Ethics?

[irishevox]

i know they are unspoken rules...  but what are ya'll's thoughts on shooting geese or ducks while they are not flying... say they land or they just are hanging out... and let ya get close... is it wrong to pop one right in the head.... or neck...?

[h20hunter]

For me....flush 'em and blast 'em.

For you......up to you.

[400out]

How do you just pop one in the head?

[Broken Arrow]

Ground . sluicing...its ground sluicing......no matter where you shoot them. Is it ethical? Not my call or cup of tea, but be rest assured, with an open ended question like this, the internet po-po's are sure to let you know.

[rtspring]

I am out there to kill birds!! If they happen to be on the water, then so be it..

It is fun sneaking up on them and jumping them up too.

Ethics? I want a limit of birds!!

Rtspring

[irishevox]

How do you just pop one in the head?

I walked with in 10-15 yards of a honker this past weekend and shot it right in the head.... thats how

[Holg3107]

Personally.... I let them fly. If they land I jump them and then shoot. I'm not going to dog someone who ground is ground sluicing just not my thing.

[pianoman9701]

I don't sluice, but it's more from practicality than ethics. They tend to survive more when their wings aren't opened up as they sit and I think have a better chance of going away injured. I like to scare 'em up and then kill 'em. To each their own. Of course, I also use Black Cloud, so I'm from the other side of the tracks to begin with! 

[irishevox]

Well i was wondering.... i mean.... i mostly shoot ducks while they are cupping or flying with in distance.... I mean i guess i just got luck with the canadian just standing there.

[pianoman9701]

That close, I don't see where sluicing will make a difference. How did he cook up?

[lokidog]

How do you just pop one in the head?

Pretty easy if close enough.  75 out of 76 quail I shot one year were shot in the head trying to run away from me in the coastal OR hills.

Ethics are your choice.  I can go either way on this, and have done both depending on circumstances.  Some will say it's not "fair" while stuffing 3 1/2" magnum shells into their $1500+ gun over their 200 count decoy spread....     My arguments for are if you were good enough to call them into your dekes or sneak up on them to shooting distance, why not, you've successfully completed part of the challenge of hunting, also no cripples locking up and sailing into the wilderness.

 

[bobcat]

If you like eating geese, why not? Turkeys are shot on the ground. I don't see the difference.

[vandeman17]

I don't see a problem either way as long as it is a quick, clean kill. I have shot a few birds on the water but mostly on a slow day where I want to try and get the dog some work. Other then that I will generally at least stand up and get them up then drop em.

[ducksdogsdownriggers]

  If it's a clean kill, no problem, be it in the air or on the water.  Personally, I am much more concerned with the skybuster who wings a bird and doesn't have the means, whether its a good enough retriever or boat, to retrieve the injured bird. And even a FC retriever isn't going to retrieve a wounded bird 400yards out and in the current.  I've picked up 3 birds this year from groups hunting up river from me, that makes me grouchy. 

[KopperBuck]

We jump em just because I don't like rattling or sinking decoys. If I'm jumpshooting I don't care either way. Meat is meat. Hell, I've shot a turkey on the fly..