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Are you going duck hunting with the Saiga?

Are you going duck hunting with the Saiga?

 

Probably not, I'm mostly interested in upland game birds. There are a lot of pheasant and quail in my area, and if I go NE, a lot of turkey. I've likely missed this season. I've been meaning to hunt for years but something always came up and interfered. I've shot plenty of vermin but not game. You may laugh, but it's a lack of hunter's safety certification holding me back this season. There is not a skills test open until the spring within 75 miles. If I am lucky I will get in through a waiting list and get a day or two of casual quail hunting in.

 

I just uploaded these pictures because someone else wanted to know how to plug a mag. 

Well, you are grandfathered in here in Montana. No need for the hunters safety certificate! Nothing to laugh about. My wife enjoyed the class. I did too although it was mandatory as a kid in my school till some parent bitched about it. That was the beginning of the fruit loops. I shoot blue grouse with my saiga every time I take her out on Warner peak. It's a really good instinctual shooter for birds!

Well, you are grandfathered in here in Montana. No need for the hunters safety certificate! Nothing to laugh about. My wife enjoyed the class. I did too although it was mandatory as a kid in my school till some parent bitched about it. That was the beginning of the fruit loops. I shoot blue grouse with my saiga every time I take her out on Warner peak. It's a really good instinctual shooter for birds!

 

I did the online portion of the class and it took the better part of two days doing it in the background of other work. It was exasperating waiting for it to let me move on from reading a few sentences to answer the question or load the next page. If only the general public had any idea of how little any of it had to do with gun safety or even just responsible hunting. I would say it took me ~16 hours and less than two of that had to do with safety, direct hunting regs, or things like taking a humane effective shot. A few of the bits of advice overgeneralized how firearms worked and would be dangerous if followed literally. Most of the rest was almost laughable if it weren't sad. Mostly indoctrination about politics and opinion about what hunting is for. Apparently it's about sportsmanship and that is the only legitimate justification. I guess they've never heard of subsistence. What a bunch of infuriating Fudd propaganda.