Ask a CO: Hunting ducks and geese from a motorboat

[MeghanOOD]

https://oodmag.com/ask-a-co-hunting-...m-a-motorboat/

A reader asks about the provincial and federal rules when it comes to hunting ducks and geese from a motorboat.

[genec]

That answer still doesn’t fully clarify how you ensure no motion…
Many years ago we were told by the COs that the boat had to be anchored and the motor tipped up…then it was considered a stationary blind and not a motorboat, and you could then shoot from it.

[tom gobble]

unless the motor has been turned off and any motion derived from the use of the motor has ceased (as per requirements under the federal Migratory Birds Regulations)
It doesn’t even mention anything about the motor being tip up. Better off doing this anyways just for argument sakes.

[FishHog]

the motor being down isn't an issue. If you still have motion from the motor that is the problem.
I drift in rivers all the time, motor down, but boat is moving with the current.
Tilting a motor up may make it easier for a CO to know your not using it, but its technically not required.

[longpointer]

OK so that is in reference to "hunting" from a boat but I thought they had changed the rules for retrieving a cripple whereas you can use the motor to dispatch and retrieve ?