It seems clear that there are two schools of thought here:
(1) What difference does it make in the long term?
(2) I'd rather conserve my brood stock for better weather conditions so when the rains return my flock will recover faster.
Mike obviously follows the latter principle. The best two suggestions so far are forego the covey shot and chase singles, and alternatively to reverse roles with your shooting student and learn to shoot badly...Geo
I would say:
1)I agree with Ted that what I do doesn't make any difference in the long run in the total world population of bobwhites.
2)I believe what I do this season on my lease can and often does make a significant difference in that lease's next season's crop of birds.
Ted and I just disagree on the time that Nature takes to fill that abhorrible vacuum I create on my lease when I kill too many birds or shoot out a covey.
