dang, I have not even seen 40 roosters this year, normally we have hundreds around my place but I have not seen one in6 weeks

To me, quail seem to moving North. I'm originally from the the OK/KS line just north of Cherokee and rarely saw any quail up here in NW KS until the last 5 or 10 years.

This season was the best I have had in years for dove and quail in Arizona.

Opening day dove limit in Yuma.



Dove poppers!



The Gambles were everywhere on the opener. My buddy and I almost got a limit with no dog.

Eight empty shell boxes, sixteen doves... that's about the national average!

GC, I've got all kinds of names to call you right now, but that was pretty damned funny!
The last 9 shots that i fired at quail and one pheasant = 0 dead birds. It was a horrible last day of bird hunting but at least I cleaned out the old shells from my vest. I'm looking for the silver lining....

I just realized where smbob is from.

No real offense meant bob, but it had to be done.

GC, they weren't all dove. Some were quail.

LOL... I do think I read somewhere the national average shells per dove is five shots per bagged bird. When the shooting is at high flying skittish birds up in the wind it can be pretty tough. Believe me... I know first hand.