Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service provides resources such as videos, fact sheets and research publications on the Gamebirds.

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Videos

 

 

Migratory Birds in Oklahoma

Kurtis Hair travels to Muskogee County to talk about migratory bird patterns in Oklahoma.

 

 

Controlling Aflatoxin in Wildlife Feed

Dwayne Elmore explains how to prevent aflatoxin in wildlife.

 

 

Burning for Bobwhite

This week in Naturally Speaking, OSU Extension wildlife specialist Dwayne Elmore talks about how to properly use prescribed burns to manage pastures for Bobwhite quail.

 

 

How to Manage Cover to Promote Quail Nesting

Dwayne Elmore explains how to manage pastures to promote quail nesting.

 

 

Managing Dove Fields

Dwayne Elmore has advice on crops to attract doves.

 

 

Importance of Wetlands for Shorebirds

SUNUP travel to Garfield County to learn about the birds enjoying a layover in our state, as they travel north for the summer.

 

 

Greater Prairie-Chickens

We travel to Osage County to visit The Nature Conservancy's Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, where Dwayne Elmore and Torre Hovick are conducting research on greater prairie-chickens and fire.

 

 

Turkey Habitat

Dwayne Elmore explains why shinnery oak is important to wildlife in western Oklahoma.

 

 

Habitat Management for Wild Turkey

Learn how to manage habitat for wild turkey.

 

 

Q&A Wild Turkey Habitat Management

Experts from Oklahoma State University, U.S. Forest Service and the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation provide their answers to questions many landowners wonder about managing wild turkey. Topics of discussion cover prescribed fire, forest thinning, food plots, and other habitat management relative to wild turkey.

 

Fact Sheets

• Gamebirds
  • A Guide to Plants Important for Quail in Oklahoma
  • Distinguishing Between Greater and Lesser Prairie-Chicken
  • Dove Field Management
  • Ecology and Management of the Greater Prairie-Chicken
  • Ecology and Management of the Rio Grande Wild Turkey in Oklahoma
  • Habitat Evaluation Guide for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken
  • How Weather Variables Affect Gamebirds in the Southern Great Plains
  • Northern Bobwhite Habitat Requirements and Evaluation Guide
  • Plants Important for Quail in Oklahoma
  • Research Summary: Quail Population and Nesting Characteristics in Western Oklahoma
  • Scaled Quail Ecology and Management
  • The Ring-necked Pheasant in Oklahoma
  • Research Summary: Evaluation of Northern Bobwhite and Scaled Quail in Western Oklahoma
  • Research Summary: The Science of Scent and Implications for Northern Bobwhite
• Range Management
  • Burning in the Growing Season
  • Management of Sand Sagebrush Rangelands
  • Minimizing Impacts to Wildlife from Livestock Infrastructure
  • Oklahoma Prescribed Burning Handbook
  • Options for Expiring CRP Land
  • Patch Burning: Integrating Fire and Grazing to Promote Heterogeneity
• White-tailed Deer
  • Quality Deer Management in Oklahoma
  • Using Camera Surveys to Estimate White-tailed Deer Populations
  • White-tailed Deer Habitat Evaluation and Management Guide
• Various Topics
  • A Practical Guide to Food Plots in the Southern Great Plains
  • Aflatoxins in Wildlife Feed
  • Calendar for Land and Pond Management Practices
  • Chickasaw Plum for Wildlife in Oklahoma
  • Impacts of Lead Ammunition and Sinkers on Wildlife
  • The Invasive Callery Pear
  • Prairie Dog Ecology and Management
  • What You Need to Know about the Endangered Species Act