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re: Duck not floating
Posted on 12/31/15 at 11:29 am to Masterag
Posted on 12/31/15 at 11:29 am to Masterag
unfortunately i've lost hundreds of ducks in my 41 years of hunting quacks. and each one irks me to no end.
the issue here isn't just losing the duck...though that's a big one. it's also shooting a hen and fair chase.
hen's lay eggs...and a clutch of eggs mean more ducks in the future. besides being prettier, it's good conservation to shoot drakes.
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.
duck hunting is not about killing...it's very much an acquired skill, an "art" as it were, that is sharpened through practice and good ethics. And ethics here are far more than legalities and not exceeding bag limits...it's learning how to shoot on the wing amongst many, many other aspects. 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. it's part of the reason why dogs matter, but short of that you should be wading in circles, kicking at the grass underneath your feet in effort to get the bird to "alligator" and show itself.
so your combined acts and the end result of losing a cripple opens you up to ridicule. rightfully so, i might add.
you'd never live this down at my camp.
the issue here isn't just losing the duck...though that's a big one. it's also shooting a hen and fair chase.
hen's lay eggs...and a clutch of eggs mean more ducks in the future. besides being prettier, it's good conservation to shoot drakes.
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.
duck hunting is not about killing...it's very much an acquired skill, an "art" as it were, that is sharpened through practice and good ethics. And ethics here are far more than legalities and not exceeding bag limits...it's learning how to shoot on the wing amongst many, many other aspects. 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. it's part of the reason why dogs matter, but short of that you should be wading in circles, kicking at the grass underneath your feet in effort to get the bird to "alligator" and show itself.
so your combined acts and the end result of losing a cripple opens you up to ridicule. rightfully so, i might add.
you'd never live this down at my camp.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 11:37 am to Kyrie Eleison
you sound fun to hunt with.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 11:39 am to Kyrie Eleison
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Kyrie Eleison
You just sound like a hoot to be around. Clearly you take yourself way too seriously.
To the OP: Don't sweat this clown. Skillet shots are fine and losing birds happens - no one likes it, but it happens.
I hunt with lots of guys who have duck hunted a long time who have no qualms with skillet shots and who definitely wouldn't ridicule you for losing a bird that dove. There's nothing unethical about shooting within your limit of birds. The regulatory entities dictate what amount of hens is safe to kill without hurting the population.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 11:41 am to Kyrie Eleison
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you'd never live this down at my camp.
I'm betting your camp is filled with the biggest bunch of pompous, office working, 4 wheel driving through the city every day, arrogant, uppity frickers I'd never want to hunt with.
Posted on 12/31/15 at 11:42 am to Kyrie Eleison
yeah that's a little over the top brah
at my place we'd have given him shite for not getting the bird up before shooting, as men do
that would be the end of it
at my place we'd have given him shite for not getting the bird up before shooting, as men do
that would be the end of it
Posted on 12/31/15 at 12:00 pm to Kyrie Eleison
quote:Your type frick up the world.
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.
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 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 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 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.
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