If driven pheasant shoots are ethically wrong, then anyone who shoots live flyers for dog training should hang their head in shame.

actually that is illegal.............

What's illegal????

not hunting at all. There is no chase and to me that is the best part of hunting, working to get an animal. not having some one throw a bird in my face and say shoot. but to each their own. and before we worry about sensoring this guy how about we work on the far left hippie media that sways elections.

I thought killing live birds for training was. Not saying I think it is wrong..... But I BELIEVE your supposed to go to the feed store, etc to get your live birds for working your dog.

i hear there is a black tie hunting trip to the dallas zoo, all sorts of rare species. anyone in?

i apprecaite your honest response. didn't mean it as a sense of entitlement comment- just saying i wouldn't tell you or anyone else how to run their business. education isn't everything but it helps.

internet bashing is fine with me but i thought it went a little over the top.

it took me 9 years to earn a degree and i am proud that i finally did- and i don't mind sharing that.


the only thing i miss about UNT was lake X and lake X were right in my backyard...ah yes the days of showing up to class in camo and covered in mud. good times

I don't think pen raised anything is hunting. Shooting yes, but not hunting. I have no problem shooting a pheasent from a tower, but would not return and tell everyone I went huntign. I would tell them I went shoot some pheasant that were thrown in the air.

The people that put on these tower shoots aren't doing it to be in the hunting business, they're doing it to be in the entertainment business. I don't like these shoots. But they're pen-raised birds, so who cares? It's not really different than chopping a chicken's head off to eat it.

But I do agree that when people who don't really know much about hunting hear about this kind of shoot (done by hunters), it does give them reason to have a bad taste in their mouth about hunting.

I have supplied the dog work at several tower shoots and they are a blast for me and my dog to 'work' and observe. I look forward to working them every opportunity I can. It is also interesting to note the various backgrounds of those that participate. Very entertaining. I agree, it's not a hunt but rather one heck of a fun shoot. Kinda like going to a catfish pay-to-fish pond. Both are fun to participate in and the resultant eats are pretty good as well.

With that said, doing it a time or two as I introduced the young ones to each sport is fun but the initial thrill looses its luster soon after and its off to the real deal.