To the hunter who peppered us.

[Stilly bay]

The OP brings up several issues:

1.   Getting shot.  Not good.  But gravity rain happens.  Anyone that has hunted awhile has been rained on.  I’ve even been rained on by my shot.  Straight on, high energy “Dick Cheney” events should not happen, no one should argue that is in anyway justified or excused.

2.   Waiting 30 yards away for 8:00am to roll around.  Those waiting for 8:00am are obeying the law; those in the field with decoys out are breaking the law. 

3.   Hunters walking in and around his setup. 
You’re in a pheasant release site, what do you expect?  Pheasant hunters are going to be around you, they are going to be making noise and they are wearing orange.   Do you really expect a quality water fowl hunt in a pheasant release site? 

there are many other places to hunt ducks besides on a release site.
if you expect a nice peaceful duck hunting day with no one walking around wearing blaze in front of your spread, flaring ducks between 8:00 and 4:00 chances are its not going to happen at a release site during pheasant season. anyone with an ounce of common sense could determine that this is a complete waste of time, effort, and resources better used somewhere else... yet the duck hunters still come.

pheasant season is almost over. soon the fields will go back to the responsible duck hunters and idiot duck hunters alike and they can bitch about how crappy they are to each other on the waterfowl forum.

[bush_beater]

Yesterday morning at Ebey Island. You know who you are!!! You knew that we were there duck hunting but you shot twice anyways and sprayed us while picking up our decoys. Show some respect for other hunters on public land!!! We have the same right as you do to be out there.

Bwahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahah!
.....hahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahah!! HA

 

[CedarPants]

pheasant season is almost over. soon the fields will go back to the responsible duck hunters and idiot duck hunters alike and they can bitch about how crappy they are to each other on the waterfowl forum.

But until then I do think the upland forum is the appropriate place to complain about being shot by a pheasant hunter.

Should he have been there before 8am?  Doesn't sound like it.  Should he have expected a quality waterfowl hunt at a pheasant release site?  Probably not (although I do find fairly decent waterfowling at a pheasant release site over here on the east side).

Does that make it ok for someone to not follow the most basic common sense rule of knowing what lies beyond your target before you shoot and wind up shooting someone?  Hell no. 

Laughing at this situation shows a complete lack of respect for your fellow hunter as well as a complete lack of respect of common sense safety

[dscubame]

Do some of you guys ever look back on the crap that you spew on some of these threads?   lol lol. 

A guy cannot say a damn thing on this forum anymore it seems!  I will continue to look at it as a sick insight to human nature I guess.  A church group is no better I know things won't change but for heavens sake it is interesting.

To be clear I am not talking about you Cedar.

[Stilly bay]

pheasant season is almost over. soon the fields will go back to the responsible duck hunters and idiot duck hunters alike and they can bitch about how crappy they are to each other on the waterfowl forum.

But until then I do think the upland forum is the appropriate place to complain about being shot by a pheasant hunter.

Should he have been there before 8am?  Doesn't sound like it.  Should he have expected a quality waterfowl hunt at a pheasant release site?  Probably not (although I do find fairly decent waterfowling at a pheasant release site over here on the east side).

Does that make it ok for someone to not follow the most basic common sense rule of knowing what lies beyond your target before you shoot and wind up shooting someone?  Hell no. 

Laughing at this situation shows a complete lack of respect for your fellow hunter as well as a complete lack of respect of common sense safety

your splitting hairs about my forum comment. I never said this post didn't belong on here.

whats your point about 8:00? and that you find decent hunting at a release site? you can have a good day of duck shooting there, you just have to put up with the pheasant hunters to do so. the pheasant hunters are supposed to be there, duck hunters can go where ever they like.

he got his panties in a twist because he had pellets rain on him. thats funny to me.  as a pheasant hunter I have lost count of the amount shot rained down on me by duck hunters and by pheasant hunters. I don't take it personal, I don't get angry at the hunters or gravity.

if it were a dick cheney incident he shouldn't be on here looking for sympathy, he should be filing a police report. but as far as I know he never made the distinction, maybe before he edited his original post.

[Stilly bay]

Do some of you guys ever look back on the crap that you spew on some of these threads?   lol lol. 

A guy cannot say a damn thing on this forum anymore it seems!  I will continue to look at it as a sick insight to human nature I guess.  A church group is no better I know things won't change but for heavens sake it is interesting.

To be clear I am not talking about you Cedar.

disgusting isn't it? lets go bash Obama for awhile or piss and moan about *censored*s.

[CedarPants]

pheasant season is almost over. soon the fields will go back to the responsible duck hunters and idiot duck hunters alike and they can bitch about how crappy they are to each other on the waterfowl forum.

But until then I do think the upland forum is the appropriate place to complain about being shot by a pheasant hunter.

Should he have been there before 8am?  Doesn't sound like it.  Should he have expected a quality waterfowl hunt at a pheasant release site?  Probably not (although I do find fairly decent waterfowling at a pheasant release site over here on the east side).

Does that make it ok for someone to not follow the most basic common sense rule of knowing what lies beyond your target before you shoot and wind up shooting someone?  Hell no. 

Laughing at this situation shows a complete lack of respect for your fellow hunter as well as a complete lack of respect of common sense safety

your splitting hairs about my forum comment. I never said this post didn't belong on here.

whats your point about 8:00? and that you find decent hunting at a release site? you can have a good day of duck shooting there, you just have to put up with the pheasant hunters to do so. the pheasant hunters are supposed to be there, duck hunters can go where ever they like.

he got his panties in a twist because he had pellets rain on him. thats funny to me.  as a pheasant hunter I have lost count of the amount shot rained down on me by duck hunters and by pheasant hunters. I don't take it personal, I don't get angry at the hunters or gravity.

if it were a dick cheney incident he shouldn't be on here looking for sympathy, he should be filing a police report. but as far as I know he never made the distinction, maybe before he edited his original post.

My point was that just because he was there before 8am and was duck hunting at a pheasant release site, it doesn't justify someone peppering him with shot.

Our differing of opinions lies in the fact that while you find it funny, I don't.  While you don't take it personal, I would.

[Stilly bay]

Our differing of opinions lies in the fact that while you find it funny, I don't.  While you don't take it personal, I would.

why would you take it personally? if the bird being shot at was up in the air and you were on the other side of the field and just happened to be in the right spot when those pellets lost their energy and came down... its part of hunting on public land. its not pleasant but it happens enough.

its another can of worms if you got peppered at close, medium, or even long range by a pheasant hunter that didn't wait for a safe shot or took a low shot -which is never ever safe.
 that is not funny what so ever... and  I would take it personally... and I would take action as well.

low shots are never safe especially in an area where duck hunter are wearing camo and trying to be invisible. maybe they should start wearing orange. as absurd as that sounds it would make more sense than having one group of people being highly visible hunting in the same area as a group of people that are all but invisible.

[BK Dave]

Yesterday morning at Ebey Island. You know who you are!!! You knew that we were there duck hunting but you shot twice anyways and sprayed us while picking up our decoys. Show some respect for other hunters on public land!!! We have the same right as you do to be out there.

Hunting these areas now days is like Fishing the Cowlitz River, it's shoulder to shoulder combat fishing, wait you turn to cast and or swing your bird gun.

[MADMAX]

Yesterday morning at Ebey Island. You know who you are!!! You knew that we were there duck hunting but you shot twice anyways and sprayed us while picking up our decoys. Show some respect for other hunters on public land!!! We have the same right as you do to be out there.

Hunting these areas now days is like Fishing the Cowlitz River, it's shoulder to shoulder combat fishing, wait you turn to cast and or swing your bird gun.

True enough
Did you have your orange on ?
I cant see the tag in the photo you posted.
Is that a flashlight on your bow ?
Is the Skok hot right now ?
Is there a lot of guys that hunt the Winston ?

I love it, funny chit right there  the cowlitz comment.

Not the getting peppered part,Thats just stupid and inconsiderate.
Like hunting a pheasant release site.
Never again, one and done

[CedarPants]

Our differing of opinions lies in the fact that while you find it funny, I don't.  While you don't take it personal, I would.

why would you take it personally?

Why wouldn't you?

Like I said, just a matter of differing opinions.

[Skyvalhunter]

Better peppered than peckered.

[singleshot12]

It's a pheasant release site. You can't be out there duck hunting before 8:00. If you are, then you have no right to complain about pheasant hunters interfering with your hunt.

 

[singleshot12]

pheasant season is almost over. soon the fields will go back to the responsible duck hunters and idiot duck hunters alike and they can bitch about how crappy they are to each other on the waterfowl forum.

 

[Huntbear]

Yesterday morning at Ebey Island. You know who you are!!! You knew that we were there duck hunting but you shot twice anyways and sprayed us while picking up our decoys. Show some respect for other hunters on public land!!! We have the same right as you do to be out there.

So you modified your post to remove the time frame you were hunting, in an area you were supposed to not be in till 8 am...  so you were in all realities breaking the law....  and you have the right to go all indignant on someone? 

Did you call it in??? have a LEO come out to the spot and fill out a report???  IF NOT, WHY???  Seems a report should be written, arrests made, people flogged...  oh but wait.. again, you were in there before you were supposed to.. so ummmmmmmmm you could not do anything more than come onto the forum and start *censored*... I am so glad we have WDFW officers on here... and oh yes. just because you modified your post??? do not think that it was not or the original post can not be seen by the powers that be.. 

Gotta love the righteous indignant that are actually doing something they can get ticketed for when they became indignant in the first place....