How about a 2 bird limit???
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HUNTIN4FUN
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Wow this obviously wasn't a necessary comment and it does nothing for the original post. I think that from the sounds of things V-John seems to be a classy gentlemen with whom I wouldn't mind running dogs with. It seems too many turn this into a blood sport rather than the gentlemen sport of old. I will admit at more than one time I have found myself to focused on what was behind me in my bag rather than what was in front of me working for no other reason then they love it. I spent much of Sunday chasing birds on some private ground with some folks that don't see dogs work often. I carried a gun all day but fired very few shots, not because I didn't see birds but rather because I had an opportunity to hunt with a youth whom I let do the shooting. This will never be about number of birds killed in an outing/season for me. I would much rather reward the dogs that are only here for such a short time with as many opportunities to do what they love to do.
Rather then get into a pissing contest about this, I'll just leave it at this. Quail do need limits dropped. No question in my opinion about that. Does anyone know when the limit was set, and comparatively to what the numbers were at the time the limit was set?
I rather feel sorry for fellows who are so tied up in how many birds that they shoot rather then enjoy the experience of it all, or letting it determine where/how they hunt.
To each their own, I suppose.
Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate it.
I answered the post's question- Bird limits won't be changed because it helps to bring in nonresident dollars. One giy out of a million runs dogs and shoots blanks and suddenly I'm the bad guy. You 2 are unreasonable. Besides, I enjoy eating pheasant and haven't figured out how to do that without killing them. Habitat is the key to wildlife.
HUNTIN4FUN
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I will agree with you on two things you have said thus far. Habitat is key to healthy wildlife populations and without you won't have any wildlife. Also I too haven't found a way to eat pheasant without first killing them. I don't however think that either of us are unreasonable. We just have different views on what makes a hunt a success. I wouldn't tell you how to hunt or how to run your dogs for that matter. To each his own. I however feel that comments like you posted earlier are not needed here. V-John sees the sport in a different light than you do. If you were to read a little deeper into his post you would see that no birds were harmed in the making of his successful hunt, meaning more for you to kill and eat. So I don't think it's fair to knock a guy for doing things different from the main stream. I hope your season is successful in whatever way you measure it. Just don't forget to stop and smell the roses so to speak.
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Soonerhead
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Found it!!!
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