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roost hunting (that's your magic word you were looking for) is illegal here in the states
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Only if you're shooting outside of legal shooting hours, which is usually 1/2 before sunrise until sunset. While many duck hunters consider roost shooting to be "bad form" or unsporting, I'm not aware of it be explicitly illegal anywhere in the U.S.baloo.the.dog wrote:roost hunting (that's your magic word you were looking for) is illegal here in the states
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Exactly. Just like shooting a partridge on the ground isn't considered sporting. However, it's not illegal.Fletchette wrote:Only if you're shooting outside of legal shooting hours, which is usually 1/2 before sunrise until sunset. While many duck hunters consider roost shooting to be "bad form" or unsporting, I'm not aware of it be explicitly illegal anywhere in the U.S.baloo.the.dog wrote:roost hunting (that's your magic word you were looking for) is illegal here in the states
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the only time they come to the roost is in illegal shooting hoursFletchette wrote:Only if you're shooting outside of legal shooting hours, which is usually 1/2 before sunrise until sunset. While many duck hunters consider roost shooting to be "bad form" or unsporting, I'm not aware of it be explicitly illegal anywhere in the U.S.baloo.the.dog wrote:roost hunting (that's your magic word you were looking for) is illegal here in the states
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Well, that's not what you said, now is it? (You could have just said, "Oops, I was wrong.")baloo.the.dog wrote:the only time they come to the roost is in illegal shooting hoursFletchette wrote:Only if you're shooting outside of legal shooting hours, which is usually 1/2 before sunrise until sunset. While many duck hunters consider roost shooting to be "bad form" or unsporting, I'm not aware of it be explicitly illegal anywhere in the U.S.baloo.the.dog wrote:roost hunting (that's your magic word you were looking for) is illegal here in the states
Also it's not true that birds ONLY come to the roosting areas after dark, and always leave before legal shooting hours ( 1/2 hour before sunrise).
Depending on the weather, some birds may stay on the roost after sunrise. Other flocks will often return to the roosting areas in late morning or early afternoon for a while. They may not be "roosting", but they are there. Sometimes just resting after feeding all morning, other times they returned to the perceived "safety" of the roost because they were shot off the feeding grounds or sloughs.
Also, don't assume that waterfowl behave the same everywhere. Whether you are hunting migrating birds or wintering birds makes a big difference.
There is a large roosting area about 5 miles from my house, actually a flooded quarry, that has thousands of birds on it every night. Although most of them leave at or around dawn to feed in the fields, I can drive past it almost any time of the day and there will be at least some birds still there. Sometimes only a few dozen, other times hundreds. The farmer that owns it doesn't let anyone hunt it, because he doesn't want the roost to be "busted".
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I wasn't assuming all waterfowl behave(different location/behavior=different laws) the same that's why in my first reply I said "here in the states" which I meant Louisiana and MississippiFletchette wrote:Well, that's not what you said, now is it? (You could have just said, "Oops, I was wrong.")baloo.the.dog wrote:the only time they come to the roost is in illegal shooting hoursFletchette wrote: Only if you're shooting outside of legal shooting hours, which is usually 1/2 before sunrise until sunset. While many duck hunters consider roost shooting to be "bad form" or unsporting, I'm not aware of it be explicitly illegal anywhere in the U.S.
Also it's not true that birds ONLY come to the roosting areas after dark, and always leave before legal shooting hours ( 1/2 hour before sunrise).
Depending on the weather, some birds may stay on the roost after sunrise. Other flocks will often return to the roosting areas in late morning or early afternoon for a while. They may not be "roosting", but they are there. Sometimes just resting after feeding all morning, other times they returned to the perceived "safety" of the roost because they were shot off the feeding grounds or sloughs.
Also, don't assume that waterfowl behave the same everywhere. Whether you are hunting migrating birds or wintering birds makes a big difference.
There is a large roosting area about 5 miles from my house, actually a flooded quarry, that has thousands of birds on it every night. Although most of them leave at or around dawn to feed in the fields, I can drive past it almost any time of the day and there will be at least some birds still there. Sometimes only a few dozen, other times hundreds. The farmer that owns it doesn't let anyone hunt it, because he doesn't want the roost to be "busted".
and I was also specifying about afternoon hunts because here they come in at more like 5 minutes til sunset, but I understand what you meant
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