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Clearly that means I am doing it wrong when I shoot ducks passing at 30 to 40 yards and roll them, or when I use a semiauto gun with 3 or 3.5" magnum shells?

I don't have the ability to recall every poster in this threads opinion of pass shooting, but I don't imagine many people are upset about others taking 30-40 yard shots, at least I'm not upset by it. I believe where most people get upset is the blatant skybusting at birds well over 50 yards, in other words totally out of reasonable shotgun range.

Nothing wrong with shooting 3.5 inch magnums, but if a person doesn't see that the marketing and availability of shells like this advertising extended range abilities, well then, wake up and smell the roses...it without a doubt increases the amount of skybusting occurring.

More power to you on having private land to hunt, many people are not that fortunate and only have the resources to hunt what is provided by the stat and federal government. Some realization of problems is good or no improvements would ever be made on anything

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Yall want to bitch, bitch about the guys who hunt just for the sport and don't even like the meat

And I would say that a much larger portion of outdoorsman fall into this category than will admit it. Not just duck hunters, but fisherman, etc.

Out of curiosity, where and how long have you duck hunted? Any considerable amount of time of it being on public land in the state of Louisiana?

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Posted by jimbeam

University of LSU

Member since Oct 2011

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Posted on 1/14/15 at 6:16 pm to Canard Gris

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n't have the ability to recall every poster in this threads opinion of pass shooting, but I don't imagine many people are upset about others taking 30-40 yard shots, at least I'm not upset by it. I believe where most people get upset is the blatant skybusting at birds well over 50 yards, in other words totally out of reasonable shotgun range.

Came to post exactly this. There is a difference in a 30 vs 50 yard passing shot

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Posted by Bleeding purple

Athens, Texas

Member since Sep 2007

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Posted on 1/14/15 at 6:23 pm to Canard Gris

I agree most did not complain about 30 to 40 yard pass shots. The op specifically noted that they wouldn't shoot at ducks unless about to land in the decoys and under thirty yards.

I have honestly been a bit envious of the guys hunting the Louisiana coastal marshes, the North Louisiana rice paddies and swamps with timber. I wasn't being facetious when I said I guess I have it better than I thought I did.

I've been duck hunting for 8 years. all of it in North East Texas small ponds on private land with the exception of 2 paid hunts this season to SD and LA.

For what it's worth other than the primary pond on our lease, my other hunt on private land has been acquired by simply asking the rancher or land owner if I can hunt their place once or twice during a season.

This post was edited on 1/14/15 at 6:24 pm

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