[fabsroman]

MT,

If a person is a "pot hunter", shooting a duck on the water shouldn't be an ethical issue for them if it is legal.

Seriously, what is the difference between ethics and legality? If somebody is poor as dirt and only owns a .22 rimfire and it is legal to hunt deer with it in their state, I could care less if they go out there and kill a deer with it. Now, if somebody is filthy rich and has a choice of guns for deer hunting and he takes out the .22 rimfire, then I have a problem with that. I guess I just answered my own question about ethics versus legality. The ethics part of it needs to be done on a case by case basis, but the legality is USUALLY an open and shut case.

As far as the original post is concerned, I have shot at rabbits plenty of times while out hunting pheasants. Same goes for quail on an occasion or two. The seasons overlap here in Maryland, so it is entirely legal to hunt all three species at the same time, and you can usually find all three in the same places. Most importantly, they all taste real good in the pot.