Shooting ducks on the water? :)

Finally we have the answer.

http://www.theonion.com/article/ethical-hunter-throws-duck-he-shot-back-sky-51355




PEPIN, WI—Taking care to restore the bird to its natural habitat in a timely manner, ethical hunter Rick Streeter threw a mallard duck back into the sky Monday shortly after shooting it, sources confirmed. “I’m only into hunting for the sport, so every time I shoot a duck, I make sure to toss him back into his home up in the air once I’m done,” said Streeter after gently lobbing the downed duck skyward, stressing that the compassionate practice of shoot-and-release allowed him to enjoy the thrill of the hunt while ensuring that the waterfowl could return to its airborne life after a brief, temporary inconvenience. “Sometimes, if I shoot a duck that’s really big or impressive, I’ll take a picture holding it up afterward, but that’s it—right after that, I throw it back up above me. I feel good knowing that I can just let it go into the air and it’ll go right back to flapping around with the rest of its kind.” Streeter noted, however, that even the most skilled hunter occasionally fails to release a duck in time, thereby causing the bird to sink down to the bottom of the sky.
 
Dogleg said:
Actually a snob is a snob. It doesn't matter what stage he is at, his stage, his way, his equipment and his mindset is the only right way. It doesn't matter if he changed his mind last week, the new gospel is absolute. It is just as easy to find a snob meat-hunter as a snob trophy hunter or a snob bowhunter. He's the same guy a few years earlier or later.
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Less a "stage" and more a "sub-category" of each stage... but they are out there, and in here...
 
Amazes me how much has been written about "Shooting ducks on the water" and how this thread has evolved. LMAO

If it makes you happy to shoot a little old duck on the water, have at'er!

Merry Christmas everyone, no mater what stage you are at. :eek:)
 
Cleftwynd said:
You would rather a person lived off of John Q Public than feed himself and his family on his own? Lol


The Liberal is strong in this thread
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I think that most hunters are conservatives, however; some lean a little to the right and others to the left.
 
NB444 said:
Finally we have the answer.

http://www.theonion.com/article/ethical-hunter-throws-duck-he-shot-back-sky-51355




PEPIN, WI—Taking care to restore the bird to its natural habitat in a timely manner, ethical hunter Rick Streeter threw a mallard duck back into the sky Monday shortly after shooting it, sources confirmed. “I’m only into hunting for the sport, so every time I shoot a duck, I make sure to toss him back into his home up in the air once I’m done,” said Streeter after gently lobbing the downed duck skyward, stressing that the compassionate practice of shoot-and-release allowed him to enjoy the thrill of the hunt while ensuring that the waterfowl could return to its airborne life after a brief, temporary inconvenience. “Sometimes, if I shoot a duck that’s really big or impressive, I’ll take a picture holding it up afterward, but that’s it—right after that, I throw it back up above me. I feel good knowing that I can just let it go into the air and it’ll go right back to flapping around with the rest of its kind.” Streeter noted, however, that even the most skilled hunter occasionally fails to release a duck in time, thereby causing the bird to sink down to the bottom of the sky.
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Laugh2 Satire of a few things on many different levels. BTW. That's a beautiful Wingmaster in the photograph.
 
Red_Mist said:
This thread is far too long to read past the OP. So all I'll say is the hunting gods will frown on you. It's like shooting an animal that's beded. I wouldn't do it. Your mileage may wary.
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If I have managed to sneak up on a bedded blacktail buck in thick timber without disturbing him and can shoot, better believe I'm taking the shot. To sneak up on a mature blacktail while in his bed is not an easy feat.
 
Gatehouse said:
If I have managed to sneak up on a bedded blacktail buck in thick timber without disturbing him and can shoot, better believe I'm taking the shot. To sneak up on a mature blacktail while in his bed is not an easy feat.
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Especially when he or she is not snoring! :eek:)
 
You know 3 macs anything is possible in BC ...
Especially when it comes to sneaking up on Blk.Tail deer.
I hear it is easy, especially when wearing a Pink Tutu..now if they are sporting the rainbow colours it is a given.
Or so I am told.
Merry Christmas and to all a Good Night!
Rob
 
No they would be to busy telling us how great they are and how we are just slob hunters,without looking or understanding what the #### the picture was.
 
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