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sight legality question
« on: November 11, 2013, 06:04:56 PM »
is it legal to use a red dot sight when hunting for waterfowl in washington ?
i see it all the time in hunting videos in other states (eotechs ect)
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Re: sight legality question
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2013, 06:26:52 PM »
I don't see anything in the regs prohibiting it.

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Re: sight legality question
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2013, 06:27:13 PM »
No written laws against it in the regs.  I have seen people using speed beads.  I personally wouldn't want anything attached to the gun when shooting.  It's just a crutch for poor performance.  They can't fix lack of practice as some would hope.
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Re: sight legality question
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2013, 07:36:31 PM »
I don't see anything in the regs prohibiting it.
Ya me either, i just wanted to get some extra input from others out there just in case better safe than sorry

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Re: sight legality question
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2013, 10:20:08 PM »
I thought about a speed bead a couple years ago.  Instead I decided to spend the money and half a Saturday at Sunnydell Shooting in Sequim.  Glad I did that, everything I shot at that year after that hit the dirt or water dead.

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Re: sight legality question
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2013, 06:16:17 AM »
You point a shotgun and you aim a rifle. I guess I don't even notice my bead when shooting birds.

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Re: sight legality question
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2013, 02:21:33 PM »
You point a shotgun and you aim a rifle. I guess I don't even notice my bead when shooting birds.

This is what you want.  Instinctive shooting.  Sounds like your doing it right.  :tup:
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Re: sight legality question
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2013, 04:04:09 PM »
Thinking too much=missing. Point, shoot, dead.

If it only worked everytime like that.

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Re: sight legality question
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2013, 04:17:13 PM »
Thinking too much=missing. Point, shoot, dead.

If it only worked everytime like that.

I have only successfully done this one time with a .22 at a rabbit.
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