For me, “hunting” is about the journey and not the destination. As such, I am more about the “hunt” than the kill. I have never, and never will, ground sluice a bird with a shotgun. Of course I eat anything g I kill, however, “food” is NOT the driving force behind my going hunting. Some of my best and most memorable hunts did not end in filling a tag and some of the worst hunts I have been on I DID fill a tag. To each his own, there is no right or wrong answer, just different goals. I DID allow my son to shoot his first grouse out of a tree with a .410 when he was about 11 but the following year, I made him follow a “runner” for probably 70 or 80 yards because it wouldn’t take flight and I wouldn’t let him shoot it on the ground (he was packing a vintage 12ga sxs with black powder shells. That grouse DID finally take flight and Billy swatted that thing out if the sky like a pro. Shot plenty of grouse out of trees with a rifle though, often a .45 flintlock but sometimes a .22.
Last edited by Licensed to kill; 10/26/24 08:44 PM.
