Me and 3 other guys planned to hunt a 25 yard wide and 200 yard long pothole in the marsh next to the Creek this morning
I figured the decoys in the pothole would get the Mallards , Black Ducks and Pintails ducks to decoy and we could pass shoot the wood ducks as they flew past
It was opening day of Big duck and Goose season
2 of us told the other 2 and the 3 guy agreed that there were NO White Geese in Ohio , the HUGE White birds were Trumpeter swans
I was trying out some cast Bismuth / tin shot that I had made
Well about 8:30 a flock of Swans came up the creek
3 of us were watching them
Guy #4 ignored what we had told him and shot one
One of the hunters on the other side of the creek called the police and we called the Game Warden
As we had told him to not shoot the White Birds and we new the guys on the other side were calling the police , so we felt it right to call ourselves
The police got there first , then the Ohio Game Warden and finally a Federal Game Warden
That mess up ended our hunt , as it took almost a hour to get the Police and Wardens to leave
We were told that will be a trip to the Federal Courthouse in Toledo , $2500 fine , Lawyer fees , Court cost ....AND 3 years loss of his hunting license
And I am sure the hunt club will kick him out ( I will ask for it myself )
Oh BTW the cast Bismuth shot worked great
Any miss was MY Fault , not the guns or the shot LOL
John