Jackson Jambalaya

But, he got to shoot his gun. Wannabe Rambos....

Unless there is more to the story, someone please take the gun away from that a**

I didn’t think you could get more redneck than the MHP, I stand corrected. Fire that no duck catching punk.

Fire this guy.

Wow

Shouldn't have shot it - could'a used the guys gas fired grill and asphyxiated the duck. Works for ducklings, don't know why it wouldn't work for an adult duck the guy wanted to get off his yard.

Fire him. Then arrest him.

He is dressed up like SWAT to protect wildlife?

But he is great at Law fit

I watched the MDWFP YouTube monthly meeting today and they said they are aiming to hire twenty new officers, please make it twenty one.

Am I supposed to want the duck to needlessly suffer for a while before someone else dispatches it?

While I wouldn't discharge a single-projectile firearm in a neighborhood (especially as a car drove by), I also wouldn't call law enforcement to handle a mangled/sick duck in my front yard, but I guess that just makes me a redneck.

Unless the carcass was left in the yard (which would be a biohazard for people/pets in the neighborhood if the duck was diseased), this feels like much ado about nothing.

Duck season or rabbit season

And they wonder why no one trusts cops anymore

Agree 6:38. Someone, the home resident or someone in the neighborhood called MWFP to come deal with a duck in the yard. Its not like an alligator, where it takes a professional team - or several six packs - to dispense with the problem.

What did they want MWFP to do when he showed up? Catch the duck, and then do what with it? Play catch and release? With a duck?

My question is why did they have to call someone to deal with the issue; were they wanting somebody 'else' to do the 'dirty work' so they could feel good like many of the posters here? Like the officer said, he was not in the animal control business. Looks a little harsh maybe because he shot the duck while it was defenseless but its not like he went out on a stand in 20 degree weather looking for a duck to shoot.

For all the "fire the guy" commentors here - please respond and tell us what you think the officer should have done after being called to the site

This makes no sense. Who calls the authorities to report a duck in their yard? And what dumbass LEO heads to the scene of a duck in a yard?

Badge or not, this pussy violated federal law and should be held accountable.

Aviary Flu has killed off most of the chickens and egg layers.
This officer assessed the fowl had aviary flu (Highly contagious) and put it out of its misery. What was wrong with this.

Be a homeowner and dispatch the duck and don’t have your “ducks in a row” with signed stamps, hip survey, license, steel shot, etc, and they will jump at the chance to throw the book at you. They’ll roll up with pistols strapped to their hip, leg holsters, ticket books velcro’ed on their body armor and give you more trouble than a murder suspect. I’ve seen it fist hand over an honest mistake and a simple little add on technicality permit. Game wardens used to be an honorable profession, and there are still some good ones out there, but the majority are a bunch of roided up bullies that are pissed they aren’t hunting and having to work, so they take it out on those they check. They use social media more than boots on the ground. MDWFP has also ran off some good biologists due to them not toeing the line on herd management and Deviney’s high fence agenda. Thats a department that of the right people started talking, it would be mind boggling. Like how they closed the state park at Rosedale and used it for the higher ups and politicians as their personal hunting camp for many years before they opened it to the public as a WMA recently.

Did he have a duck stamp or a license?

Not agreeing with firing a weapon, but the reason someone else DID NOT asphyxiate the duck in a gas grill is that that is a Federal felony. If YOU do it, you will be charged. That's why they called someone who has the authority.


In fact, a local law officer called cops and Mike Gunn, ex State Senator, was charged by the MDWFP in 2008 for placing nuisance Canada geese babies in a grill and doing just that. Migratory Bird Act.

"Mike Gunn was charged by the State Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks after they got complaints from witnesses who said they saw Gunn kill at least six baby geese in his back yard.

One of those witnesses was Chief Carol Boland of the Flora Police Department, who lives at the Reservoir. She said her attention was attracted to her neighbor, across a canal, when she saw adult geese attacking Gunn as he was disposing of their offspring."

Federal laws broken:
1) Out of season
2) Lead bullet
3) Not a shotgun
4) No plug in gun
5) Probably no duck stamps

Screams mental health issues.

Unfortunately this is par for the course for MDWFP lately. After they were complicit in the destruction of a well established waterfowl habitat on PRV land off spillway road, the idea that they have any moral authority left in terms of wildlife conservation is laughable. MDWFP cares about 1 thing and that is maximizing revenue for the good ole boy bureaucracy at the expense of the wildlife. Yet another state government entity run amok. SMDH.

It has been a long time since
I accually liked the game warden assigned to my county, however, I am patient .

Nobody has said what problem was presented by the duck or why the homeowner called the PoPo.

"There's a duck in my yard! There's a duck in my yard!"

"Be right there ma'am. One Adam 12 - duck in yard creating nuisance. Proceed with caution."

Though I couldn’t see any details of the duck, it was obviously injured or ill. Sorry that the guy didn’t manhandle it to take it to the vet and did the expedient thing by dispatching it on the street.
Some of y’all need to realize life ain’t candy canes or lollipops.

“I don’t catch ducks, I dispatch.”, sounds like a union worker, bet he would be an excellent prison guard.

If green jeans had caught me shooting a duck with a pistol they'd fine me for no steel shot and no plug. Write that dude up now!

Most people don't like Game Wardens because they have been arrested by them or given a ticket for a violation. Remember, you only see 1 side of the story.

was this a wild duck or a domestic duck? there is a big difference when it comes to killing a wild bird under federal law.

You are right. Always two sides of the story, but he could a took the duck off n done the dirty dead vs in the yard. That way none of us would have a side.
Maybe some training would help.

It's an effin duck. Give the guy a break, or better yet, don't waste his time calling him to deal with a duck. All this woke BS is disgusting.

I can think of many ways this could have been addressed and they all start with a smile and end with a smile.

Why is he strapped for war to respond to a duck?

This country has gone cop crazy.

to 9;57.......... go kill a federally protected migratory bird , which all wild ducks are, and when you get cited by a federal waterfowl agent for hunting out of season, no duck stamp, ect. see how far you're ''elfin duck'' defense gets you in federal court.

Should have called a North Woods Maine Game Warden instead of Dirty Harry.

HAHAHHAHAHAHA what kind of lunatic would try and "asphyxiate a duck in a gas bbq grill"? lol

you do realize wild animals don't want to die, and that thing would be pretty mad when you tried to stuff him into a grill don't you?

I don't know why this man shot a duck in a yard nor what harm it could have possibly been causing so that part I won't speak to.

BUT......if the above posted ever wants to do the grill thing, please god call me so I can bring my lawn chair and a 6 pack to watch that go down.

“I don’t catch ducks. I just dispatch them.” What a tool. What right does he have to “just tell” a property owner he is going to shoot a duck in their yard?

This guy should not be armed or LEO.

The problem with the video is the way the game warden is handling himself. Very unprofessional. If he handled that differently that video would not have all those negative comments. That is his fault and the DWFP's fault for not training the GOON properly.

Just tap on the ladies name at the bottom of the video. She has a FB page that will answer a lot of questions asked here.

My opinion (and I am not a game warden, just a hunter that tries to be humane): Put the injured duck in a garbage bag. Quickly go to an undisclosed location. Put the duck out of its misery. Move on.

The attitude/lack of professionalism coupled with the unnecessary firing the gun makes this wrong. Safe? Probably. Putting the duck down the right thing to do? Probably. Shooting it in the yard? No.

Now, if it is a pit bull snarling and lunging at people, different situation.

That was some poor public relations from that Officer and he was being lazy and had a poor/bad attitude. And should have take that duck to a remote location if it had to be dispatched. That was very unsafe what he did out in public discharging that weapon.