HUNTERS WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS??

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3CATSAILOR

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Right at daybreak on a Saturday, my only day to sleep in, I heard rapid fire which sounds just like an AR 15. And yes, I have shot an AR 15. One shot did sound like it ricocheted off the house. Or, maybe I was being shot at and the rest of the shots missed. Talking about rolling out of bed. I did. - on to the floor. Once I woke up enough I realized it was some good ole Country boys simple trying to shoot themselves a duck or two on a nearby Creek. I quickly got dressed since I couldn't sleep any more and went down to the Creek. Their boat looked like a floating rock with camouflage on it. Every now and then someone pops out and goes back in the rock. A large decoy ducks are about 20 feet from the boat.

I was finally able to see one of the ducks the seasoned and professional hunters are shooting at. A duck that might be four inches long at best. No wonder why they need what sounded like an AR weapon. Something so small would probably be hard to hit with only a few shots. Perhaps one day the good folks from the DNR police will check them out to make sure they are within what they should be doing. The last time the DNR police checked them out, they disappeared beforehand. They couldn't have police scanners could they? Nah.
 
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3CATSAILOR

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3CATSAILOR said:
Right at daybreak on a Saturday, my only day to sleep in, I heard rapid fire which sounds just like an AR 15. And yes, I have shot an AR 15. One shot did sound like it ricocheted off the house. Or, maybe I was being shot at and the rest of the shots missed. Talking about rolling out of bed. I did. - on to the floor. Once I woke up enough I realized it was some good ole Country boys simple trying to shoot themselves a duck or two on a nearby Creek. I quickly got dressed since I couldn't sleep any more and went down to the Creek. Their boat looked like a floating rock with camouflage on it. Every now and then someone pops out and goes back in the rock. Large decoy ducks are about 20 feet from the boat.

I was finally able to see one of the ducks the seasoned and professional hunters are shooting at. A duck that might be four inches long at best. No wonder why they need what sounded like an AR weapon. Something so small would probably be hard to hit with only a few shots. Perhaps one day the good folks from the DNR police will check them out to make sure they are within what they should be doing. The last time the DNR police checked them out, they disappeared beforehand. They couldn't have police scanners could they? Nah.
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3CATSAILOR said:
Right at daybreak on a Saturday, my only day to sleep in, I heard rapid fire which sounds just like an AR 15. And yes, I have shot an AR 15. One shot did sound like it ricocheted off the house. Or, maybe I was being shot at and the rest of the shots missed. Talking about rolling out of bed. I did. - on to the floor. Once I woke up enough I realized it was some good ole Country boys simple trying to shoot themselves a duck or two on a nearby Creek. I quickly got dressed since I couldn't sleep any more and went down to the Creek. Their boat looked like a floating rock with camouflage on it. Every now and then someone pops out and goes back in the rock. A large decoy ducks are about 20 feet from the boat.

I was finally able to see one of the ducks the seasoned and professional hunters are shooting at. A duck that might be four inches long at best. No wonder why they need what sounded like an AR weapon. Something so small would probably be hard to hit with only a few shots. Perhaps one day the good folks from the DNR police will check them out to make sure they are within what they should be doing. The last time the DNR police checked them out, they disappeared beforehand. They couldn't have police scanners could they? Nah.
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I would have dimed them out right quick in your shoes. Rifles, and pistols, are illegal to use for hunting waterfowl or other game birds.
Lead shot has been illegal, too, for waterfowl hunting for close to a 1/4 century.

I hate slobs who call themselves hunters.
 
Gilligan

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Speaking of hunting with an AR-15....it became legal for me to hunt deer in southern MD with the one of mine that is chambered in .50 Beowulf.

Haven't had time to hunt this year though.
 
Bare-ya-cuda

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Gilligan said:
As noted, rifles are totally illegal for waterfowl hunting. In addition, a semi-auto shotgun, which many waterfowl hunters use/prefer, fires as rapidly as an AR...or any other semi-auto firearm. AR 15s and clones are not automatic firing rifles.
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And there was more than likely multiple dudes blasting away at ducks with their shotguns at the same time which may have given the OP seem like it was rapid fire.
 
Gilligan

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Bare-ya-cuda said:
And there was more than likely multiple dudes blasting away at ducks with their shotguns at the same time which may have given the OP seem like it was rapid fire.
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Of course. I have two onshore and one offshore blind on my own property and there are also plenty of guys out there hunting from boats. When a group of them all go off with their semi-auto shotguns, its sounds like all hell has broken loose...LOL. That's particularly common when the clock rings the official daily start time to hunt and all the ducks or geese that have been draw in around the decoys get it all at once.

I hunt with a guy who favors a 10 ga..and is big enough to use it handily. My son started out with a youth 20-ga pump. The other two of us use 12s. (Blind holds 4). so a flock comes in, it sounds like this" Bam!..bam!..Bam!...BOOM!
 
LightRoasted

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If I may ...
For your consideration ...

3CATSAILOR said:
Right at daybreak on a Saturday, my only day to sleep in, I heard rapid fire which sounds just like an AR 15. And yes, I have shot an AR 15. One shot did sound like it ricocheted off the house. Or, maybe I was being shot at and the rest of the shots missed. Talking about rolling out of bed. I did. - on to the floor. Once I woke up enough I realized it was some good ole Country boys simple trying to shoot themselves a duck or two on a nearby Creek. I quickly got dressed since I couldn't sleep any more and went down to the Creek. Their boat looked like a floating rock with camouflage on it. Every now and then someone pops out and goes back in the rock. A large decoy ducks are about 20 feet from the boat.

I was finally able to see one of the ducks the seasoned and professional hunters are shooting at. A duck that might be four inches long at best. No wonder why they need what sounded like an AR weapon. Something so small would probably be hard to hit with only a few shots. Perhaps one day the good folks from the DNR police will check them out to make sure they are within what they should be doing. The last time the DNR police checked them out, they disappeared beforehand. They couldn't have police scanners could they? Nah.
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This little guy is about 4". Is this the duck you seen?

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BTW. Shot sound taken near water tends to travel further and sounds much louder since the sound travels without hindrance with the added echo effect. And it can almost sound like a real combat firefight at times when a group of guys get together shooting a flock of geese/ducks. And hunting dear during crossbow season when goose season comes in can be a real distraction if hunting a farm near a large body of water. For about an hour early morning or so there is a constant barrage of booms from those shotguns. And the 10 gauge really stands out with its report with its own special BOOM.

By the way. I believe all duck/goose blinds must be licensed as stationary blind or blind site, and the site marked with a stake the the licence holder's name and licence number must be attached. So go back and see if there is a stick/marker sticking out of the water where the boat was. Because each waterfowl hunting site, whether stationary or use with a boat, must be licensed. As the regs say ... "Offshore blind sites must be marked by a stake or buoy showing the licensee's name and license number."

OffshoreHuntingGuide

An official website of the State of Maryland.
dnr.maryland.gov dnr.maryland.gov
 
Gilligan

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LightRoasted said:
By the way. I believe all duck/goose blinds must be licensed as stationary blind or blind site, and the site marked with a stake the the licence holder's name and licence number must be attached. So go back and see if there is a stick/marker sticking out of the water where the boat was. Because each waterfowl hunting site, whether stationary or use with a boat, must be licensed. As the regs say ... "Offshore blind sites must be marked by a stake or buoy showing the licensee's name and license number."
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That ^. I have to provide anyone who is hunting from my blinds with a xerox copy of my license and a signed note on it saying they have permission to hunt there.
 
Gilligan

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stgislander said:
The only ducks I've seen are the island the past few years are the little dipper ducks.
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The other day..Tuesday morning maybe..there were some "bigger" ducks in the cove, hanging out with the geese. They left before I could make an ID..they definitely were not mallards though.
 
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