Where Have All the Bobwhites Gone?

In Texas, anyway, and I have to guess throughout the rest of the USA.

Robert Ruark and his grandfather, the Old Man of Ruark's classic coming-of-age book The Old Man and the Boy would be heartbroken, but they even predicted it back then.

Quail hunting is dying as a sport because of how much time and effort you have to devote to it. You have to train dogs, spend time in the field that most people devote to jobs these days, make and maintain friendships with rural landowners who have the type of old-fashioned mixed-use land that quail prefer. It's easier to play a video game.