Ethical Question


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you did the right thing! if a co would arive and found your friends gun not working OOPS! where did the other 2 birds come from? by you not having a gun in your hand and with you limit of birds and your friend with your gun your in the clear. plus what if it was your gun not working and a friend with his limit and a working gun. GOOD CALL.

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Re: Ethical Question

It not a question of being wrong, but if you shot his two birds you would have been breaking the law. This question has nothing to do with ethics. It's about responsible hunter accountability while afield.

You thought about and made the right decision.

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Along those lines... what do the laws in your area say about "party-hunting" (the act of hunting to fill all the tags in your hunting party)?

Many states say that "Party-hunting" is not allowed. You fill your own limit and then you're supposed to quit shooting.

We often see on the video tapes, and the hunting shows, a group of guys in a duck blind banging away until they've shot a complete limit. Same thing when watching footage of goose hunting. Four guys shooting until they've killed four limits. What you don't know is that one guy shot fifteen birds and the other only shot 5 even though the limit is 10 a piece.

What happens when the game warden comes up and sees an aggregate pile of birds and then asks who shot which birds?

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Whats weird is that he wanted you to shoot his birds. I guess to each his own, but I shoot my own. I can't stand people shooting my game. especially waterfowl. I hate plucking those buggers!

When my dad started getting older he used to always give me his and I finally had to ask him why he needs to shoot them if he doesn't want them. I don't really even like waterfowl but liked hunting with the old man. Oops I've rambled.

You did the right thing!

Hey! Since we don't have wood ducks here, and they are so gorgeous. Would you shoot a couple for me? Oops, there I go again.

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