Bootlipkiller wrote: all the mallards I killed today had boners do to my epic calling.
3legged_lab wrote:According to green jeans, when you're done you're done. And I bet the reasoning yoy would get is: when you knew you were 1 bird away from your limit shooting into a flock where there was a chance to double is a questionable shot.
I'm not saying I agree with it, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's what a warden would say.
3geese4me wrote:I'm replying to my comment 3leg. Green jeans may give me a ticket but I know I couldn't sleep knowing I let an animal suffer.
Bootlipkiller wrote: all the mallards I killed today had boners do to my epic calling.
Olly wrote:If you haven't put an accidental bird in a decoy bag you haven't been duck hunting long. Either from a miscount or taking a cripple on your last bird I'd bet money it's happened to us all. Just be ethical about it and hope green jeans doesn't want to earn his paycheck that day.
Olly wrote: We're still the bastard pirates of the duck forum world.
assateague wrote:I'm not taking that thing in with me. My feeling of ethics never includes volunteering for a few hundred bucks worth of federal fine just because of a bird. Eff that. And I sleep just fine.
Olly wrote:If you haven't put an accidental bird in a decoy bag you haven't been duck hunting long. Either from a miscount or taking a cripple on your last bird I'd bet money it's happened to us all. Just be ethical about it and hope green jeans doesn't want to earn his paycheck that day.
i agreeassateague wrote:I'm not taking that thing in with me. My feeling of ethics never includes volunteering for a few hundred bucks worth of federal fine just because of a bird. Eff that. And I sleep just fine.
gila-river wrote:Great, now the cops want to install dishwashers to. Just do your job Red and stop encroaching on our rights to replace appliances. That is not the responsibility of police.:lol:
exactly right. Less of the bird will probably go to waste than if you took it home and ripped the breasts outRonE wrote:assateague wrote:I'm not taking that thing in with me. My feeling of ethics never includes volunteering for a few hundred bucks worth of federal fine just because of a bird. Eff that. And I sleep just fine.
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If you feel you have to kill a bird that you accidently cripple, go ahead or not. It will be food for predators or scavengers soon enough and they need love too. You usually get in trouble trying to bring home the extra bird and getting caught.
gila-river wrote:Great, now the cops want to install dishwashers to. Just do your job Red and stop encroaching on our rights to replace appliances. That is not the responsibility of police.:lol:
DeadEye_Dan wrote:I've done it, but it just goes on the pile with the rest of the birds. I've never been stopped after that happened, but in that case my plan has always been to honestly own what I've done and let the chips fall where they may.
Any CO worth his salt is going to look through your decoy bags or gear anyway, when he finds the extra bird, you're going to look like a sneaky, violating, butthole trying to get away with something and any good will or understanding he may have had is gone.
IMO, it's morally bankrupt to say on one hand "I accidentally crippled this extra bird, so the right thing to do is kill it" and then turn around and try to lie about or conceal what you've done.
You're either ethical, or you're not.
in your ass?flight control wrote:I hide the accident birds. Just don't run any stop signs on your way home.
gila-river wrote:Great, now the cops want to install dishwashers to. Just do your job Red and stop encroaching on our rights to replace appliances. That is not the responsibility of police.:lol:
it'll get eatenOlly wrote:DeadEye_Dan wrote:I've done it, but it just goes on the pile with the rest of the birds. I've never been stopped after that happened, but in that case my plan has always been to honestly own what I've done and let the chips fall where they may.
Any CO worth his salt is going to look through your decoy bags or gear anyway, when he finds the extra bird, you're going to look like a sneaky, violating, butthole trying to get away with something and any good will or understanding he may have had is gone.
IMO, it's morally bankrupt to say on one hand "I accidentally crippled this extra bird, so the right thing to do is kill it" and then turn around and try to lie about or conceal what you've done.
You're either ethical, or you're not.
You're absolutely right and in a fair world I'd be right there with you but we both know that this world isn't a morale one.
And to everyone saying leave it the predators will get it. You don't know that for 100% I'd rather take the bird home and know for a fact it was eaten then lie to myself just to feel better about leaving a wounded bird out there.
gila-river wrote:Great, now the cops want to install dishwashers to. Just do your job Red and stop encroaching on our rights to replace appliances. That is not the responsibility of police.:lol:
Redbeard wrote:in your ass?flight control wrote:I hide the accident birds. Just don't run any stop signs on your way home.
yea I read about this on FacebookRonE wrote:If my guys shoot or cripple an extra red head or pintail and it drifts off or swims away, I am not going to make the least effort to recover it. Duck hunting is expensive enough without having to take a day off for court and paying a fine for over shooting flying liver. If a duck that is shot an lands in an inconvenient place, I will spend my time looking for it to add to the strap. I don't believe in wasting game, but accidents happen even with the best of intentions. We had all but one red head five years ago and a group flew by. My partner said: "Shoot that lead drake." I did and five drakes fell stone dead which put us at double the limit of red heads. Every year in October I place a wreath on the spot we stomped them into the mud. I feel worse about shooting one and not finding it than accidently shooting an extra one. That doesn't mean that if I shoot one pintail and I can't find the next one that I am going to not shoot another one.
Shooting ducks is akin to shooting anything, fair chase is the concept that we should be guided by and being a sportsman means trying to recover shot game but accidents do happen and it is not in yours or my best interest to turn yourself in or report someone else if an honest mistake is made. Picking out a duck and aiming for that duck is the way things are suppose to happen, killing it and picking out a second duck is wonderful if you can do it, shooting a third is a thing that seldom happens on purpose, however, killing more ducks than one on the second or third shot is probably more common than making three honest kill shots.
This isn't something we should beat ourselves up about.
If you find yourself in an overkill situation, it is best to keep it to yourself, don't brag or draw attention to yourself. If you are going to be a sucker, be a quiet sucker.
gila-river wrote:Great, now the cops want to install dishwashers to. Just do your job Red and stop encroaching on our rights to replace appliances. That is not the responsibility of police.:lol:
RonE wrote: I did and five drakes fell stone dead which put us at double the limit of red heads. Every year in October I place a wreath on the spot we stomped them into the mud.
RonE wrote: If you find yourself in an overkill situation, it is best to keep it to yourself, don't brag or draw attention to yourself. If you are going to be a sucker, be a quiet sucker.
Bootlipkiller wrote: all the mallards I killed today had boners do to my epic calling.
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