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Eight ducks land in your decoy spread 5 minutes before shooting hours on a saturday.

Shoot them right away: 14 (6.1%)
Wait for legal shooting time but you shoot them if they begin to leave before its legal.: 10 (4.4%)
Wait until 2 minutes before then shoot them.: 9 (3.9%)
Wait until shooting hours.: 196 (85.6%)

Total Members Voted: 228

Voting closed: January 01, 2014, 05:49:41 PM

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Re: Shooting hours ethics.

« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2013, 06:34:46 PM »

This happen to me a few years back had geese land in the spread almost an hour before shooting light I thought no way will they stick around. Sure enough they did and we shot them all

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Re: Shooting hours ethics.

« Reply #16 on: December 18, 2013, 06:38:35 PM »

so if you had a huge buck and could see him fiveUnited before legal light would you take him ? should be the same answer I guess I'm alone here.

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Re: Shooting hours ethics.

« Reply #17 on: December 18, 2013, 06:39:49 PM »

guess you can tell who's from the west side if they are talking about phones & alarms. I got a watch.

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Re: Shooting hours ethics.

« Reply #18 on: December 18, 2013, 06:41:41 PM »

Quote from: coachcw on December 18, 2013, 06:38:35 PM

so if you had a huge buck and could see him fiveUnited before legal light would you take him ? should be the same answer I guess I'm alone here.

my hoyts not as loud coach

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Re: Shooting hours ethics.

« Reply #19 on: December 18, 2013, 06:46:01 PM »

Quote from: coachcw on December 18, 2013, 06:38:35 PM

so if you had a huge buck and could see him five minutes before legal light would you take him ? should be the same answer I guess I'm alone here.

I can't see deer even 15 minutes after legal time. There's no way I would, or COULD shoot, five minutes before.

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Re: Shooting hours ethics.

« Reply #20 on: December 18, 2013, 06:46:06 PM »

Quote from: coachcw on December 18, 2013, 06:38:35 PM

so if you had a huge buck and could see him fiveUnited before legal light would you take him ? should be the same answer I guess I'm alone here.

honestly coach I don't find myself paying much attention to big game shooting hours. I probably should more.

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Re: Shooting hours ethics.

« Reply #21 on: December 18, 2013, 06:47:47 PM »

why can't I select thew choise to leave them on the water and shoot the next ones to wing in???

I just leave them sit there

your choices suck

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Re: Shooting hours ethics.

« Reply #22 on: December 18, 2013, 06:49:24 PM »

to me guys shooting before hours dont bother me as much as guys that you bust. but hey I'm just trying to get to 5000 posts

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Re: Shooting hours ethics.

« Reply #23 on: December 18, 2013, 06:53:27 PM »

If it's light enough to I.D. them, it's shooting time. It's never occurred to me to be a clock watcher in the blind.

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Re: Shooting hours ethics.

« Reply #24 on: December 18, 2013, 06:55:06 PM »

Wait the for the legal hours. If you really need some fowl that bad then go to Safeway........ I friggin hate slob hunters and that means the pricks that shoot stuff before legal light.

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Re: Shooting hours ethics.

« Reply #25 on: December 18, 2013, 07:06:49 PM »

HERE HERE!!!!

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Re: Shooting hours ethics.

« Reply #26 on: December 18, 2013, 07:11:31 PM »

Quote from: steeleywhopper on December 18, 2013, 06:55:06 PM

Wait the for the legal hours. If you really need some fowl that bad then go to Safeway........ I friggin hate slob hunters and that means the pricks that shoot stuff before legal light.

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HERE HERE!!!!

Not to mention it is against the law to shoot before hours. So not even a question of ethics. You are either a criminal or not!

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Re: Shooting hours ethics.

« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2013, 07:27:50 PM »

Does not matter if it is ducks, geese, deer, or elk, if you shoot before or after legal hours you are poaching.

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Re: Shooting hours ethics.

« Reply #28 on: December 18, 2013, 07:32:54 PM »

Quote from: nacheshunter on December 18, 2013, 05:56:21 PM

who carries a watch or phone with them? if its light enough out to see what you're shooting at, shoot away .

Any one that cares about being legal when they shoot waterfowl does.

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Re: Shooting hours ethics.

« Reply #29 on: December 18, 2013, 07:33:37 PM »

Quote from: nacheshunter on December 18, 2013, 05:56:21 PM

who carries a watch or phone with them? if its light enough out to see what you're shooting at, shoot away .

Surely you are kidding.

Every hunter should be required to carry a timepiece. How else are you going to be compliant with shooting light game laws.

Also, ethically you need to ID your game no matter the time, so if extra dark morning, shooting light changes....

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