The last time you could count on flushing a covey of wild quail on Jack Leffel’s land in Botetourt County was in the 1980s. That’s what Leffel’s friend, Ed McCoy, recollects.
I read an interesting article recently about a Staunton man who is working to restore the quail population. Basically, Jim Pile along with Randy Leach have been releasing birds in the valley which ...