The only upland bird limit I don't like is KS on pheasants. 4 roosters is too many to carry. Since pheasant hunters shoot only roosters and since one rooster will mate with multiple hens, I feel that by taking as many as I feel like, the survivors will thank me, come mating season. And of course if you're hunting pheasants, you never have to worry about birds for your dog to work. You can't shoot the hens anyhow.
I'm glad that many Iowa deer hunters take more game than they can use, and that there's an active program of donating to food kitchens, etc. I don't hunt deer, but every one of those critters someone else shoots is one less I have to avoid on the roads.
Woodcock . . . Ted, where I do most of my woodcock hunting (Michigan's UP), I've been seeing more birds in recent years--as have most of the other hunters with whom I've spoken up there. Good thing too, because the grouse cycle is still down. I know quite a few people who don't shoot woodcock because they don't like to eat them, which is certainly an ethical stand. On the other hand, I do like to eat woodcock, and have even been known to trade grouse for woodcock. That may be one reason I never have any trouble finding grouse and woodcock hunting partners . . .
When I lived in Morocco, the daily limit on quail was 50. I thought that had to be a misprint until I really got into the quail one day and killed 15 in something under 2 hours. Ran out of shells, but it was pretty much immaterial anyhow. Don't think I ever could've brought myself to shoot 50.
Last edited by L. Brown; 01/27/07 09:14 AM.
