Must have established a covey with those birds I released last year. I have some males in a J-house in the back yard and they called in 2 females that hung around for about a month. Lived here 10 yrs and never saw the first Quail. Can't believe I'm seeing results after one year and so few birds released. I have never seen a wild quail anywhere in my...or the surrounding counties before this.
The birds I let go were about 8 weeks old if I remember correctly. Figured they would get to used to humans if I kept them much longer. Hope you are all having the same kind of luck.