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There is nothing unethical about shooting a bird on the water or ground. Now where the ethics come in is not shooting a buddies decoy and I believe that is where the confusion is, thinking for the birds sake. Start peppering pellets through my dsd spread, you will get a kick in the nuts and a bill. Also you don't want to shoot the dog if it where to bust in the decoys. I had that happen before when some geese landed in the decoys my buddies dog busted for them and if we got to excited and shot them on the ground the dog would of got pellets as well because it happens fast. But since we wait to flush the birds the dog was ok. Waiting for birds to flush gives the hunter more time to wait for the unexpected.
Quote from: hdshot on December 19, 2013, 10:10:55 AMThere is nothing unethical about shooting a bird on the water or ground. Now where the ethics come in is not shooting a buddies decoy and I believe that is where the confusion is, thinking for the birds sake. Start peppering pellets through my dsd spread, you will get a kick in the nuts and a bill. Also you don't want to shoot the dog if it where to bust in the decoys. I had that happen before when some geese landed in the decoys my buddies dog busted for them and if we got to excited and shot them on the ground the dog would of got pellets as well because it happens fast. But since we wait to flush the birds the dog was ok. Waiting for birds to flush gives the hunter more time to wait for the unexpected. Not ethics, judgement!
Yeah, so I was joking. Hence the laughing heads.
This thread is getting intense... How bout those Seahawks In my experience I've had better luck killing ducks in the air, I've had some cripples survive the plummet to the waters surface and survive, and I've burned far more ammo finishing those pesky cripples off than anything on the wing. I'm just saying for me it's easier to kill a bird on the wing than one on the pond, unless the birds fly straight at me I'll miss every time