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<blockquote data-quote="Maddog" data-source="post: 428947" data-attributes="member: 5355">Perhaps a touchy topic . . .My duck hunting days are far and few in between now but I have some questions for you guys about what you think about &quot;hunting the roost&quot;.&nbsp; To slightly digress, 10 years ago or so I did a January hunt in coastal Texas.&nbsp; We hunted on a large ranch that had guides available.&nbsp; They allowed us to hunt most any water areas we could find on their properties except for a large section which was a &quot;sanctuary&quot; that they did not even go near or hunt on until the last weekend of the season.Some hunters look poorly upon others who hunt the roost - claiming it drives the ducks out of the area.My questions for you guys are:1) If waterfowl use a pond/water for mid day loafing does that constitute roost water?2)&nbsp; Are people against &quot;hunting the roost&quot; really in fact against hunting any water?&nbsp; 3) While most diver ducks are usually found (in shooting range) on or overhead of bodies of water, are the &quot;against hunting the roost people&quot; only targeting divers out in fields?4)&nbsp; Is the &quot;against hunting the roost crowd&quot; also against pheasant hunters pushing through cattail sloughs that a waterfowl hunter would say is right next to a known waterfowl roosting area. And I am not saying that the pheasant hunters are shooting at the waterfowl.&nbsp; I am just curious what the group that is against hunting the roost are really against.&nbsp; Also thinking that the regulations don't say anything about where and when (meaning within shooting hours)&nbsp; you can hunt water while waterfowl hunting - (understanding that of course there are special situations - ie closeness to habitable buildings,&nbsp; hunting reserves, etc. when you can't hunt certain waters).Thanks guys.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maddog, post: 428947, member: 5355"] Perhaps a touchy topic . . . My duck hunting days are far and few in between now but I have some questions for you guys about what you think about "hunting the roost". To slightly digress, 10 years ago or so I did a January hunt in coastal Texas. We hunted on a large ranch that had guides available. They allowed us to hunt most any water areas we could find on their properties except for a large section which was a "sanctuary" that they did not even go near or hunt on until the last weekend of the season. Some hunters look poorly upon others who hunt the roost - claiming it drives the ducks out of the area. My questions for you guys are: 1) If waterfowl use a pond/water for mid day loafing does that constitute roost water? 2) Are people against "hunting the roost" really in fact against hunting any water? 3) While most diver ducks are usually found (in shooting range) on or overhead of bodies of water, are the "against hunting the roost people" only targeting divers out in fields? 4) Is the "against hunting the roost crowd" also against pheasant hunters pushing through cattail sloughs that a waterfowl hunter would say is right next to a known waterfowl roosting area. And I am not saying that the pheasant hunters are shooting at the waterfowl. I am just curious what the group that is against hunting the roost are really against. Also thinking that the regulations don't say anything about where and when (meaning within shooting hours) you can hunt water while waterfowl hunting - (understanding that of course there are special situations - ie closeness to habitable buildings, hunting reserves, etc. when you can't hunt certain waters). Thanks guys. [/QUOTE]

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