Ted, couldn't have been any more recently than 96 if you were shooting 5. That was the last year before the feds dropped the limit to 3. I remember it well, because I ran into a bunch of doodles on my last Iowa woodcock hunt before pheasant season opened, went 5 for 5 with a newly-acquired Brit 12 (which, of course, I no longer have). I don't mind being limited to 3 these days, especially if there are some grouse around as well. But I would like to see more than a 6 bird possession limit. I go out of state to hunt and I have to find some way to cook up a bunch of birds at least once--and I'd just as soon take them home.