If you speak to any avid North Dakotan waterfowler who hunts agricultural fields, sooner or later you will hear them refer to “roost busting” as the bane of their existence. For those who are not aware, the term “roost busting” refers to the hunting of ducks or geese on the water they sit on at night, also known as their “roost.” Roost water comes in varying sizes and shapes. It may be a small cattle pond, a cattail slough, a river, or a larger body of water such as a lake. W

Conservationist Aldo Leopold once said, "Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching even when doing the wrong thing is legal." In one day of hunting any wild game, thousands of decisions are made where ethics and laws are mentally center stage; Lord knows, no one reading this post is chaste and anyone claiming to be, lacks real experience or is simply lying. Unfortunately mentally grappling with laws and ethics can cast a dark shadow over any exper