Archery Geese and Ducks?

[BULLBLASTER]

I don't care how much fun it may be, it's unethical in my book.

just curious, is turkey hunting with archery tackle unethical also?

Well no, turkeys are shot on the ground, where a guy can be pretty sure in making a killing shot. Shooting ducks or geese out of the air I just don't think anybody can be good enough to hit them in the right spot every time.

understadable, but i was/am under the impression that ducks and geese are shot on the ground when using archery tackle as well. i have never done it.

[Button Nubbs]

Put it in the right spot? Its not big game... A bird isn't gonna go very far with an arrow sticking out of it. It seems to me that with archery tackle its gonna either be hit or miss with waterfowl, but hitting them with just a few shotgun pellets they can glide a long ways.

[wabow]

to the people who archery hunt geese and ducks, are they flying when you shoot or are they landed. a guy i know shoots them as soon as they land near the blind. is this the norm?

Search "jump shooting". We usually get them as they are comming off the water. Flu flu feathers with dry fly floatant make arrow recovery much easier. Shake them off and they are ready for another round.
Turn your draw weight way down for jump shooting it make it much easier.

Don

[MasterMisser]

I would have to agree with fishermanjoe... I have been waterfowl hunting for many years and i have hit 100's of birds to just have them glide a few hundred yards out and not be able to retrieve them. Bluebulls is 100% right! if a 1 1/8 inch diameter hole will kill an elk! then it would definitely take out any game bird! as far as hitting them in the "right spot" goes... It really isn't gonna matter where you hit the bird! He is gonna drop like a rock! As long as its not a wing shot and it gets hit in the body! I have friends who are avid archers and waterfowlers who practice shooting clays out of the air with Flu Flus all the time. It sounds hard but like with anything else practice and you will be able to achieve... Just my  

[boneaddict]

Tred Barta tried it several episodes. 

Its my opinion millions of ducks fly away with shot in them, NOT many fly away with an arrow through them.

[Curly]

I saw a hunting show a while back where the guy was dove hunting with archery equipment.  He was setup next to a dove decoy set out 20 or 30 yards if I remember right.  He missed a bunch before finally connecting.

[MasterMisser]

Ya doves would definitely be a challenge... but Ducks and Geese??? I don't know personally I have never tried it... YET 

[konrad]

I don't care how much fun it may be, it's unethical in my book.

just curious, is turkey hunting with archery tackle unethical also?

Apparently it's only ethical if they are flying!
To my mind, getting close enough to a walking goose is EVERY bit as tough as getting that close to Mr. Tom.
If I get the chance I will do it.

[carpsniperg2]

bobcat gets the award  all good points 1 1/8" broadhead threw a few pound bird compared to a 1200 elk or 1800 pound moose thats a dead bird. also good point boneaddict not very many flying around with arrows threw them i think we have proved are case for the archery bird hunters like myself, now anything else is just

[bobcat]

How many times have you seen a duck or goose on the news on TV with an arrow sticking out of it? I've seen it many times.

[carpsniperg2]

here we go again it is dumb crap that are shooting them out in the park with field tips not very many of them walking around with broadheads in them  

[Button Nubbs]

How many have you seen swimming around in ponds that can't get up because they have steel in them? I've seen a lot more of those than ones with arrows in them.

[bobcat]

How many people shoot waterfowl with shotguns? How many shoot waterfowl with arrows?

[270Shooter]

How many people shoot waterfowl with shotguns? How many shoot waterfowl with arrows?

He has a point here.

I only see it ethical to shoot them with archery equipment when they land (besids you wont kill very many by trying to shoot them out of the air). Another thing to stir the pot here, I don't have any problem with shooting them on the ground with a shotgun, if they are gonna sit there, I'm gonna shoot them.

[boneaddict]

Not very many....now ask how many actually hit birds.....then in your original opinion "wound alot of birds"  the a lot might be slightly flawed or exaggerated.