On Christmas Eve day I went out for a mid morning duck hunt with a couple of buddies. Saw other guys where we wanted to be who were likely there at first light (Dang it) so we drove around for the next hour or so checking out other options. When we came back they had packed up so we decided to go with our original plan and set up there.

While we were setting up the dogs were wandering around in the high grass and brought back three birds (a teal, a widgeon, and a mallard) that the earlier group couldn't find. Maybe they didn't have a dog??

We placed them beside the blind. There were a good number of birds flying and decoying well so we really felt we were going to get our birds. So legally and ethically, what are our options? Can we shoot our legal limits? Or if we didn't want to see these other found birds go to waste, which we didn't, would they count towards our limit? Are we obligated to take these other birds out?