I have no problem popping a grouse out of a tree with my 22 pistol while running my trapline for the pot that night back at the tent. Never would dream of doing it while hunting grouse with my shotgun. I guess it is a difference between need and ethics, a steady diet of beaver and muskrat gets old, grouse is a nice change of pace. The only ducks that get shot on the water are cripple's, shooting one on the water will get you a ride back to the landing if your hunting with me. But so will blasting away at birds that aren't in range. My motto for duck hunting "Kill the birds you KNOW you can kill, pass on the birds you HOPE you can kill"
Last edited by erich; 09/21/20.
