I've been on the tractors a lot over the past couple of weeks, and I'm probably as encouraged about our small game population as I've been in a while . Rabbit population seems to have exploded and I've seen more young quail (peepers) coveys than I've seen in 10 years. Still lots of quail pairs running the roads edge and paths, so there may be even one more hatch for the summer. Y'all know my passion for predators, so I'm hoping that the management of them and increased habitat management has something to do with this.