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First layout hunt.... sort of. Hunted out of a sled a new friend donated to me..... holy crap, is that ever the way to go. Talk about birds ten feet from your face... with no idea you are even there. :lol: What a blast!!! Todd, thank you so much for that generosity. Bummer about the area though and what I found....
I did get some good pictures of the area with all the dead birds and that **** plane came back by as I was picking up and I got some good pictures of it.... as well as a side view with the tail # if the DWR can sharpen up the image a little. Bastards..... seeing all those ducks and gulls left laying dead was just disgraceful..... for those of you with no clue what I'm talking about, but remember the prior post about dead birds in coffin holes, etc. There was more of that... on a much larger scale this time. Try 50 or so ducks and seagulls left laying on a mudflat and sandbars, all shot to hell, with three brands and two gauges of shells laying everywhere, empty shell boxes, and carnage all up and down the beach. Some of the birds looked like they'd been shot with a rifle or something... one little hole with a chunk missing out of the chest. Absolutely disgusting... thankfully, there are now two DWR guys in touch with me and whoever did this... you will be caught, even if I have to take days off to go out there and scope out that spot to catch you. There are other guys who I've talked to about this that feel the same way. Go take your trash and your wannabe hunting style somewhere else, because the folks that give a **** won't put up with it. :evil:
The airplane I was talking about came buzzing over the lake swooping low over flocks of birds, flushing them up and out over the lake.... he was only maybe 20-30 feet off the deck and was clearly just out chasing birds off the water.... I got a good picture of his aircraft that will be going to the DWR since they were extremely interested in what he was up to. :twisted:
Here are some pictures of the hunt, and the carnage.
Guys... this stuff has to be stopped.... I'm not sure what kind of penalty shooting a seagull brings... but there were at least four that I counted, possibly more that had already been eaten by foxes or whatever. The trash, leaving ducks (even the supposedly "better" Green Wing teals)... all that crap is stuff that we need to weed out on our own. God help us all if some anti whoever goes out and sees this situation left laying around. If you know anyone that has been a part of this or hear guys bragging about this kind of stuff, get in touch with Sergeant Tony Wood of the DWR. He and another officer (whose name I can't recall right off hand) are on this and promised to work the area as much as possible to catch these lowlife scum who try to hide among the ranks of hunters. I seriously hope they can touch up the airplane photos as well to get the tail number and bust that idiot as well.
I did get some good pictures of the area with all the dead birds and that **** plane came back by as I was picking up and I got some good pictures of it.... as well as a side view with the tail # if the DWR can sharpen up the image a little. Bastards..... seeing all those ducks and gulls left laying dead was just disgraceful..... for those of you with no clue what I'm talking about, but remember the prior post about dead birds in coffin holes, etc. There was more of that... on a much larger scale this time. Try 50 or so ducks and seagulls left laying on a mudflat and sandbars, all shot to hell, with three brands and two gauges of shells laying everywhere, empty shell boxes, and carnage all up and down the beach. Some of the birds looked like they'd been shot with a rifle or something... one little hole with a chunk missing out of the chest. Absolutely disgusting... thankfully, there are now two DWR guys in touch with me and whoever did this... you will be caught, even if I have to take days off to go out there and scope out that spot to catch you. There are other guys who I've talked to about this that feel the same way. Go take your trash and your wannabe hunting style somewhere else, because the folks that give a **** won't put up with it. :evil:
The airplane I was talking about came buzzing over the lake swooping low over flocks of birds, flushing them up and out over the lake.... he was only maybe 20-30 feet off the deck and was clearly just out chasing birds off the water.... I got a good picture of his aircraft that will be going to the DWR since they were extremely interested in what he was up to. :twisted:
Here are some pictures of the hunt, and the carnage.


















Guys... this stuff has to be stopped.... I'm not sure what kind of penalty shooting a seagull brings... but there were at least four that I counted, possibly more that had already been eaten by foxes or whatever. The trash, leaving ducks (even the supposedly "better" Green Wing teals)... all that crap is stuff that we need to weed out on our own. God help us all if some anti whoever goes out and sees this situation left laying around. If you know anyone that has been a part of this or hear guys bragging about this kind of stuff, get in touch with Sergeant Tony Wood of the DWR. He and another officer (whose name I can't recall right off hand) are on this and promised to work the area as much as possible to catch these lowlife scum who try to hide among the ranks of hunters. I seriously hope they can touch up the airplane photos as well to get the tail number and bust that idiot as well.