Skyblasting

[MC37493]

How do people shoot at ducks 100+ yards away? Do they seriously think they have a chance of folding a bird? I have seen tons of skyblasting in my years but nothing crazier then i saw today! Watched three guys each take a shot at some ducks at least 200+ yards away today.. just a silhouette against the sky at that point! Drives me insane!! 

[scout/sniper]

Desperation.
Ruins anyone elses chance at calling them in. Pathetic.

[NW-GSP]

I quit hunting ducks for a few years cause I got tired of guys sky busting. I still see it happen all the time, its insane.

[bobcat]

Just FYI: the term is "skybusting."

[TheSkyBuster]

 

Just FYI: the term is "skybusting."

 








 

[Bmcox86]

I saw guys at a release site unload at some geese at least 500 yards high and wonder why they missed

[Bullkllr]

I was hunting with my brother's son in law in one blind a few hundred yards away from my bro's buddy in another blind. He folded a mallard at what had to be 70-80 yards on a lucky shot. I knew what was going to happen next. He continued to shoot at anything within 100, expecting a repeat. He must have went through a box at least and never touched another feather. But he at least learned his lesson.

 I think this is "hoping to get lucky" is pretty common among rookies who lack a good mentor. They really feel their only chance is to "blast away" as they lack the knowledge and skills and patience to get ducks in killing range.

[h2ofowlr]

I watched a pair give it a go.  They would not let anything get lower than 80 yards.  About that 80-100 yard mark was there call to trigger time.  It was pretty bad.  They were not getting anything.  They held off on a group for some reason and I just about landed them and shot a triple.  They went through a lot of shells.  I had a few more groups coming in and limited in about 1hr.  Pulled my decoys and walked past them, still sitting their empty handed and a lot lighter in shells.   

[BiggLuke]

I always wondered wether it was desperation.... because they didn't see any ducks.
Or wether it was just plain stupidity.... as in they have no freaking clue how close the birds were.

Guess it's just a bit of both.

Morons....   not a fan of those idiots either.   

[Brad Harshman]

Its got to be a mix of desparation and ignorance.  I also feel that too many hunters have way too high of expectations that they should be able harvest limits eveeytime.  Since thier goals are so high they get desperate to fill their bag - like skybusting.  They're also likely to shoot before legal hours because they're only duck hunting to shoot as many ducks as possible. Just my belief based on my observations.

[Bullkllr]

Its got to be a mix of desparation and ignorance.  I also feel that too many hunters have way too high of expectations that they should be able harvest limits eveeytime.  Since thier goals are so high they get desperate to fill their bag - like skybusting.  They're also likely to shoot before legal hours because they're only duck hunting to shoot as many ducks as possible. Just my belief based on my observations.

Sounds like the result of too many TV show duck slaughters

[sakoshooter]

I think there's a lot of ignorance involved. Lack of being able to judge distance on a fast moving target and not understanding the true lethal distance of a shotgun.
What's unfortunate is that their skybusting spooks a lot of birds that are coming into good range of others in the area. Ruins a good day on the marsh for everyone when this happens.

[Special T]

Most of the time i have done some long range  "pass shooting" no one is around to critique my shooting skills. I didn't affect any ones hunt, and have only told the stories of my glory. 

[Bullkllr]

80-100+ yards is not long range pass shooting,

its making noise and throwing shot in the air. Could probably be called "waterfowl hazing".

[pianoman9701]

I used to pass shoot and don't anymore since taking the Master Hunter course. There are a couple of guys who set up a spread in the area I hunt and they'll shoot 100+ yards with their 10 gauges - sometimes they kill, usually they don't. God knows how many cripples they create. They think they're hunting, but they're not. I've been lucky enough to learn how rewarding it is to have a  set up be done right in the right place and have the birds cup up in front of me. Pass shooting and sky busting just doesn't offer that.