gettinng a downed bird
 

WOULD YOU GO INTO SOMEONES PROPERTY TO GET A DOWNED BIRD THAT IS STONE DEAD?(ONLY LIKE 10 YARDS)

RE: gettinng a downed bird
 

Molly,,, FETCH!

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MY DOG DIDN'T GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CANAL SO I SPIRTED TO THE BRIGDE WENT ACROSS AND GOT A SPRINTED BACK TO THE PARKING LOT WHERE I SHOT IT AT

RE: gettinng a downed bird
 

I have had this problem before. My solution, hunt somewhere else so that you won't have the delimma of trespassing vs wanton waste.

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it was convienyent that the geese flew over the parking lot at thr right time

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leave you gun at the fence and go get it, unless it is a refuge. land ownerwould be hard pressed to get you charge. I hunt private land righ next to a state section. once in a while some one wounds one and it comes over on our side, if it doesn't come in to our decoys I'll tell them to come get it and most times if we finish it off I'll run it over to them. beside it give the dog another chance for a retreive.

RE: gettinng a downed bird
 

Ask your game warden I believe you have the right to as long as you leave your gun behind.

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i had my gun completely unloaded with the action open and the shells were in my pocket.

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You have to leave your gun behind. What do you need it for if the bird is stone dead?

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Another good reason to have a well train dog, even if the dog didn't see the fall you could handle it to the bird.

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thats another thing my dog doesn't know the hand signals for back, right or left. any good books out there that won't cost to much to teach me how t teach the dog?

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if someone won't let you get a downned duck, that is rediculous. go get it. as long as you are not hurting anything, or messing someone else up, you should be allowed to retrieve your game. especially at 10 yards, now if it was a deer that was 200 yards onto an adjoining property, i would think a phone call to the owner would do the trick.

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Mike Lardy's Vol I is a good one or 10 Minute Retriever.

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Over here the advice is fetch the bird but leave the gun behind. Few people will have a problem with you retrieving shot game from their property.

Those that would have a problem cant do much about it as trespass is not something you can be prosecuted for over here.

Armed trespass on the other hand is a serious offence and could involve jail time and certainly the loss of your gun licesnse.