Take a look at this link and let all of us shooters get involved in fighting this one. Even if you are not a duck hunter, we need to band together and continue the fight because once the bunny huggers win, in one area, they will just move onto the next until, if they have their way, there will not be any hunting or fishing left at all. It seems to me that we have a long fight on our hands, with the RSPCA, until they wind their heads in and stick to what they are supposed to do:

http://www.rspca.org.au/how-yo...mpaigns/hunting.html

Just take a look at some of the quotes on this page:

"Hunting animals is not a sport. Killing animals should not be treated as a sport or recreational pastime."

and...

"Did you know that for every 10 ducks bagged, 6 are crippled?"

Where is the scientific evidence, that they purport to live by, in this statement?

Interesteing site that one BB. I had a bit of a flick through it.

Bloody hell!

So, are they saying or implying that that chicken farming is Ok or are they implying that all forms of animal farming for meat must end? I mean, in the grand scheme of things, farming would be the place to attack first, right? Or are they thinking that meat is produced in supermarkets?
Anyway, what qualifies these 'otherwise good folks' to want to ban hunting? Are they all vegetarians?

Oh, doesn't the dog and cat food they feed their dogs and cats contain meat?

Maybe next they will advocate poisoning all the dingo's in Oz because they kill things they eat!

Unfortunately the RSPCA seems to have been taken over by radical animal liberationists and are have fallen off the tree.

They should no longer enjoy their "privileged" status of tax deductibility for donations nor official gov't recognition. One thing we should be lobbying for.

From the page I gather there are areas where waterfowling is banned outright? That's some scary stuff, gents.

Yes mate Queensland is one such place. That makes things hard when whistle ducks fly over your house every night and woodies graze on your front lawn

Thanks for the reply, Bakes. Woodies in the front lawn, eh? Hmm. Well now, then that's a problem needing addressed! Do snares specfically fall under the anti-hunting laws?

Ah I think that would be frowned on mate.