re: Paging Daylower---duck hunting question

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Somewhere along the way BP turns outlaw and theres enough evidence of outlawing deer or something stacked up against him for a search warrant. GW searched BP's house/freezer and finds all the ducks along with say a couple illegal deer.

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How often does this happen?

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the federal law, the way its written is retarded

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agree

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BP goes out and shoots ducks for 6 days, limits each day

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the way I shoot we are really getting hypothetical here

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BP ends up being ticketed/jailed for over possession limit ducks

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Makes sense(kind of)?

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No because none of the ducks were taken illegally. I would have had no more of a negative eefect on the duck population than a guy who shot a limit every day and ate all of them every day.
Shouldn't the burden of proof be on the GW that I took more than I should have on any given day?

That is not to say I don't understand the law as written, I just dont understand why it is written that way. The intent of the law should be to conserve a resource while promoting the sport and this clearly does not hit that mark.

What if I dontated the duck to a friend who is down and out? He does not hunt, he can not buy a license, he and his family are broke and hungry. According to the law he is above the possession limit. Stupid!






Also how does this apply to mounts? If I have a two day possession of ducks in the freezer and 6 mounts on the wall wouldn't I be over the possession limit per the letter of the law?

What about ducks that are sitting in pot of gumbo on the stove? Do they count toward the possession limit?





ETA: I did not think GW needed a warrant.