Are you having trouble laying off wild flushes? Are bumped birds hitting the ground? Is a limit your only measure of success? Still considering ground sluicing a few?
Don’t despair.
There is a cure.
Get out on the road for a few weeks, ensure you have limited cooler space and big lonely distances between amenities. When ice is hard to find, the reality will set in quickly that you can only eat so many birds in a day. You will soon be giving bumped birds a pass, wild flushes will only warrant a glance and quality will transcend quantity.
Side effects may include a steadier dog and the self-satisfaction that comes from leaving a few birds in the field for the future.
(Disclaimer: this method is only effective when healthy bird populations are present. This prescription is NOT recommended if birds are scarce, as it is highly ineffective when facing the fourth night of vegetarian fare for supper.)
Mouthful of Feathers 
Cute! The voice of experience speaking? 😊
Sometimes suffering brings clarity. Glad it found you.
“you’re” ?!
Already been edited on the main site, but I’m glad that you’re on it. Good to see that your grammar is good and that you’re not a dumb shit like me who sometimes makes mistakes. 😉
Not like you maybe, but certainly in other ways. 😂
Excellent advise and this happens naturally to older bird hunters that love the dog work .re gardless of the numbers of birds each year….eating a couple of birds, rather than counting limits, is a fine reward.Getting over counting the numbers and relishing the hunt is by far the epitome of being there with a friend and dog and seeing Gods great creations.
Amen to that.
what about those nevada chukker chaser dudes who often hunt in front of their supposedly powerful shorthair pointers, shooting everything that flies and then posing at the tailgate with a bird pile hero shot? about the only internet dude who doesn’t shoot unpointed (bumped) birds is Bird Doggin Wyoming. The result looks like hellacious English Setters that find and hold a tremendous amount of birds. He also only kills one bird per covey. big difference between the average flat brimmer bro vs a real deal bird hunter
^^^this
Well, I can’t say I know any of those folks but based on this description I know which of them I’d prefer to have a beer with.