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Whoa. That 30-year is a little pricey for my associates. A bottle of 17 doesn't sound unreasonable though.

What is your reply if the GW ask how many you caught?

That stuff is even high for a well-to-do guy. Even the 18 year is out of my league. But any Macallen is better than no Macallen.
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What is your reply if the GW ask how many you caught?

I hunt with my wife...this situation hasn't come up, but I can see his point.

One thing that is interesting to me is that legally, he doesn't need 2 guns. If the warden didn't see the birds they shot, and they're going to lie anyway, just say that she shot her limit and then he shot his.

There's nothing that says both hunters have to have a gun...hell I don't think there's anything that says you can use 2 guns if you wanted to.

I don't know if I'd do this with my wife...with 2 limits....I don't think I'd feel bad if I was slightly over...knowing that she'd likely be way under....like Jacob645 said, we do this in the fishing boat all the time. Is it to the letter of the law? Nope. Is it what I'd consider blatant poaching? Nah, I don't think so...the limits are set with the expectation that hunters will shoot some number of birds, up to a limit of 15...if we were that short on dove the limit would be lower.

I don't argue that it's legal, but I don't feel as strongly about this scenario as I do about what I heard earlier today, which was someone not far from me shooting, pretty random...didn't sound like target practice....it sounded like a dove hunt in august. I found a winged bird at my place a few weeks ago, so I know someone is shooting birds early (already been in contact with the warden on that situation). I have a real problem with the "early birds"...no pun

I don't think it's a coincidence that they started shooting at prime time and randomly blasted off until the birds quit flying. It sounded like they saw more birds than I did.

Totally wrong, but I see his point. I pay registration on a vehicle. They don't care who drives it as long as the tag is paid. I have two vehicles. I can't drive them both at the same time, so why not let someone drive one for me, since it's paid for? I've paid for whatever taxes on two vehicles pay for, so why not fill two licenses if she isn't going to use hers? Better to use it than leave it in the driveway. Again, totally wrong, but I do see his point of view.

You can try to justify it to yourselves anyway you want to. Where do you draw the line on what law is acceptable to break? I'm just wondering not throwing rocks.

I'd say we've caught 37.

Let me ask you this. Would you let someone tag your over sized red? Or tag theirs?

Or would you tag a deer you shot with your wife's tag? To bring your wife and buy her a license so you could shoot extra deer is the same thing as bringing your wife for the purpose of shooting her limit of dove in addition to your own. In the original poster's question, this is his intent. Not to commingle birds of two hunters shooting birds together. The intent in the original question that started this thread would be blatant poaching.

blatant poaching Really Thats not poaching man , i really dont see the problem with what he's wanting to do really i mean it's kind of bad but not.

Just call your local game warden and ask him, I'm betting he won't say 'it's kind of bad but not'....

If i get time later today i will i have a family member that is a GW and i dont think it is illegal it does not state it anywhere in the book that you cant do that in those words does it ? I am not 100 % sure anyhow people are going to do it either way .