I have not done any bird hunting yet. I got home from Ak and only had 2 days to put togather my deer hunting gear. I took a dz friends to my deer groungs, and 10 shot bucks. Nothing to get fired up about but legal bucks so that works. I leave the pups at home so I dont get distracted from the deer hunting. My better half didnt get her buck until sat so the dogs wouldnt have gotten much work anyhoo. The guys I talked too were working hard for their roosters. My son shot a few and scratched a few quail. No limits of either tho. I cant get to fired up about spikes but I might go elk hunting a few days this week. Maybe. If I dont. It will be quail and roos...or fishin. Unless I have a special tag, or some weather the yearly elk hunt is on the back burner. Hope the snow geese show up in #s