I still hunt wild Georgia Quail in South GA with a 28 ga.
My game bag is never full, but not from the fault of the gauge I’m carrying.
Quail numbers are not the same as in the 50’s or even 60’s, but they are still here.
I cherish the dog work and never take more than two from a covey in one day then only to get a double! Would rather return to same covey and see the dogs point again.
I work year round to provide the best habitat that I can afford to provide for these elegant birds for my dogs. Providing feed and habitat for them, just to shoot a hand full of birds for my dogs.
Also hunt in Texas on a lease that two friends an I luckily leased for a bargain because the landowner knows that we respect the birds and the land. Once again we never overshoot a covey.
For us, it all about the dogs and the experience!