Ducks on the pond

[singleshot12]

I shoot them any way I can, priority one is the freezer.

hmm? Do you flock shoot too?

That's hardly a fair comparison.  Shooting a duck on the water is in no way comparable to potentially breaking the LAW by dropping more than a limit's worth of ducks.  Ethics are a personal choice, your are yours, yours are not someone else's.       Some people might think it is unethical to shoot at a duck with anything other than a .410, does that make all the 12g hunters unethical??   

Well he said he shoots them any way he can,just sayin

Flock shooting and sluicing are both legal methods for waterfowl but NOT ethical. I remember the HS instructor pointing this out clearly to the class.

[sakoshooter]

It is darn hard to kill a duck/goose on the water with it's wings folded up covering it's vitals AND most of it's vitals under water. That being said, sport is why I'm hunting waterfowl. Yes, entertainment, period. The meat all gets used in various recipes but if you're hunting ducks strictly for the meat, you need to realize that you're spending about $500.00 per lb after all that gear etc. Go to Top Foods and buy some T Bone steaks instead. Save your money. Besides, shotguns are made for shooting moving targets. That's why they have a projectile that spreads out. My 

[LndShrk]

Well he said he shoots them any way he can,just sayin

Flock shooting and sluicing are both legal methods for waterfowl but NOT ethical. I remember the HS instructor pointing this out clearly to the class.

let's here your definition of flock shooting.   

[lokidog]

I shoot them any way I can, priority one is the freezer.

hmm? Do you flock shoot too?

That's hardly a fair comparison.  Shooting a duck on the water is in no way comparable to potentially breaking the LAW by dropping more than a limit's worth of ducks.  Ethics are a personal choice, your are yours, yours are not someone else's.       Some people might think it is unethical to shoot at a duck with anything other than a .410, does that make all the 12g hunters unethical??   

Well he said he shoots them any way he can,just sayin

Flock shooting and sluicing are both legal methods for waterfowl but NOT ethical. I remember the HS instructor pointing this out clearly to the class.

"flock shooting" may lead to an illegal condition of going over limit, sluicing a bird on the water will not lead to an illegal condition, if the bird was a legal one to shoot at in the first place.  Apples to oranges.

Personally, I think most people that shoot at a duck farther than 40 yards away are unethical because they do not have the skill to cleanly kill that bird... so what?  It is not my place to tell you what YOUR ethics should be.  I may choose not to do it, or choose not to hunt with someone who does, but that is as far as my, or your, opinion should go.  Worry about yourself, not me.

[JJD]

I shoot them any way I can, priority one is the freezer.

That thing you be holdin in your right hand will fit in your freezer too.   

[singleshot12]

Well he said he shoots them any way he can,just sayin

Flock shooting and sluicing are both legal methods for waterfowl but NOT ethical. I remember the HS instructor pointing this out clearly to the class.

let's here your definition of flock shooting.   

How many birds does it take to make a flock 5? I thought there was only one definition of flock shooting-and that's shooting into a flock of birds sitting of flying and wounding just as much if not more than you retrieve.

[LndShrk]

Well he said he shoots them any way he can,just sayin

Flock shooting and sluicing are both legal methods for waterfowl but NOT ethical. I remember the HS instructor pointing this out clearly to the class.

let's here your definition of flock shooting.   

How many birds does it take to make a flock 5? I thought there was only one definition of flock shooting-and that's shooting into a flock of birds sitting of flying and wounding just as much if not more than you retrieve.

So based on that anyone who shoots at a group of birds with 5 or more birds in it is unethical in your view? 

[singleshot12]

absolutely! If you are not picking your bird you are taking a chance at wounding others

[MC37493]

I always enjoy shooting them in the air, nothing more satisfying then watching a flock of mallards decoy in and your able to fold 3 of them  but i was up at skagit yesterday and had two teal land about a 100 yards from my dekes i gave them a few peeps and they started swimming towards once they were about 15 yards away i jumped up.. and they just sat there floating i waved my arm at them and they still didnt fly! After waving my arm again i just decided to sluice one and then got the other on the wing.. I would have liked to try and get them both flying but i guess those ducks were committing suicide or something. Also had a mallard come into my dekes when i was standing in the middle of them fixing one. it was an odd day for ducks!

[Pilot_Hunter]

I think some of you may be referring to sky-busting? Shooting at birds that you know are too high but hoping one will cripple and fall.