The wild quail had nearly disappeared from Southern Illinois where I'm from by the time I got old enough to hunt, we never had the fire ant and still don't. These days, in that area, you could hunt with a good dog five days a week and be lucky to find one covey. Two words are what's killing our small game and those two words are farm chemicals.
Destry
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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