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Thoughts on shooting ducks on the water?


Thoughts on shooting ducks on the water? : r/Waterfowl - Reddit

I don't think it is unethical. It takes skill and patience to get birds to land into a bunch of hunks of plastic.

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A law stating all waterfowl as well as upland game should be shot in the air. With the exception of finnishing off a cripple no person would be ...

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Shooting ducks on the water is an unethical action. It is the equivilent of shooting a pheasant holding in cover, or a dove sitting on a light line.

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I mean, it takes "less skill" to shoot a semi-stationary object on the water. Ethical? Not really unethical, IMO. It's not "gentlemanly" but eff ...

Don't Shoot Sitting Ducks: How Wing-Shooting Entered Waterfowling

Don't Shoot Sitting Ducks: How Wing-Shooting Entered Waterfowling ... Shooting ducks on the water is one of the true faux pas in the hunting world ...

Why is it illegal to shoot ducks on the ground/water in America?

To shoot a landed duck has no marksmanship to it at all. All you're doing there is shooting a duck in a feeble situation. When a duck is in ...

Ethical question: why not shoot ducks on the water? - 24hourcampfire

But another reason it's bad form to shoot a duck in the water is because there usually is a couple hundred dollars worth of decoys around and it ...

My Opinion On Water Swatting - YouTube

... water swatting. In terms of waterfowl hunting I see no problem with shooting a duck on the water which is a viewpoint which I share in this ...

It's Time to Stop Jump-Shooting Late-Season Ducks on Public Water

There's also plenty of time left in the season for new birds to show up. As long as you're not jump-shooting the refuge or large rafts of ducks, ...

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There is nothing illegal nor unethical about shooting ducks on the water. Fowlmouth said it best it is just killing a duck.

Shooting ducks on the water? | North Carolina Hunting and Fishing ...

I imagine the responses to this will be about the same as the shooting hens thread. My thoughts are this, the hard part is tricking a duck into ...

Shooting ducks on the water-Unethical? - Alaska Outdoors Forums

Your thoughts of wounding and losing are spot on but someone pointed out that shooting on the water does not assure a kill. One thing you can do ...

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We hold some truths, to paraphrase Mr. Jefferson, to be self-evident. In the waterfowling world, one such tenet is that birds should be shot ...

Shooting ducks on the water | Michigan Sportsman Forum

It is legal to shoot a duck on the water, though his vitals (other then his head) ride mostly under water. Its a moral question, not a legal one.

Shooting ducks on the water? - Marylandwhitetail.net

My personal view is if the duck decoyed and landed in the spread then you did what you were supposed to and should be able to shoot it. I see nothing unethical ...

Ethical question: why not shoot ducks on the water? - 24hourcampfire

For me, it would come down to why you're hunting ducks. If you need the meat and are not a good wingshot, then I have no big problem with ...

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This brought up the discussion of how sporting is it to do this? My thinking is that we had done everything well enough to convince a bird to fully commit and ...

On sluicing ducks - NorCal Cazadora

Let's start with the reason why many duck hunters would say, "Hell no!" Shooting a duck on the water - also known as "sluicing" or "water ...

Shooting "sitting ducks" | Ohio Game Fishing

There is absolutely nothing illegal about shooting a duck on the water. Some will say its not fair and you shouldn't do it if you are a true waterfowler.

Shooting ducks on the water? - Refuge Forums

I did it regularly when I started duck hunting. Being new to the sport with a young dog it helped get my dog experience as I became more ...