Dove Hunts

[Micah]

hmmm....never seen a muddy road stop a federal warden from gettin' where he wants to go. Might better be on the lookout, 'cause there's a few in the area that you hunt. At least 4 NWR's within 30 minutes if I'm not mistaken, and I hear that Pilgreen is coming out of retirement.

Good luck to you.

[B.LONG]

I got caught in that area by mr. united states wildlife management officer. They don't think ignorance of game laws is any excuse in federal court. There probably aren't but 4 or 5 officers that scan this sight for bragging hunters to harass anyway. You should watch what you post.

[Greenhead22]

The Feds don't come around any cuz of some high "political" pull in my area that I hunt. I haven't double tipped enough to hurt anything. I double tipped one time that I know of last year because my duck hunting guests decided to go on a wild "goose" chase, which pissed me off, and I wanted to piss them off, and so I did. I've had one duck over the limit twice since I started duck hunting seven years ago, I screwed up and knew I was in the wrong. I don't see it the same way if I get a limit in both the morning and evening, I guess I was taught to misuse the possession limit, just like a lot of other people. The way is has been told to me, the limit is 15 daily, but you cannot have over 30 in your possession that day. I've gone by that "wrong" info since I was told that long ago. Now looking back in the old days when you older guys were coming up and killing 50 ducks/day. Plus the majority of the ducks killed back then were in February.
What was your reasoning behind doing that? How many people can honestly say that they have not killed over the limit on ducks or doves before???

[RN989]

I can honestly say that I have never killed over the limit doves or ducks...I grew up hunting with people who had a profound respect for the game we hunted and the laws that govern them...It's wrong it's illegal any way you cut it...
Like I said in my ealier post just because others do it doesn't give you a right or an excuse to do it once, twice, or everyday it doesn't matter
Grow up Boy.....

[Po Monkey Lounger]

Must be in the "Interdiscipinary Studies" program at MSU, learnin that MSU fuzzy math with Jerkie and the other clowns on campus.

[dos gris]

GH22:

I know your probably a good guy but from what you are saying here you have been OUTLAWING and even worst you are trying to condone it. Its always disturbing to me to here talk like this, it gives a bad name to hunters, to Mississippi, and to this site. Even worse you try to pull game wardens into your game outlawing activities. Now, I don't know whether thats true about the GW doing the same and I really don't want to know but it shouldn't ratioanlize the matter for you. I know you are a young hunter, and your lack of wisdom in this sport shows, but you are soon to be a college graduate...you should know better. You are doing harm to the ducks and doves, yourself, and the sport.

[ September 06, 2001: Message edited by: dos gris ]

[BirdDawgHunter]

Sorry GH22, but no amount of rationalization is going to make you right or legal on this issue. It is cut and dry that a daily limit is a daily limit only. The only reason the possession limit is not in affect on opening day is because there is no legal way to get to possession limit in one day with a single daily limit.

I'll try another example. When pheasant hunting in Iowa the daily limit is 3, but the possession limit is 12. Do you think that you can kill 9 on the second day or 6 on the third? Not no, but hell no. Part of the reason for the higher possession limit is to allow you to come to Iowa for a four-day trip and limit out all four days. But, you better be damn sure you only kill 3 a day.

It's always hard to think you've been doing something right, and find out you've been illegal, but now you know.

[ September 06, 2001: Message edited by: BirdDawgHunter ]

[SkippyJ]

Did you guys know that a Game Warden is the only law enforcement officer in the state that DOES NOT have to have a search warrent to come in and search your house?? GH22 better listen to these guys!

[Greenhead22]

I do not set out my game plan everyday to kill 30 doves, 12 ducks, or 16 squirrels or rabbits a day, I'm not an outlaw by no means. I just have been looking at the possession limit a lot differently than the rest of you, but in the wrong. Since the possession limit is twice the daily bag limit, I was under the impression that you could possibly harvest the possession limit anyday I hunted, for which I apologize. I killed 12 ducks one day last year just to piss my guests off cuz they decided to go goose hunting with someone else instead of duck hunting with me. I fought hard to get them down to hunt, since I am pretty much the only duck hunter in the club and everyone else is deer hunters and totally against bringing in outsiders to duck hunt, which I can understand since these big shots are buying up all the land these days. When I got up that morning and they were gone, I was pissed, went and killed a limit of ducks. I came back to the camp and one of the members(duck hunter long time ago) said that he was cooking duck dressing that night, and he couldn't use the mallards, so he told me to go back and get 4 teal/2 woodies or 6 teal since my guests decided to stab me in the back. So I did and we ate dressing that night only, since all the other ducks I was getting were mallards and gadwalls. During that twenty day stretch that was the only day that I killed over the daily limit. I do not deliberately set out to outlaw anytime I hunt, that's not my intentions. I asked a game warden one day about the possession limit, he said if I checked you anytime you better not have over the possession limit, so I took that for granted and put more into it than what it is. And since his son is the biggest outlaw in the county, we may see him one time during the season. An outlaw is one who knows he is killing over the limit, way over the possession limit, shooting lead, trespassing on others, baiting ducks, shooting ducks going to roost, etc. As for doves I have killed over the daily limit in a day, at the most 20, but only to feed the guests on the opening weekend cookout. We may have over 15 people to eat that night, and doves are on the menu. There are only 3 people in the club that can hit doves, myself, my dad, and my brother, the rest of them may kill 2-3 doves apiece. This is also the only time I kill over the daily limit on doves because someone has to kill enough for everyone to eat, which is a worthless excuse and I apologize for doing so. This year we had to go buy chicken and pork on opening weekend cuz of the rain, the 3 of us totalled 40 doves in 2 days, most I got was 13 sunday, and they are in my dad's freezer. So I now realize that I cannot kill over the daily limit on any given day, and have no more than the possession limit while traveling home. I can't afford steel shot to outlaw everyday I hunt. I shot a case of shells(250 rounds) and totaled around 120 ducks for the season.

[Bobby Williams]

Well I have got to say something. Back in the 60s I did a whole lot of quail hunting. One day I did kill one bird over the limit and although I was by myself I was scared to death the Game Warden was going to catch me before I got back to my car. After that I ask a Game Warden this question. The limit on quail was 8 a day I can't remember the possission law but my question was if I go quail hunting today and only kill 4 birds then by law tomorrow I should be able to kill 12. That would add to 8 a day. Well he said in no uncertain terms DON'T TRY IT AND GET CAUGHT. If the limit says 8 a day I don't for the life of me see what the argument is . It means 8 not 9 or 10. [img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img]

[kkey]

I wouldn't try that with a federal game warden.

[gwall]

hey GH22 why don't u write a book and tell us your life story and uh 250 shells and 120 ducks- yea i believe that, how many of em did you dust off the water? Man give us a break!!!!! aren't you the same guy that was complaining that ole miss doctors and lawyers were buyin up ALL the good duck land in the delta. [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]

[Greenhead22]

gwall, if you learn how to blow a duck call you might have the same results as I did last year getting ducks within 25 yds. I had always complained about steel shot til last year, when I learned how to shoot the crap. I knew when you pick my shots and limitations on distance. Some days when I hunted by myself I went 6 ducks/6 shells or other days when I was in a group and it took a box to get my limit. And yes these doctors, big shot companies, and lawyers--sorry GC, are buying up all the land or raising the leases so high that the middle class hunter can't even compete. Just like one guy on the site awhile back told about taking the Mossy Oak crew to his duck club for a weekend hunt, and the next thing he knew they had offered over 5 times for the land what he was paying. What kind of crap is that???