You know I have often thought about hatching eggs and releasing them. I am sure fish and game would have a fit, but it’s the same way back home in PA with grouse.
Sorry to the O.P. ------------I remember my dad raised 3 pair of quail in the barn when I was about 5 yrs old. We watched where they flew to,when he released them, there were covies there for about 20 years, but that was long ago .