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anygunanywhere wrote:I am certain that the OP will make every attempt to conform to your rules and standards before posting any more pictures and questions and consult with you to make certain he is violating any game laws or hunting etiquette.

The OP posts a message that indicates he might have been in violation of TPWD regulations involving species identification for purposes of adhering to bag limits, I (and others) point this out, and you cop an attitude. Why would that be?

anygunanywhere wrote: Spoken like a true sportsman. Spent a lot of time in the marsh, have you brianko?

Do the salt marshes of South Texas around El Toro count? Spent many months in those...

It is nice to see that those that choose to hunt can count on your support for their second amendment rights.

I don't hunt, in fact. But I'm confused as to how you've somehow morphed this discussion into an attack on hunters' 2nd Amendment rights. In fact, I'm not surprised you've twisted my comments into an anti-hunting message.

If you don't look at the photos they will not disturb you.

Then you missed my point. I found the context in which they were posted (i.e., hunting game without identifying it first) offensive. The pictures themselves just look like a dead duck in a sink. I've seen worse.

It would seem to me that allowing such pictures to be posted in the context they were posted might be viewed as some as implicit approval of violating TPWD regulations involving species identification.

Charles L. Cotton wrote: Nothing offensive about his post or photos, but your post is quite offensive. This is your last warning, knock it off or you're gone. Don't post a response, don't send me another PM, just quit now.

How, exactly, is my post offensive? I mean, let's engage in some rational debate here...I posted a question, and I posted an opinion. Last time I checked, this forum was chock-full of opinions, so why ismy opinion any more offensive than any other opinion posted on this forum?

As for my question, I note that TWPD sets bag limits on ducks based upon species. So if you don't know what kind of duck you're shooting at, how, exactly, do you know when you've reached your bag limit?

Why would you shoot at a duck (or any animal) that you can't identify before you shoot it? Doesn't that sort of take the "sport" out of hunting?

I found your photos rather offensive. Of course, I'm probably the only one here with that opinion. But I felt it had to be said.

Followup: Just noticed this is actually in a topic called "Hunting Photos." Who would have imagined...and I thought this was a CHL board.