Hunting on Cape Cod

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The state game folks stock the game management areas 2 to 3 times per week through the Mass bird season. I prefer hunting the quail fields with my English setter mid to late mornings when the vast majority of hunters have moved on or gone home. Although by then the quail have been pretty well busted up, my setter has no trouble finding singles here and there. And frankly whether I shoot and kill a bird for me is not the point. I get most of my satisfaction just handling and watching Sophie locate and point quail. Same is true when we hit the pheasant fields. It's not so much about the 'take' as one says, but the 'process'.