Sunday afternoon provided a fine follow up to the previous day's outing. Scenting conditions remained favorable and we pointed 7 coveys in two hours with 2 additional coveys sent skyward by my wayward student Pointer .
These numbers run constant with my season long average of @ 3.3 coveys/hr. Hunting conditions (weather) have been a limiting factor in my outings.... warmest December ever recorded in our weather history......
Buzz, I am confident that I have sufficient birds to sustain my shooting habits. Pre season surveys backed up the reports from my "cowboy crew" bird census, confirmed a pretty decent hatch and some subsequent late summer nesting success as well.
I do ( and have for many years) harvest at a rate higher than that now prescribed by various researchers. Oh well if I am the cad that shoots the last wild Bobwhite, so be it. I can always rationalize it by saying, Hell, No one saved me any Passenger Pigeons.
Yours in Good Sport.....
