To the hunter who peppered us.

[kckrawler]

It was stright on as we got hit hit from our legs to our shoulders on one side of our bodies. I just dont understand the hunters that will sit and wait 30 yards from our set up with their dogs barking for 8:00 to come around and dont think it will interrupt our hunt?? We respect other hunters and dont shoot if people are in the area where we think we might pepper them with falling shot, but to have 8:00 come around and have Pheasent hunters walk 20 yards right in front of us and past our decoys like we're not even there is a joke. Maybe next time we'll just shoot anyways and see how they feel afterwards.

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[BIGINNER]

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....

the 8 a.m comment was the 3rd or so post from the top.  he didn't mention a timeframe in his first post.  not sure what he edited though.   i think he was ranting in general over the 8 a.m hunters.  but seems like he got peppered later on in the day, since they were picking up their decoys when it happened.   

not defending him on the 8 a.m thing or anything, but just saying that the 8 a.m. comment wasn't in the original post.

[boneaddict]

I agree.  A lot of pheasant hunters have no respect for pheasant hunters, and water fowlers that have no respect for other water fowlers, and water fowlers that have no respect for pheasant hunters.  No one should get shot.  Call it in

I owned my BRAND NEW F150 for 3 days before a disgruntled *censored* shot the passenger side while parked at the potholes in the parking lot on Dodson road

[westsideoutdoorsman]

I owned my BRAND NEW F150 for 3 days before a disgruntled *censored* shot the passenger side while parked at the potholes in the parking lot on Dodson road

[BK Dave]

I agree.  A lot of pheasant hunters have no respect for pheasant hunters, and water fowlers that have no respect for other water fowlers, and water fowlers that have no respect for pheasant hunters.  No one should get shot.  Call it in

I owned my BRAND NEW F150 for 3 days before a disgruntled *censored* shot the passenger side while parked at the potholes in the parking lot on Dodson road

Hey!!!!   That same thing happened to me about 9 years ago SAME AREA?!!  Back on the Dike rd.  I had a little Jon boat that I could push out  over the muck before dropping the motor, all the big Jet boys had to park and walk in.  I got back to my Toyota with the whole left and back side of my truck windows blasted out!!!   

[kevinp16]

Fact 1. We got out there early just before 715 to set up our decoys and see what kind of birds were moving around. We were not hunting before 8.
fact2. We have every right to be out there. We understand it's a release site and respect that. It's when pheasent hunts dont give a crap about us and think they own the land.
And finally, the hunter that shot at us knew we were there. He watched us standing on the edge of the field drinking coffee just before 8. It was a direct shot at us through some thick brush. No i dont have pellets in my skin, but marks on my decoy bag. I was wearing multiple layers thank god.
I would hope to see other hunters show as much respect to other hunters as we do. Doesn't matter what your hunting for, we're all hunting and enjoying being out there.

[CP]

Fact 1. We got out there early just before 715 to set up our decoys and see what kind of birds were moving around. We were not hunting before 8.
fact2. We have every right to be out there. We understand it's a release site and respect that. It's when pheasent hunts dont give a crap about us and think they own the land.
And finally, the hunter that shot at us knew we were there. He watched us standing on the edge of the field drinking coffee just before 8. It was a direct shot at us through some thick brush. No i dont have pellets in my skin, but marks on my decoy bag. I was wearing multiple layers thank god.
I would hope to see other hunters show as much respect to other hunters as we do. Doesn't matter what your hunting for, we're all hunting and enjoying being out there.

Again, sorry that you got peppered; I encourage you to report it.

As for fact 1, the sign that you walked past at 7:15am reads “Entry Prohibited” not  "it is OK to go in early and setup decoys".  You are not showing much respect by violating that.

[singleshot12]

Sure you have the "right" to be there, but why anyone would want to duck hunt on a release site is beyond me especially without wearing some kind of fluorescent clothing. I frequently see bird watchers out on release sites and most of them wear fluorescent clothing and they usually just stay on the fringe areas.

Like CP mentioned tho you most definitely should of reported it. Better to report it the moment it happened. The way you describe its sounds like the perpetrate intentionally shot at you. And being a pheasant release site hunter my self I know first hand there are a small percentage of pheasant hunters that lack all ethics and should not handling a fire arm. Same percentage for duck hunters per capita also.

[pianoman9701]

Sure you have the "right" to be there, but why anyone would want to duck hunt on a release site is beyond me especially without wearing some kind of fluorescent clothing. I frequently see bird watchers out on release sites and most of them wear fluorescent clothing and they usually just stay on the fringe areas.

Like CP mentioned tho you most definitely should of reported it. Better to report it the moment it happened. The way you describe its sounds like the perpetrate intentionally shot at you. And being a pheasant release site hunter my self I know first hand there are a small percentage of pheasant hunters that lack all ethics and should not handling a fire arm. Same percentage for duck hunters per capita.

You ever duck hunt? Florescent clothing isn't an option and isn't necessary. Just because it's a pheasant release site doesn't mean that duck hunters don't have every right the pheasant hunters have to be there doing what they love to do.

This same crap comes up here in Vancouver every year. The pheasant hunters don't like the duck hunters and visa versa. Tough crap guys. It belongs to all of us. It's not always convenient, but you don't shoot at each other, when it isn't, either.

I will say that I've noticed both waterfowl and pheasant hunters being less than sportsmanlike when these encounters take place. If a pheasant hunter walks around the corner and is going down the line with his dog, people get mad like he should go somewhere else. Again, tough crap guys. There are waterfowlers' blinds everywhere and the pheasant hunters have as much right to their legal activity as do the duck hunters.

[singleshot12]

You ever duck hunt? Florescent clothing isn't an option and isn't necessary. Just because it's a pheasant release site doesn't mean that duck hunters don't have every right the pheasant hunters have to be there doing what they love to do.

Duck hunted for almost 40 years, but not once on a release site. Wearing camo and hiding in pheasant cover is just asking for problems don't you think Pboy?.

[singleshot12]

There really does need to be separate designated pheasant and duck sites or conflicts will always be, until then hunter orange should be required for all users.

[pianoman9701]

You ever duck hunt? Florescent clothing isn't an option and isn't necessary. Just because it's a pheasant release site doesn't mean that duck hunters don't have every right the pheasant hunters have to be there doing what they love to do.

Duck hunted for almost 40 years, but not once on a release site. Wearing camo and hiding in pheasant cover is just asking for problems don't you think Pboy?.

PBoy? Really? Are you in grade school? There's no need for disrespect here.

Just because it's a pheasant release site doesn't mean it's only for pheasants. You wear hunter orange when pheasant hunting to avoid shooting another pheasant hunter in the face as you sweep him. The danger for pheasant hunters is from close up, not far. As far a s a duck blind or any other kind of hunting is concerned, you don't get to take ownership of the area just because you're a pheasant hunter. It's open to all of us, pheasant, waterfowl, and other game alike.

[pianoman9701]

There really does need to be separate designated pheasant and duck sites or conflicts will always be, until then hunter orange should be required for all users.

But, there isn't that I know of. I even started a thread a year ago with relation to this proposing that there be alternating days for waterfowl and pheasant. No one wanted me to suggest it to the WDFW. I understand the conflict. I just don't think one group gets privilege over another. We have to hunt together.

[CP]

And we all need to follow the rules e.g. 8:00am entry for everyone, duck hunters, pheasant hunters, dog walkers, etc.

[pianoman9701]

And we all need to follow the rules e.g. 8:00am entry for everyone, duck hunters, pheasant hunters, dog walkers, etc.

Actually, where I hunt, the entry rules are different. Duck and goose hunters can set up decoys at 4AM and after, and may enter the site at any time. Pheasant hunters must wait until 8 AM to enter the area. These rules cover two public hunting sites in Vancouver here.