BirdNut
Senior Member
I got to thinking about shooting etiquette. I used to do the majority of my hunting alone, or on preserves with some work friends. With them, we always observed the rules of shooting etiquette, and often would only have 2 at the time walk in on a point, both men observing their shooting lanes etc. and never crossing into the other man's territory.
Then I started doing a good bit of hunting in Mexico and Texas with some Texans who in every other respect were gentlemen, but they don't seem to care about shooting etiquette. On the first day hunting with them down in Mexico, I refrained from quite a few shots since I thought they were the other fellow's shot. About mid day they commented on this, and how odd it was for me not to shoot at times. We had a discussion about shooting etiquette and they basically said they don't observe it, except obviously on unsafe shots, or low birds.
I am curious what the other folks on the board do most of the time. I also wondered if it was just these Texans (3 of them are related to one another and one is a life-long friend of the family), or if everyone out there hunts like that.
Then I started doing a good bit of hunting in Mexico and Texas with some Texans who in every other respect were gentlemen, but they don't seem to care about shooting etiquette. On the first day hunting with them down in Mexico, I refrained from quite a few shots since I thought they were the other fellow's shot. About mid day they commented on this, and how odd it was for me not to shoot at times. We had a discussion about shooting etiquette and they basically said they don't observe it, except obviously on unsafe shots, or low birds.
I am curious what the other folks on the board do most of the time. I also wondered if it was just these Texans (3 of them are related to one another and one is a life-long friend of the family), or if everyone out there hunts like that.