[dirtboy]

As much as I enjoy seeing these libtard nitwit's drone getting shot down, I also really can't condone the activity in question. I once lived on the other side of a small valley from a canned pheasant hunt facility. It was not hunting, it was not sporting. These were not fit wild animals. Pheasants with limited flying ability would be placed in the field, clients would come in with dogs, the pheasants would slowly flush straight up in the air - a can't miss situation and utterly no challenge to skill. The pigeons in question are also captive birds with limited flying ability.

I am all in favor of hunting and hunting rights. Hunters play a vital role in wildlife management and funding of habitat. But this is something else entirely.

[Andrei Bulba]

Unfortunately you don’t know what you are talking about. Most pheasants hunted in the “wild” are stocked by fish & wildlife agencies. Just like stocking bass or trout in a fishing lake. There are very few wild pheasants and many thousands are released in wildlife management areas each year.

Next, the dogs you talk about as if they were German Shepherd guard dogs unleashed on a chained up bird, are highly skilled and specialized bird dogs such as Brittany Spaniels which detect birds HIDING in brush and come to point so the hunters can flush the birds and take their shots.

Many many of the birds get away, it takes hours for the dogs to locate the pheasants, or chukars, quail (which are like little jet planes), etc.

As for shooting “low flying” birds, you can’t because you need enough elevation so you don’t risk shooting the hunting dog. I’ve gone out in a farm field stocked with 20 quail, and they flew so low and fast that even with a hunting dog and two hunters, I believe one was taken.

It’s a great sport, just watching the dog work the field is beautiful, and hunting on private land is much safer than shooting on public land.