rozzo842 wrote:I'm in NJ. I guess I should contact fish and wildlife and make sure its legal. It would be great practice if it were.
If I did this closer to season would the birds still be easier to call to? Are early hunting season birds easier also?
rebelp74 wrote:I agree with you, I found it very ignorant. I don't understand as well. I just kept my shut. The last time I gave a game warden a hard time, I got 9 tickets. They were for bullshit like not having a safety whistle, length of spare rope, fire extinguisher, etc in a 16 aluminum boat. I got out of the tickets but I didn't want to have go to court and all of that behind some dickhead being a dickhead.
assateague wrote:rebelp74 wrote:I agree with you, I found it very ignorant. I don't understand as well. I just kept my shut. The last time I gave a game warden a hard time, I got 9 tickets. They were for bullshit like not having a safety whistle, length of spare rope, fire extinguisher, etc in a 16 aluminum boat. I got out of the tickets but I didn't want to have go to court and all of that behind some dickhead being a dickhead.
Oh, I agree with you. When I finally do get busted, it's going to be very, very expensive, I suspect.
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rebelp74 wrote:I talked to a game warden about it a few years ago, he told me that interrupting the daily life of wildlife is considered harassing them. I was building a new blind after season, I had no gun but had my calls and was calling at some birds. He didn't give me a ticket but told me I was harassing them and to stop calling at em. I should've probably called WLF to check. It sounds wierd, that would mean that anyone doing anything in the woods is harassing wildlife.
rozzo842 wrote:For the last couple of weeks after work I've been scouting around some local areas to see if I can find some new spots. Today I decided to hike back to one of the ponds I hunted last season. As I got closer to the pond I could hear a ducks' "quack, quack, quack". It was about 10-12 quacks with about a second between each one. Now I had my duck call because I will practice as I walk around, so I tucked down in and tried to repeat what she was doing. It wound up being a hen and drake mallard and they came across the pond right at me.
Now you have the story, here's the questions.
1-Does this mean I am starting to make a realistic "quack" or were they just trying to figure out what the hell that terrible noise was?
2- I've always heard multiple quacks was an alarm call. Why would she do this over and over but not fly away and come towards me.
3- this got me thinking, is there anything illegal about going out pre-season, tossing out some decoys, hiding good and trying to get birds to commit? Is this even a good idea? I just thought it would help me to see if my calling was effective or not.
Any help is appreciated.
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