Thanks very much. The reason I ask is because I had a family of 6 Rouen ducks (domesticated / pets) on a small farm pond very close to my house. A few weeks ago, three guys standing on the road shot and killed four of them. I do know it was illegal for a few reasons, i.e., they were well within 100 yards of my house and at least two other neighbors, they were shooting toward a residence, and they were standing on a paved road. They took off running when I starting screaming at them. Those ducks didn't have chance, as they couldn't fly. These guys knew it, since they were trying to swim away from them, but none of them flew away. I can't imagine wild ducks simply swimming away from gun shots. I have a friend from Pennsylvania (a hunter) who was furious and said he wasn't sure if it was a law or hunter etiquette, as you have suggested, that you don't shoot a duck sitting on the water. Now I'm just curious and I couldn't find anything on line about it. These ducks were twice the size of a wild duck and had orange feet, which they knew because they had the gall to take one of them before I could get down there. I realize these jerks weren't real hunters, but it's things like this that really make us question why we don't post our 53 acres. Infuriating. Thanks again for your help.