I'm no saint, having grown up in a fishing village of subsistence living, but the rule then is what I and my buddies follow now: when black numbers are down, we give them a break and often a pass, and when there are lots of birds, we're always out of the blind with whatever we've shot (within the limit) on our schedule before 8:30a or 9 because we'll be gunning tomorrow. This year, in our area, blacks were at an all-time high. Never seen the likes of it---clouds of blacks.