Public marsh etiquette

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outdoordude813

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What is the proper etiquette when hunting a public marsh?

I was hunting a public marsh this past Sat. and I knew that there was alot of competion out there. I knew that I would have to be aggressive witht the birds, but I was confident in my spread and my calling so I wasn't worried.
Other hunters in the swamp I was in had shooting opportunities before I did but didn't amnage to ruffle a feather. I had to wait for a few minutes but finally I called in a pair of wigeon (which I had never seen before) I folded the drake and left the hen alone. Good start i thought.
other guys in the swamp got there chances again and came up empty.
My next chance was a group of 5 mallards I coaxed in with some aggresive calling. Nailed 1 but didn't fold it on the first shot so I had to tumble it down with the second. Not bad I was starting to build a count, or so I thought.
That was my hunt basically. Fron there on in every bird I called in that wa locked and committed to my spread flared away when the other group of #######s would fire one shot into the air.

I enjoy seeing others have success. If the birds aren't coming to me, then I'm happy to take in the live show. Why is it that there are so many selfish pricks out there that can't get past their own greed and be happy for others.

I'm really bitter about this and was interested in hearing opinions, and experiences from others out there.

This has been an 813 rant.


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Some guys just can't stand to see others successful......they are killers, not hunters....they guage success by what they shoot, and how many, rather than the hunt itself.....with the bonus of taking an animal.......usually the same guys that trespass on private land

We have them here too. And they wont issue a tag for them.... :wink:
 
Where I hunt it happens all the time. I see the guy's trying to do 80yard shots, I don't care if you have a 10 gauge, that's too far. Best one yet was a pair of teens sharing a 20 gauge I think who were 50 yards behind us taking shots at birds we were passing up.

Polite thing to do is ask them to shoot over their own decoy's. If your the first one there make sure they are far enough away from your blind, I think it's 50 yards or more. If you have someone else with you get them to check and see if the a$$holes are scaring your birds or actually firing on birds. Sometimes asking what they are doing will solve the problem, verbal confrontation goes along way with a marsh bully.

If all else fails a threat to call the MNR usually works, it has for us in the past. Opening morning finding some dumb a$$ in your blind at 5am makes for a late start when they have to pickup all their decoy's.

Such is life, you get the ones who are trying for an easy hunt by using someone's blind or their calling to lure birds in. You don't always run into them but they are out there. :lol:
 
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