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Troy Burk, Moultine Co., [J].—I saw a dozen quail at the 
edge of a cornfield last summer eating chinch bugs like a hog 
eats corn. 
Earl Hawkins, Wayne Co., Ill.—A closed season will not 
give the quail eternal life. We have more here now than we 
have ever had before, although there has been more hunting. If 
we would provide cover for quail and feed them when neces- 
sary we would have more of them. 
Frank Specht, Clay Co., [l].—Quail will never be thick 
enough here to do away with the chinch bugs, even with a per- 
manent closed season. I do not believe in their wholesale 
slaughter, but I like to shoot a few now and then in late fall. 
J. T. Wells, Jefferson Co.:, Ill.—I have killed quail at all 
seasons of the year and never found a chinch bug in one yet. I 
do not believe they eat them. 
Oran Wagner, McDonough Co., Ill.—One of my neighbors 
killed a quail when mowing stubble last fall. Its crop was so 
full of chinch bugs that it could hardly fly. Where is Mr. 
Wilkerson? 
Roy Slater, Fulton Co., Ill.—I hope you succeed in your 
efforts to protect the quail. The skunk ought to be protected 
too, as he eats mostly insects and mice. 
F. O. Kiefer, Stephenson Co., [1l.—Twenty years would not 
be too long to protect quail. 
A. Kleinlein, Brown Co., Ill—My boys saved 80 quail 
craws this year and did not find a single chinch bug. If God 
Almighty did not want us to kill quail He would not have 
fed the Children of Israel on quail in the wilderness. Let us 
not take all the sport away from the farm boys. Things are 
blue enough as it is. j 
Protect the Quail 
I read a statement -written by A. D. Wilkerson that 
the quail is not a chinch bug eater. He had better go way back 
and sit down. The chinck bug is practically the only bug 
that winters on top of the ground. He winters along the 
hedge rows where there is plenty of leaves and grass for 
shelter, and that is where the quail gets his daily rations. 
I wonder if Wilkerson ever saw a covey of quail busy along 
a sheltered fence row. If he did and passed up the chance 
to see what they were doing he had better investigate their 
means of getting a living the next chance he gets. 
Wilkerson says to let the hunters stir them up once in a 
while to thin out the weak birds. Did you ever hear of a 
hunter that asked a quail if he felt good before he shot? I 
believe in protecting the quail not for one year or five years 
but for all time to come. At the rate they have been slaugh- 
tered in the last five years they will soon be like the prairie 
