Release site etiquette?

[CP]

I don't have any interest in shooting a bird someone elses dog put up unless I'm hunting with you and said dog.
That said, I voted #2.  I would omit the phrase "only a lowlife", unless you're shadowing me hoping that you're quicker on the trigger. 
 

Good point, I changed it.

[wildweeds]

I wouldn't do anything,if my dog don't get work,there is no shooting of anykind.But then me and use wouldn't be close enough to have that happen,I don't really go until after everyones had at it and is enjoying budweisers and a hawks game.

[Cascade_fisher]

i would wait till you empty your gun,.. then if i took the bird down, i would offer it to you.  i've taken quite a bit of people hunting this year with me, and i usually don't shoot untill they limit out or i have the only possible shot at the bird.  bird hunting for me is more about watching my dogs work and helping others get birds.

Same here.

[Doc Sauce]

Hmm... seeing how many guys are noble and willing to let me empty my gun first means i'll have to start carrying 2 guns...   

Being serious now, I don't hunt for the meat... I hunt for the experience and the meat is the reward.  If all I wanted was meat, the grocery store would be cheaper, or befriending a rancher and carrying some of his load all year in order to get some meat from them later.  Having said that, I would not shoot the  bird that was not flushed by me. 

Unless I'm carrying to guns... 

[BiggLuke]

I think leagally... isn't who ever "harvests" it, gets it?
Like with a buck.... if I shot it and killed,  and after walking over to it, noticed some yahoo snuck in and tags it first and is all ready cleaning it, legally it's his right?
Like If I shoot 7 ducks, but on the way back to the truck our dog finds 2 more cripples that some one else got, and brings them to me, I can't keep 'em, because then I'd be over limit right?

Same with release sites....
If 10 guys are in a firing line, and my dog jumps a bird and all 10 of  us shoot it, I get the bird because my dog got there first and I'm the first to put it into my bag. Thus becoming part of my daily limit.....   right?

I mean, obviously, ethics aside.
Because of course I would want to make it fair for the other 9 guys, we would probably haggle over who shot it first....    and come to a concensus.

[BiggLuke]

I would totally let them shoot or "Try" to get the bird first, but no way I'm letting it get away on purpose and not shoot. lol

[rtspring]

its a damn bird!!! there are plenty more... 


RTSPRING

[singleshot12]

Never shoot at a bird someone elses dog gets up unless they don't have a shot or miss and the bird flies my direction then sure. I've had plenty of people shoot a bird right from under me that my dog got up then they have the nerve to smile at me like they get a little charge out of screwing me. This is the main reason I avoid the people and crowds so this does not happen.

[Mr56Jeep]

If it was me and my dog with another person that was dogless... We would have a conversations before we head out... It would go like this... "I won't shoot until you have your gun is empty or you have your limit"  I have shot enough birds this year.  I'd rather see my dog work and get someone else a couple birds.   

[Bullkllr]

If the other guy emptied his gun, and it was safe to do so, I'd dump it in a heartbeat. I'd let him have the bird if he wanted it. Have had this happen a few times. Although I do space my movements to never be near shotgun range of other hunters.

Alot of the site I usually hunt is surrounded by doghair/blackberries/river. Birds that fly off the main area are quickly turned into coyote snacks. My lab actually found and retrieved the rear 1/2 of a rooster on Sunday. Looked pretty fresh.

[Bmcox86]

I would not shoot at all, I am there to watch the dog work, if you want to shoot the bird my dog point and I flushed then so be it, I will be able to hunt my dog that much longer. If you have a good pointing dog it should be about the dog not the birds.  I don't even shoot at birds that my dog misses and I flush by accident .

[Sportfury]

I haven't hunted a release site in a few years, but usually the guys next to me are my dad, my son, and my hunting buddies. If we get a bird up and one of us misses we have backup. If there is a guy next to me I will only swing my gun so far into his zone. If I cannot shoot the bird by then I guess it is fair game.

[wildweeds]

Kudos to you sir!

I would not shoot at all, I am there to watch the dog work, if you want to shoot the bird my dog point and I flushed then so be it, I will be able to hunt my dog that much longer. If you have a good pointing dog it should be about the dog not the birds.  I don't even shoot at birds that my dog misses and I flush by accident .

[akirkland]

If my dog didnt put it up, Im not shooting.