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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: papisjeep on November 11, 2013, 06:04:56 PM

Title: sight legality question
Post by: papisjeep on November 11, 2013, 06:04:56 PM
is it legal to use a red dot sight when hunting for waterfowl in washington ?
i see it all the time in hunting videos in other states (eotechs ect)
thanks in advance
Title: Re: sight legality question
Post by: follow maggie on November 11, 2013, 06:26:52 PM
I don't see anything in the regs prohibiting it.
Title: Re: sight legality question
Post by: h2ofowlr on November 11, 2013, 06:27:13 PM
No written laws against it in the regs.  I have seen people using speed beads.  I personally wouldn't want anything attached to the gun when shooting.  It's just a crutch for poor performance.  They can't fix lack of practice as some would hope.
Title: Re: sight legality question
Post by: papisjeep on November 11, 2013, 07:36:31 PM
I don't see anything in the regs prohibiting it.
Ya me either, i just wanted to get some extra input from others out there just in case better safe than sorry
Title: Re: sight legality question
Post by: follow maggie on November 11, 2013, 10:20:08 PM
I thought about a speed bead a couple years ago.  Instead I decided to spend the money and half a Saturday at Sunnydell Shooting in Sequim.  Glad I did that, everything I shot at that year after that hit the dirt or water dead.
Title: Re: sight legality question
Post by: whtelk on November 12, 2013, 06:16:17 AM
You point a shotgun and you aim a rifle. I guess I don't even notice my bead when shooting birds.
Title: Re: sight legality question
Post by: h2ofowlr on November 12, 2013, 02:21:33 PM
You point a shotgun and you aim a rifle. I guess I don't even notice my bead when shooting birds.

This is what you want.  Instinctive shooting.  Sounds like your doing it right.  :tup:
Title: Re: sight legality question
Post by: hntrspud on November 13, 2013, 04:04:09 PM
Thinking too much=missing. Point, shoot, dead.

If it only worked everytime like that.
Title: Re: sight legality question
Post by: deltaops on November 13, 2013, 04:17:13 PM
Thinking too much=missing. Point, shoot, dead.

If it only worked everytime like that.

I have only successfully done this one time with a .22 at a rabbit.
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