I shot a hen!

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QuailBob said:
Seems a broken system when the honest individual is scared of the outcome of a simple mistake. And shooting a hen for a hunter can and will continue to happen! If we didn't get excited to see the explosion of birds out of a cattail patch we wouldn't be out there hunting! In the excitement accidents happen, whether it's two birds with one shot or a misinterpretation due to light or whatever? Don't disregard what is mortally correct in fear of a ticket. Don't throw it in a ditch and say it's in the name of the law, respect the animal we Hold so great and show it the respect of using its life that it gave for something greater than the ditch and take it to the dinner table! That's just how I feel!!
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I would only hope all that the over excitement you experience that would excuse your shooting a hen--not over lape to --not knowing your back round --location of hunting partners and the dogs as well--
 
pheasanthunt said:
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I have seen two hens hit telephone wires, and drop dead, I thought it was a once in a lifetime thing. I guess it happens more than a guy thinks.
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Yep. I've seen it three times. Once long ago in Kansas and twice in the last decade in SD. Always hens too.

Uncommon I guess but it does happen.
 
If you find yourself in a hurry to get to your hunting spot, and look down and see your going 70 mph. Do you pull over, and call the state patrol? :eek:
 
ranchodeluxe said:
That would be considered predation, no CO I know of would write it. Kind of far-fetched anyway as wild pheasants don't tend to sit still for a dog to grab, possible, but unlikely. I suppose if you want to get into what-ifs, how about you are driving down the gravel and a hen flies in your window and dies?
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More than unlikely. My last two Labs are from the same line. Both have incredible drives and really just want to kill pheasants. They are ok with me doing it but will do it themselves if they are given the chance. I remember the first wild rooster they caught, I assumed it was injured until it happened again the next day. In the winter if the bird is not flushing I will call him off and go in to get it up assuming it is a hen. More than once I have had a rooster bust in my face and scare the shart out of me. He doesn't seem to mind, and although I was worried it would confuse him, he really hasn't changed much. That said if he catches a bird I would let him turn himself in, but he hasn't learned how to dial the phone yet and only drives when I am too tired.
 
So your dogs will kill a wounded bird, they won't retrieve it to hand to be humanely dispatched? Those kind of dogs are best left on the couch. All three of my birds yesterday died by my hand, and are in fine shape for human consumption.
 
Rancho, so your saying my dog that has hunted for the last 7 years and has made numerous trips to south Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa and made probably 1000 retrieves should stay on the couch because she has a hard mouth? Has your dog ever been spurred by a rooster and came back bloody with a large cut on her face? My dog had a soft mouth like that and would deliver a bird back to me alive, but she got spurred and has since gotten a hard mouth where 9 times out of 10 she will kill the bird before it gets back to me. I see no issue with this and I'm sure many others will say the same. Is it what I desire? No, but you can't fault a dog for doing that after they have been spurred. My couch potato is looking forward to Iowa this wknd after just getting back from SD and making a lot of beautiful retrieves! Good luck to you this season
 
Nope, if mangled birds works for you, knock yourself out. I would just ask that he stay away from my birds and let my dogs retrieve. If the dog cannot be controlled to that extent, I would invite you to kennel your dog and hunt over mine. Were that not acceptable, I would bid you good day.

Let me guess, Lab, right?
 
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Jakeismydog2 said:
I was discussing this thread with a friend yesterday, neither of us had a clue what the fine would be for shooting a hen. It took a bit but I found the answer for Kansas.

http://www.kscourts.org/dstcts/6fshgamesched.pdf

That would be a minimum of $100 max of $196.

Make sure you don't shoot any Crows out of season! $500-$596! I don't know if that is per crow or not.
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I don't know much about Crow biology, but the season SHOULD start as soon as baby crows fledge, and it should run until crows are sitting on eggs again the next Spring. Way too many crows squawking in my front yard while I wait for crow season to start. The population could use a little thinning. :cheers:
 
Yes Rancho SHE is a lab and I have no problem controlling her in the field and keeping her off other dogs retrieves when I can see that another dog is already in the area or already has the bird.
 
david0311 said:
I would only hope all that the over excitement you experience that would excuse your shooting a hen--not over lape to --not knowing your back round --location of hunting partners and the dogs as well--
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I have never shot anyone I hunt with, nor have I ever shot my dog while pheasant hunting? So I suppose I am not as careless or stupid as you are trying to make me sound? Now my main concern with this reply is the use of the word "Lape" in any reply to pheasant hunting?

-Urban Dictionary: lape



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To lape someone is the act by which one ejaculates seminal fluids on another's body.

-So my answer is, No my excitement didn't ever lead to that??

Just for the record I don't shoot hens can't remember if I ever even have accidently shot one. I have however seen people accidently shoot a hen.

-"Back Round"??? What is a "Back Round"
 
Waterdog09 - You are not alone. I too have a dog that will at times kill a bird before she brings it back. Some of my birds might not look perfect when I clean them, but still taste good in the Pheasant chili. She was with me in North Dakota last week and I am going to bring her along to South Dakota next week. By the way, she is not a Lab, but a GSP.

Happy and Safe hunting to all. I try not to criticize another Mans bird dog. I have seen all of my dogs do things I wish they hadn't at one time or another.

turkhntr16
 
Toad said:
I don't know much about Crow biology, but the season SHOULD start as soon as baby crows fledge, and it should run until crows are sitting on eggs again the next Spring. Way too many crows squawking in my front yard while I wait for crow season to start. The population could use a little thinning. :cheers:
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A lot of crows is a good thing right? I've asked a few conservation guys out in Kansas about bird numbers through the years. A lot of em say, "well the crow numbers are up." I used to think they were messing with me, but in years where the crow numbers were crazy, so were the other bird numbers.
 
ranchodeluxe said:
In the eyes of the law, (we still have some respect for it here in SD), there is no difference. If I am mistaken, please provide me with the paragraph from the SD 2016 Hunting Guide, or any other States book. If you throw that bird away and I see it, you will not only pay for the illegal kill, but I will tell the CO that I will testify against you for the wanton waste of game citation he is going to write you. The opinion of the "group" don't mean sheit.
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Tell that to FBI director Comey. :eek:
 
QuailBob said:
Urban Dictionary




To lape someone is the act by which one ejaculates seminal fluids on another's body.

-So my answer is, No my excitement didn't ever lead to that??

Just for the record I don't shoot hens can't remember if I ever even have accidently shot one. I have however seen people accidently shoot a hen.

Ok, now my "creamed corn" comment seems tame.
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This thread is a reminder of why I generally hunt alone these days. And why I don't watch cable news anymore. Off to the Kansas forum :D
 
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Jakeismydog 2 Thanks for the information dig, most of use had no idea, as to what the fines were unless you or your buddy was nabbed.
 
ranchodeluxe said:
So your dogs will kill a wounded bird, they won't retrieve it to hand to be humanely dispatched? Those kind of dogs are best left on the couch. All three of my birds yesterday died by my hand, and are in fine shape for human consumption.
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Heard a great rule of thumb one time..."Be careful what you say about a man's wife and kids, be extra careful what you say about a man's bird dog"
 
I would let it lay. To say it is going to waste would be wrong, some critter is going to eat it instead of something else that night.

I have shot one, it was about 30 yards farther out and some distance behind a rooster I shot. I never saw her until she dropped.
 
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