A few years ago, a neighbor of a friend's RSA farm invited the members of the RSA to come over to his pond to "take a shot". On the Eastern Shore of Maryland, "take a shot" means to bring a punt gun and kill some ducks. Hundreds of ducks from the RSA (regulated shooting area) had taken up residence on the neighbor's pond after having problems with the quality of water on the RSA ponds. My eight gauges were all 100 miles away, at home, but we showed up with what we had, no punt guns unfortunately. We did the best we could by surrounding the pond and having a good supply of ammunition. I would have paid a big buck for a punt gun that day.
Wait a minute there. I thought shooting at migratory birds with anything bigger than 10 gauge was illegal. Whatever one may think of the law, if indeed that is the law, it must be respected. Well at least laws aimed at conservation of.
