another.

  11. Edge Effect The transition zone between two different vegetative types.

  12. Water Food Cover Limiting Factor Any “weak-link” that is critical to the survival of an animal.

  13. Home Range The home range of a bobwhite quail is about 40 acres. Bobwhite quail are “sedentary” species.

  14. Cover Types Required by Quail • Nesting Cover • Loafing and • escape Cover • Screening Cover • Roosting Cover • Brood Cover

  15. Quail Anatomy & Physiology

  16. Team Building and Leadership Skills

  17. Conservation Games

  18. Shotgun Safety & Shooting

  19. Radio Telemetry

  20. A Little FUN

  21. Nest Depredation Insect Collection

  22. Media Skills

  23. Taxidermy

  24. K.P. and Roosting Area Inspection

  25. Wildlife Photography & Journaling

  26. Who Dun It Hunter Safety

  27. A Little Friendly Competition

  28. Constructing Tri-Fold Displays

  29. Conservation Cadences

  30. Accomplishments Top Cadet > College Scholarship Winners

  31. Hunter Skills Trail • Our Hunting Heritage • The Hunter’s Role In Conservation • Hunter Safety and Responsibility • Striving for A Land Ethic

  32. The Future of Conservation “Anyone can count the seeds in an apple but no one can count the apples in a seed” -Anonymous

  33. Texas Brigades: For more information or to receive a copy of the application, log onto www.texasbrigades.org You may also contact us 1-800-TEX-WILD.

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