I will allso see if I get time to give it a try. 40 yards is a bit far for foofoos. I may try cutting the foofoo down alittle.Can you hide in a blind and get a closer shot on ducks and geese? [Sorry to be so dumb on water fail] I am 35 years old and have shoot only a few a real long time ago.It seemed real eazy then.

Me not knowing how hard ducks are to kill may make my trip a no win one. mmmmmmmm I think I have a plan. I will buy a few ducks and geese and see what the bird point dose to them :} I sure know that it breaks bones in phesants and grouse. I soot a lot of grouse each year with my bow.[ but they are on the ground] The 3in bird point is quite devistating.I allways get boken wings or necks.

I would let them land then spook them up and shoot just as they were off the water. I think this would make for more kills. As long as they are off the water it is legal right?

There isn't any law saying that you can't shoot them on the water. Its just not very sporting, but that is with shotgun, not a bow. In my eyes any waterfowl kill with a bow is sporting and fair!

I've checked the laws here in Illinois over and over and there is no requirment for either waterfowl or upland birds that they be in the air first before being shot. So I would venture to say, yes you can hit them when they are on the water or walking on land. I'd check with the laws of your state but here in Illinois you can do it.
As far as arrows go, I'm not going to try cedar. It's my understanding that water does bad things to the straitness of wooden arrows. Carbon arrows will most definetly float. I just tried it in my tub and the hollow tubes float pretty well as long as you use a very light broadhead. The lighter the better. Retrieving the arrows after a miss (or a pass through hit) is going to be tricky as my dog would probably make a chew toy out of any stick I put in the water. Not to mention you may hit a log or mud under the water and never find that arrow again.
My yet untried solution is to use a bowfishing rig with light deer hunting arrows. Let's face it, no bone on a bird is going to stop an arrow from doing a complete pass through. If you have a string tied to one end it's going to go right on through the bird and allow you to retrieve the bird and arrow togther. The string will probably mess with the light arrows flight a bit but not enough if you keep the range under 30 yards. Around here the suburban golf course geese won't move unless you kick them in the butt first and the Mallards aren't much better. Getting close is no problem.
I'm not too worried about the arrow not killing fast enough, it will take out a 20+ pound turkey pretty quick so a -10 pound duck or goose should be easy.
Al this is untried but I'm going to give it a try this fall and post how I do.

Sounds like fun, but I would probaly starve.

That sounds like a good idea Max Dog. You might try some light weight kevlar line. You get a pass thru and you might get to fly that sucker like a kite until it expiers!

Me too!

LOL!!!!!!

Like a kite.

I've never heard or even thought about bow hunting waterfowl. But I have heard and watched on TV some guys bow hunting for pheasants........wonder if anybody has ever tried tossing arrows at a quail!! LOL

Most of the birds we go after are on the ground, or water. Taking them out of the air is tough and I am stingy with my arrows. My friend shoots them out of the air though. He has more money to burn on arrows. I can't wait to give it another go this year.