Texas Parks and Wildlife commissioners decided Wednesday they don't have enough information to make decisions about the future of quail hunting in Texas.

Quail populations have been in a steady decline of about 2.8 percent per year for four decades, upland game bird program leader Robert Perez told members of the commission's regulations committee. "The decline is symptomatic of a habitat problem," Perez said. '

To address the current situation, state quail managers recommended that commissioners adopt a new set of regulations that would create two quail zones, a shorter hunting season and a reduced bag limit in part of the state.

One of the zones would be in the east part of the state and would have a 5-bird daily bag limit. The other zone would be in the west and would retain a 15-bird-per-day limit. The hunting season in both zones would close at the end of January rather than late February.

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