I like your ethics, Lee- I've been hunting ducks and geese since age 10- my first shotgun, a 20 bore Stevens single shot, hammerless and 28" mod. choke- then at 14 with Dad's M12 20 ga,again, 28" mod.choke. Learned this dispatch technique from a guide in Canada, assuming you have a crippled bird, even a goose, on dry land that you want to finish off- put the dying creature chest down on the ground, and place one knee right on its back, and your weight will allow the bird to suffocate and die without any trauma-- RWTF

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..