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re: Duck not floating
Posted on 12/31/15 at 12:16 pm to Kyrie Eleison
Posted on 12/31/15 at 12:16 pm to Kyrie Eleison
My opinion on Ga duck hunting is if you can get a diver to land in your decoy spread on public water, then you have earned the right to shoot it off of the water.
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Posted on 12/31/15 at 12:21 pm to Kyrie Eleison
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second, it's poor form to shoot a bird on the water unless you're a small kid. there's nothing sporting about a skillet shot unless it's to dispatch a cripple. and you spare no expense to dispatch the crip.
So it is more "sporty" to shoot a duck that was just flying by? I find the sport in hunting to be outsmarting the animal and getting a duck to decoy is much more difficult than throwing steel in the sky hoping to hit a high flyer. In fact it used to be frowned upon to shoot a duck that hadn't lit in the decoys. This post was edited on 12/31/15 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 12/31/15 at 12:24 pm to Polar Pop
People really pass on hens? 
Nothing wrong with a water swat either.
Nothing wrong with a water swat either.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 12:26 pm to Kyrie Eleison
Uptight today huh?
Posted on 12/31/15 at 12:42 pm to Masterag
We went to pick u a gray duck in Reggio on Sunday. He saw us and ran further into he grass. No idea where he went.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 12:59 pm to Masterag
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No way I missed her.
Right. Then where is she?
Posted on 12/31/15 at 1:57 pm to Polar Pop
Damn right. I'll shoot'em flying, on the water, roosting, baited, in front of dogs, in a high fence or whatever the hell else it takes. I ain't shootin'em cause I like'em, shootin'em cause I hate'em
Posted on 12/31/15 at 2:37 pm to OTIS2
I don't think they hang on, I think the crippled bird just gets hung up in or under something.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 2:40 pm to Jenar Boy
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I ain't shootin'em cause I like'em, shootin'em cause I hate'em
Hah. Very nice
One of my favorite Phil Robertson quotes goes something like this:
"Someone once asked me if I shoot ducks while they're swimming. No, I said, I wait till they stop!"
Posted on 12/31/15 at 2:44 pm to tigerinthebueche
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Right. Then where is she?
Catfish got that duck.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 3:23 pm to Kyrie Eleison
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Kyrie Eleison
Yea. Don't shoot hens on the water. Scare them, shoot at them, miss, then send them my way. I have a nice pond they can land in and a box full of shells.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 3:45 pm to bluemoons
This is the kinda thread I was looking for on this boring day...
Posted on 12/31/15 at 3:56 pm to maisweh
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you sound fun to hunt with.
LOL
we all love to hear from the self righteous few on the OB
and also betting he did much worse than the OP as a newcomer to the sport.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 4:25 pm to AlxTgr
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Went under. Swam away. Hid.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 4:30 pm to rattlebucket
Haha! Neither. Wouldn't hunt that close to a gator with only one exit and no pistol.
This post was edited on 12/31/15 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 12/31/15 at 4:38 pm to Kyrie Eleison
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and the fact that you apparently didn't get in the water and wade around to make a concerted effort to find the bird is also troublesome.
Not sure how this was apparent by virtue of my OP? I went out as far as I could, which was well past where I shot her. I might be a newbie, but I won't pull on a bird if there's a chance the waters too deep for me to retrieve.
And did you fail to read that I hunt almost exclusively by myself and I've never gone out with any experienced duck hunters? Maybe you'd like to invite a novice along and teach someone how to follow etiquette? If not, please don't presume and project irresponsible hunting onto me where there is none. I always follow the law!
Posted on 12/31/15 at 4:45 pm to Palo Gaucho
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Nothing wrong with a water swat either.
My logic was that the easiest shot IS the most ethical, because it's gonna be a clean, quick kill.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 4:50 pm to Masterag
except you found out that it isn't either of those things
very common to wound and not kill a duck on the water unless you get a head shot
half your pattern goes in the water and is deflected
very common to wound and not kill a duck on the water unless you get a head shot
half your pattern goes in the water and is deflected
Posted on 12/31/15 at 5:00 pm to Kyrie Eleison
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it's poor form to shoot a bird on the water
IMHO you ain't really lived till you shoot a ditch in a bunch of mallards lit on the water.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 5:31 pm to tigerfoot
They do grab on to stuff, I seent it. Water wasn't deep enough to get all the way under and his curls was sticking up.
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This post was edited on 12/31/15 at 6:24 pm
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