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Unsportsmans like in most peoples opinions.Not kidding. I'm kinda new to hunting and have been teaching myself as I go. Is there some rule about not shooting birds on the ground?
And I think it might have also been mentioned before, but flushing a bird out from someones dog on point is most definitely not OK. Doesn't matter if they're 10 yards away or 200 yards away that's never OK.
If the owners are 200 yards away and Im walking on a path and a dog is on point what am I supposed to do? Maybe the owner should be a little closer the dog. In the field different story because I have options to keep a wide birth around the dog.And I think it might have also been mentioned before, but flushing a bird out from someones dog on point is most definitely not OK. Doesn't matter if they're 10 yards away or 200 yards away that's never OK.
Well just to give a clearer picture. The shots I took on the ground had no ppl or dogs remotely close to me. and I always consider the background of my shot. The first bird was in a patch of knee high boulders and I circled around until it ran out into the grassy area.Other reason not to shoot on ground: ricochet.
Not kidding. I'm kinda new to hunting and have been teaching myself as I go. Is there some rule about not shooting birds on the ground?
Never once mentioned it in mine.They didn't cover that in your hunter's ed class? They mentioned it at least 20 times in mine.
I got my two today without a dog. I got off to a bad start though. about 5 min. after shooting time I came up on a dog on point with its owner about 100 yards back talking to some people and I flushed a huge rooster but being right over the dog which I'm not use to, I took an overly cautious high shot and missed both times. Then about 10 minutes after that I'm walking down a path and another dog with an owner nowhere in sight comes down the path and flushes another in front of me... same thing I shoot to cautiously and miss. Finally I get away from these dogs and see one standing on the ground off the main road I for once hit something. 10 min. later I try a small path out, walk in about 50 feet and see another hen running away from me..hit that one on the ground as well. This all happened from 7am to 7:45. Saw 4 and bagged out.. Good to get two but I'm more bummed out about the two I missed.
Never once mentioned it in mine.
No! That was the crazy thing. Berlin gravel pits. Both parking areas full. 9-10 trucks. 8 dogs.
What about shooting ducks on the water? I heard that one about 10 times.
I've heard about not shooting into water due to ricochet, but not because of ethical reasons. Ground shooting pheasants was never mentioned once. And we did go over fair chase and ethics a little bit so I feel like one of the instructors would have said something.What about shooting ducks on the water? I heard that one about 10 times.
However the guy that mentioned not ground shooting a pheasant due to ricochet really needs to sit and think about that statement for a minute......cuz rabbit and squirrel are open right now in 10-14 zones.......and unless I can get a hunting dog to catch the ****ing thing and whip it up in the air for me its gonna be kinda hard to bag a rabbit!
Ya, new guy that's been hunting birds since a teen. Think about it. You old guy .New guy wants to be a troll....
At least I hope he's kidding.....
As "the guy" i must say you've given me something to think about! I've never hunted those... Just remember my first firearm safety training around never shooing at the ground. But I guess you have to when rabbit or squirrel hunting...
Very good way to sum it up. I hate it when i'm working a piece of cover and I see someone with no dog waiting at the edge to see if my dog puts anything up. In that case I call the dog back and move on to circle back later.I feel its all about sportsmanship. Do you really need to kill pheasants that bad? Shooting them on the ground is just killing not hunting. They are pen raised birds. As for shooting birds off someone pointing dog, that is wrong. Good way to get a black eye when you do it to the wrong guy. People put a lot of time and money into THEIR dogs. Also people don't like unknown or inexperience people shooting over their dogs. Clearly from your posts about ground shooting at a packed WMA all hunters are not thinking about safty. As for the rabit hunting theory. I have never seen a WMA packed with hunters to rabbit hunt. Pheasant season is a different situation.
I feel its all about sportsmanship. Do you really need to kill pheasants that bad? Shooting them on the ground is just killing not hunting. They are pen raised birds. As for shooting birds off someone pointing dog, that is wrong. Good way to get a black eye when you do it to the wrong guy. People put a lot of time and money into THEIR dogs. Also people don't like unknown or inexperience people shooting over their dogs. Clearly from your posts about ground shooting at a packed WMA all hunters are not thinking about safty. As for the rabit hunting theory. I have never seen a WMA packed with hunters to rabbit hunt. Pheasant season is a different situation.
Really? Last year on opening day I ran into a pair of nice guys that had bagged 4 cock pheasant and 3 rabbits......and I'd pay good money to see someone walk up to those two guys and tell 'em shooting rabbits on WMA pheasant stocked land is not safe cuz shooting toward the ground can cause a riccochet! Just make sure you let me know first so I can get my cell phone camera running
I went out Saturday and had no luck. Tore a big hole in my knee-high boots and lost my plastic bag with all my licenses tags, stamps, LTC, and cell phone.
Found it in the dunes half our later, miraculously.