Ticket of the year award

[The_Duckslayer]

My son and I went to Pelican lake on Friday to check it out. Had never been there before so we figured now that the opener is over and it is a weekday lets got check it out. It looks a lot like Swan lake only deeper and less weedy... but that is not the point of this story...

We were coming in and there was a man and woman loading a boat. He got the thing on WAY crooked so my son and I went over to help him lift it up and set it on straight. We did that and chatted for a bit and the guy seemed like a real nice fella. Then along comes Mr CO looking to check things out. Here is what he found with this guy...

1. His shotgun was uncased AND loaded in the boat

2. His shotgun had lead shot loaded in it and there was more in the boat.

3. One of the shells that was loaded in his shotgun was actually a SLUG!

4. His shotgun did not have a plug in it

5. He did not have a federal stamp

6. He did not have a state stamp.

I would consider that VERY dangerous! Especially if he were across the way from me and attempted to water swat a cripple with that slug! Hard to imagine! Take care and N Joy the Hunt././Jimbo

PS The CO wasted no paper on us!

[Quackaddict9]

lol, that is crazy and no common sense! Glad he didn't have to water swat a duck with that slug when you were across from him.

[no bait nate]

yikes, some folks i tell ya....

[Ufatz]

Something to keep in the back of your mind next time your out hunting or fishing-you don't KNOW who is just down the swamp from you.

[mudslinger]

Wow wow wow!!!! Same guy that wizzes slugs by your head when your driving deer im sure.

[Scott Stein]

people like this are the ones who make the rest of us look bad, at least the CO caught him and gave him the necessary tickets!

[paceman]

That is insane....Wow!!!!

[Neighbor_guy]

Just goes to show, some people just dump shells into a box or bag and load from there without checking what they grabed.

Yikes

We all keep a variety of shells. I am a firm beleaver in saving the box rather than dumping them into a "shell box". That way you know (assuming you can read) what you are shooting and when.

[broken_line]

dummb! slugs are a lttle obvious because they have no top..

[paul pachowicz]

I'm not a waterfowler and don't know the rules but, what did this guy do wrong? Did he have any dead ducks? Seriously, all he had in his boat (that was out of the water) was a shotgun with some shells in it. This is illegal in Minn? Don't laugh...I'm just asking.

[RumRiverRat]

I'm not a waterfowler and don't know the rules but, what did this guy do wrong? Did he have any dead ducks? Seriously, all he had in his boat (that was out of the water) was a shotgun with some shells in it. This is illegal in Minn? Don't laugh...I'm just asking.

Lead shot is a no no.

He had no stamps/license.

[Dave S]

Your gun cannot hold more than 3 shells while hunting ducks in MN, hence the no plug in the gun ticket.

[The_Duckslayer]

When you are underway on the water the gun must be unloaded and cased just the same as it must be in a car. Even if you are chasing a crippled duck on the water while the boat is under powered motion the gun is supposed to be unloaded. Loaded guns in a boat that is bouncing across the water is also dangerous!

Lead shot is ilegal

No he did not have any ducks in the boat...

[kosterguide]

yea i agree this guy was not that smart but, 1 lead is only illegal for hunting waterfowl, not haveing on water. everyone on here thinks it is illgal to have lead on you when your on water and its not. i take lead with me some time out in the boat becuase we use it to get to our other side of propurty and we hunt grouse. I even talked to a co about this and he said it is only illgal if we would use it on water, being in possesion is not illgal unless you have it readly avilble for use while you are waterfowl hunting is what he told me and showed me in a rules book

[broken_line]

When you are underway on the water the gun must be unloaded and cased just the same as it must be in a car. Even if you are chasing a crippled duck on the water while the boat is under powered motion the gun is supposed to be unloaded.

wrong! you CAN guns in your boat/car uncased and unloaded aslong as you are outside of city limits...

[chris63]

Is there a way to tell that a spent shell had lead or steel in it?c63

[broken_line]

look at it.. if it has lettering on it, it should say steel or be a larger # of shot... if not there is really no way.. other than low brass target loads..

[paul pachowicz]

maybe I'm just thick but, the guy wasn't on the water and nothing says he was shooting. I'm afraid I ask for a court date and fight it. Th CO didn't see him IN the water or shot at anything or have anything in possession so what did he need a license for? Kinda like being on a boat with no permit and NOT fishing...just sitting there. Dunno...just seems a little odd to me.

[broken_line]

but if he had deks out and the intention of ducks..

[The_Duckslayer]

The CO was at the landing when the guy came motoring up in the boat.

The boat was covered in camo.

The boat had decoys in it.

The two of them were covered head to toe with camo.

He was talking about the day and remarked that the saw ducks just none that they could shoot at. Actually he comented that they had gotten out there the night before in order to secure a good spot.

They were hunting...

My bad on the new gun-case rule. Still it has to be unloaded though.

Take care and N Joy the hunt././Jimbo

[harvey lee]

I'm not a waterfowler and don't know the rules but, what did this guy do wrong? Did he have any dead ducks? Seriously, all he had in his boat (that was out of the water) was a shotgun with some shells in it. This is illegal in Minn? Don't laugh...I'm just asking.

He had no stamps and lead shot. I guess that is enough. The witness could have said he helped him put the boat on the trailer.

What does one shoot on the water besides ducks??

[kosterguide]

in my case i use boats to access some pheasant ground that is privet and i carry lead all the time and i am not afriad to say that, but yes if he has a gun and other stuff he is prolly guilty but if he might have enough of a case to fight thou

[harvey lee]

Why would a person even place themselves in a position that now they have to hope they could fight it in court?

I would bet good money he was trying to shoot ducks and got caught. The CO is not going to write up bogus tickets and go to court for nothing. The guy broke the law.

[Surface Tension]

The CO was at the landing when the guy came motoring up in the boat.

The boat was covered in camo.

The boat had decoys in it.

The two of them were covered head to toe with camo.

He was talking about the day and remarked that the saw ducks just none that they could shoot at. Actually he comented that they had gotten out there the night before in order to secure a good spot.

They were hunting...

My bad on the new gun-case rule. Still it has to be unloaded though.

Take care and N Joy the hunt././Jimbo

That there pretty much makes the case that he was hunting ducks. Sounds to me this guy didn't know the laws, he does know.

Book 'em, Danno!

[96trigger]

Some of you that think this guy did nothing wrong must be lawyers. I love how some people try to say they didn't brake the rules because this or that, when it is obvious that they did.

I do agree that there are other times one might have different ammo in a boat, we use boats to go hunt fox on the islands around here, and I'm sure some might portage with slugs, but that was not the case here.