Bobwhite Reintroduction!

[Aaron Beck]

What kind of bag limits were there in the good old days when birds were abundant?

[William Woods]

Originally Posted by Aaron Beck

What kind of bag limits were there in the good old days when birds were abundant?

In my "good old days" the limit was 12. I had heard of limits of 15 before my time. Prior to federal regulations being implemented, no limit hunting.

[mobirdhunter]

Aaron, an example: the bag limit in Kansas in the early 20th C. was 20 per day. Some states had season limits to go with their day bags (I remember those). In the South limits were high, too, back in the day.

The setting of bag limits was found to not be the best way to manage quail by itself. When I first started hunting quail in 1960s Virginia, I recall the limit being 15. It’s been 8 birds in Missouri for the last 44 years.

Read about the psychology of setting limits. It’s fascinating.