As publishedFirst Saturday in November – Last day in February (2026-27: Nov 7, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027)
Closed on the Bankhead National Forest.Season rule is a recurring calendar formula ("First Saturday in November – Last day in February"); ADCNR's own page explicitly labels this the 2026-2027 season.
ADCNR's own Jan 29, 2026 narrative population-status article ("Bobwhite Quail Population Stable in Alabama," by David Rainer) quotes Upland Game Bird Coordinator Caleb Blake: quail populations remain "stable" statewide where adequate habitat exists. No numeric survey/call-count data is published — ADCNR runs no ADCNR-conducted quantitative statewide quail census, only a landowner/citizen-science call-count protocol (BQCCS, with Tall Timbers/NBCI) and Quail Forever's "Bobscapes" app, neither of which feeds this narrative article. The "stable" framing sits against a backdrop of an approximately 80% historical decline since the post-WWII era, not a recent-year drop.