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Reminds me…

As a kid I had a POS sloosher sneak into my decoy spread and hammer 2 of my decoys on the water (hens!)

I made him pay me for the decoys. He told me where he worked and I went to his job to collect

Slooshers are dumbfuqks

People that leave decoys out overnight are lazy slob hunters.
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^^^doofus^^^^

Why, does it confuse you when you try to sluush them overnight?

How about the tree stand guys with cards that transmit to their cell phone. In the tree and a pic comes. Stay in the stand or move to another they are likely to pass by. If it is legal, why not for the as long as it's legal crew???? When does ethics trump legality. For some never.

Been looking in the Montana FWP Migratory and Upland Regs for any quotes by you, surprised to find none?

Probably should write a letter to them, make sure your feelings get included next year.

Cousin Eddie….”The shetters full.”

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Montana Fish and Wildlife
1 Brier Patch way
Billings, MT

Gentlemen,

In the migratory bird proclamation, please add the following:

“backroads and other ground-slooshers like him, are doofuses”

Thank you

I’ve hunted ruffs in the east and haven’t found them much, if any more wily than those out west, or Alaska. Maybe a little but not much at all. Blues don’t always hang around either, though they’re certainly easier than ruffs. Spruce are generally dumb as bricks, but I have sluiced my share of them anyway.

I don’t decoy ducks as it is boring as hell but as far as jump shooting puddle ducks on the water, as I said in my original response a couple of years ago, just getting a shot off with them not knowing you’re there is a hell of a lot more sporting than it is often given credit for, IMO. What some of the purists here are arguing for is just shooting skill anyhow, not hunting. I have never, ever experienced wild Mallards or the like just sit there if they know I am there, like Coues mentioned.

I have no issue with sluicing and don’t feel it is unethical at all, if that is the shot you have.

You would shoot ducks that landed in your decoys on the water?

I would.

Isn't that what the decoy is for, to bring in the ducks?

Like those that turkey hunt with decoys, they kill him when he comes to the decoy right?

And not much skill required to shoot a duck that is back pedaling 10' over the decoys.

Not much skill required to jump one from the decoys and shoot him 5' off the water as he is trying to get his schitt together to get out of Dodge.

Want skill on a duck, pass shoot them at 35+ yards.

Quoted and saved for the ReTaRd List

“ Ground-sleuthing—shooting a game bird while it is on the ground or on water. Considered very poor sportsmanship and hated by people who consider themselves real hunters. . . A person who ground-sleuths is a ground-sleuther or, more commonly, a ground-sleuthing son-of-a-bitch.”

Glad I could add something to your day.

Glad those "real" hunters don't turkey hunt.

Disagree on a couple items.

If some want to call it purist, they have good reason. However, it goes behind shooting skill. It encompasses Dog work, getting a pup or new Dog, training, the excitement of going. The point or flush, retrieve on land or water, and the appreciation of when they accomplish an extraordinary difficult situation. The Dogs own enthusiasm and desire for the hunt. And when and if a Dog figures out their place in the the puzzle of Bird, Dog, gun.

Without the Dog, I wouldn’t spend thousands yearly on Upland hunting. I’ve been known to go out without the gun at those times when I’ve killed enough for the time being. And I knew one individual who gave up the gun completely. He said, “We can’t point him tomorrow, if I kill him today.”

The shooting is not the entire reason for the doing.

Addition: Years ago I was introduced to a “purist” in Arizona. His passion was chasing Mountain Lions on horseback while his pack of Dogs were on the trail. He cared less for the shooting. Went out with him one day, no Mountain Lions were cornered, but it was a hunt with some serious Dogs.

Not being all that comfortable horseback, and hanging on when the Dogs got hot, gave me an appreciation of his purist form of hunting.

I agree. We never had a dog when we were duck hunting so for us it was hunting ducks, killing ducks and eating ducks.

I don't care if a guy wants to shoot 100% of his ducks while on the wing but they have a problem when I ground swat even though it's 100% legal.

Same bunch that claims a bird must be shot on the wing would probably squirrel or rabbit hunt with a shotgun. Maybe rabbits with a shotgun if running beagles but I see no challenge in hunting them or squirrels with a shotgun, don't see me telling em how much of a POS they are for using a shotgun on a sitting critter.

Bet they shoot all of their deer on the run instead if standing still too. Doubt they stop a walking buck at 30 yards with a bow either. Probably good enough they know the lead and time the release perfect.

Comes down to the "real" hunter wanting to control/run down what I do even though I could care less how the other is shooting his ducks or other animals.

I didn’t know turkeys were in the air, saw decoys, set their wings, made a couple of passes, and came in.

Thanks

Birds of a feather flock together


I’m sure ground-slooshers are the same, so I wouldn’t worry about running into any real hunters

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