I see them all the time where I fish in Louisiana, sometimes 4 or 5 at a time. I haven't noticed that they scare fish off particularly but they usually show up about the time the crappie are migrating so I assume they are following the fish. I've watched them several times sitting on a log or on the bank eating 10-12" crappie. I never thought about shooting them though, they haven't seemed to hurt the crappie population where I'm at, I could see that being different in a pond or small body of water though.

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