Why do you think it "sick?" If past performance is even the slightest
indication of future performance, a wag might offer that the 'guide' has
more to worry about than the bird, but IAC, the description above isn't
truly reflective of most such hunts. Moreover, unless you refuse to
fish in any water that might possibly contained stocked fish, IMO, your
criticism of another's method of hunting is hypocritical. You seem to
assign at least some importance to the "4 seconds of freedom." How does
the time of freedom matter when the prey is bred and placed strictly for
the amusement of the hunter? IOW, stocked is stocked.

TC,
R
...now, if you had said you personally found it "unsporting"...

true, I have fished in stocked waters....can't say I like it much...maybe
that's why I always let them go...

Its kinda like sex in a whore house, yeh its "sex" but you still feel
dirty for years afterwards. Same as shopping in Walmart.
Frank Reid