Pennsylvania · UplandNorthern bobwhite quail

Pennsylvania's wild bobwhite quail population is functionally extirpated statewide (the nominal no-bag-limit season exists despite essentially statewide absence), but PGC's own species page gives a precise, sourceable geography for both the historic range and the one place a real population currently exists. Historically, Pennsylvania's most consistent quail-producing areas were some of the southern counties, Franklin, Chester, Adams and York, with quail found in all 67 counties by the mid-1800s before retreating to the southcentral/southeastern counties, with a few remaining along the Ohio border. The state's only current population is a PGC-led reintroduction at the Letterkenny Army Depot Bobwhite Quail Focus Area (BQFA) in Franklin County. The U.S. Army ceded roughly 2,700 acres of the 18,000-acre depot for this project starting in 2017, with releases reaching a population of 87 birds by 2024 under a management plan running through 2030, monitored by University of Delaware graduate students. Hunting and release are closed within the BQFA itself.