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Old October 19, 2009, 07:55 AM   #2
Daryl
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Ethics are always a touchy subject, and this is a matter of "ethics" for the most part.

Mostly because if you don't have the birds with you, then they can't prove you shot them.

I've always done my best to find the birds I shoot, and I haven't lost very many over the years. A few, I'm sure, but not all that many.

And I don't remember now if I counted them or not. It's been a lot of years since I limited out on quail, with a bag limit of 15. When I did, I mostly ran all day to keep up with them, and I was mighty tired at the end of the day. Arizona quail generaly run...and run...then fly...then run...and run...

Then you lose track of them, and if they call you can go hunt up the singles. If they don't, you go find another covey and then they run...and you get the idea.

They'll keep a hunter in shape, that's for sure! These days if I kill 10 I'm pretty happy. At that, counting a lost bird doesn't matter much, since I'm not limited out anyway.

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