Hey LUND, have you ever heard anyone say "nobody like a know it all". There's a reason for that. It's because the "know it all" thinks that he is always right, when in reality thats not the case.
And its apparent that you are not a DEC officer, because if you were you would know that common sense needs to be applied when enforcing hunting regulation or any law for that matter. Every situation is different. If you think for a minute that an officer would accuse a 10 year old kid of "hunting or pursuing" waterfowl from the deck of a house that is a hundred yards from the water while 10 people are standing around drinking coffee and taking pictures, than its apparent that you know nothing about enforcing law. If thats the case then accuse him of deer hunting out of season as well, after all there are woods across the street! And just because YOU have never seen that many redheads taken in over 25 years confirms that you don't know it all, because if you did you would know that that happens often because those guys are excellent waterfowl hunters, i've hunted with them so i do know. Additionally if you were so smart then you would have asked how they were able to take such "professional" looking pictures of birds on the wing over the water? Thats because there were professional photographers there documenting the hunt for a nationally published waterfowl hunting magazine. Remember if you don't have anything constructive to say, don't say anything at all.