North Carolina is as bad or worse than the rest of the SE states regarding small game repopulation. As Vice-President of the NC Handicapped Sportsman Inc. I've participated in the Study groups for hunter retention ad nauseum. Saddly small game is way down the list of NCWD priorities. They have some wonderful study plots(CURE) but only open to select drawings. The millions of NC Game Lands Acres are a veritable ecologic wasteland for small game. They give a myriad of reasons, "words, not birds!" Now down off my soap-box. Best, Dr. BILL