Posted By: Duckhawker
Ever shoot the wrong species during teal season? - 09/15/14 05:40 PM
I'm not asking anyone to legally out themselves on the internet and fire up the internet armchair game wardens, but a situation on Sunday made me wonder how many birds get mud stomped or tossed in the weeds.
Sunday morning in the first minute of legal shooting time, it was very cloudy and the light was low, a flock of about eight smallish birds circled once and landed at the edge of the decoys at a range of about twenty yards. In the low light, my hunting partner and I said we would let the first birds land so as to shoot more when they jumped. As we pull up to shoot, safety off, I see bills that are way too long to be teal. As you can guess, they were shovelers. In those low light conditions, if we had decided to shoot as they crossed in front of the blind well within range, I have no doubt we would have killed a couple of illegal birds.
Anyone ever have a similar situation? Anyone ever shoot the wrong species and then receive a citation from the game warden?
Sunday morning in the first minute of legal shooting time, it was very cloudy and the light was low, a flock of about eight smallish birds circled once and landed at the edge of the decoys at a range of about twenty yards. In the low light, my hunting partner and I said we would let the first birds land so as to shoot more when they jumped. As we pull up to shoot, safety off, I see bills that are way too long to be teal. As you can guess, they were shovelers. In those low light conditions, if we had decided to shoot as they crossed in front of the blind well within range, I have no doubt we would have killed a couple of illegal birds.
Anyone ever have a similar situation? Anyone ever shoot the wrong species and then receive a citation from the game warden?