Steve Smith
Moderator Emeritus
Ok, I was just watching a hunting show and you know the typical duck blind scene that they show. In once episode, the hunters were showing off two ducks after the dog had retrieved them. One of the feet on one duck was moving around so the duck was obviously alive still.
Now here's my question. I was always taught to make sure my "kills" were always kills as fast as possible to reduce cruelty and pain on the animal and I have always tried to adhere to that. Is this practice not common with duck hunting (I have never hunted waterfowl)? Even when dove hunting I have always (after my first lesson when I was a child) made sure the bird was dead if it didn't die after being shot.
TIA
Now here's my question. I was always taught to make sure my "kills" were always kills as fast as possible to reduce cruelty and pain on the animal and I have always tried to adhere to that. Is this practice not common with duck hunting (I have never hunted waterfowl)? Even when dove hunting I have always (after my first lesson when I was a child) made sure the bird was dead if it didn't die after being shot.
TIA