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Posts: 479 | Location: Brisbane,Australia. | Registered: 28 September 2004Reply With Quote
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52% have voted no.


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Posts: 8102 | Location: Bloody Queensland where every thing is 20 years behind the rest of Australia! | Registered: 25 January 2001Reply With Quote
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When I first voted, this morning, only 43% said "NO" but now it is up to 55% - lets hope it keeps going in this direction!


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Posts: 909 | Location: Blackheath, NSW, Australia | Registered: 26 May 2002Reply With Quote
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Done. 57% now.


Cheers, Dave.

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Up to 62% at about 4.30 NT time


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Posts: 2414 | Location: Humpty Doo NT Australia | Registered: 18 August 2004Reply With Quote
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62% vote NO so far out of about 900 votes.

Someone should point out the RSPCA is the biggest killer of pets in Australia, tens of thousands. They must be really sick bastards to do that, and enjoy it!

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Posts: 10138 | Location: Wine Country, Barossa Valley, Australia | Registered: 06 March 2002Reply With Quote
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I just sent the following comment to the RSPCA Tasmania:

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I see you are running yet another anti-duck hunting poll and campaign.

My interest however is in domestic pets.

Can you please supply me with information on how many animals (pets or otherwise) you kill each year?

Why do you see the need to kill so many creatures?

Do you get a kick out of killing animals? Why else do you do it?

I think media around Australia needs to be informed of the daily massacres of innocent animals performed by the RSPCA.

Regards


ie paraphrasing their own rhetoric. Time to take the fight to them.
 
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Thanks Bulldog....geez I hate PETA worse...done!

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Regards,Shaun.

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Posts: 479 | Location: Brisbane,Australia. | Registered: 28 September 2004Reply With Quote
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I gave you a vote of NO
best wishes from the uk
 
Posts: 165 | Location: North Yorkshire yippeeeee | Registered: 08 May 2004Reply With Quote
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The "No" vote is now upto 67% ... bet you the RSPCA doesnt advertise that in next years campaign to "save everything".
Mind you I'm seriously doubting any duck hunting will be taking place in 2007 in Vic, Tas, SA given the drought.
Cheers...
Con
 
Posts: 2198 | Location: Australia | Registered: 24 August 2001Reply With Quote
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Gentlemen,

Voted (No 67%) Expose the RSPCA cruelties, hypocrisy and their support will decline rapidly.

Cheers
/JOHAN
 
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Gentlemen,

Voted (No 67%) Expose the RSPCA cruelties, hypocrisy and their support will decline rapidly.

Cheers
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Hey Johan, Cool location. Smiler

I wonder how many Greenies know the RSPCA probably kills over 100,000 pets per year.

The RSPCA has been trying to become more radical for years to get more public donation money and probably inflitrated by greenie idiots as well.

But they are the biggest animal killing organisation in this country. They must get a kick out of it. Wink
 
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Mind you I'm seriously doubting any duck hunting will be taking place in 2007 in Vic, Tas, SA given the drought.


Not a chance unless we get flooding rains in between. Worst drought in history. I expect major fires in SA today with 41 deg C heat and high winds. Could even smell smoke in the air already last night. Hope this is not the case though.

We may get the right to shoot wood duck in SA over the duck season. Most woodies are of course not shot in the duck reserves but in farm paddocks, dams etc. Last season or two we have had unlimited bag limits on woodduck during the season. So hopefully the gubmint sees sense to cull more woodies off this year again when the numbers might be more easily controlled.
 
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1100 votes, 67% no


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Posts: 2327 | Location: The Sunny South! St. Augustine, FL | Registered: 29 May 2004Reply With Quote
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NitroX,
You South Australians are so much more enlightened regarding Wood ducks. Anyone that believes they're just "harmless pretty birds" needs to come look at the lucerne paddocks next door. Barely sprouted and the entire bottom third has been cleaned out exclusively by Wood Ducks.
Cheers...
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John,
After revealing their agenda on TV and papers they will not have much political capital left and become a “Flying Dutchmanâ€. They are a bunch of fanatics.... “helping†their cause by euthanizing all those animals. Sick bastards!

So, you should be at that location more often Wink

Cheers
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Now 71% "No"


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1100 votes, 67% no


Noooooo!!
Don't link from this site please,my fupar was delibrate.

Copy and paste.


Regards,Shaun.

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Posts: 479 | Location: Brisbane,Australia. | Registered: 28 September 2004Reply With Quote
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Strange - I cannot open the site.

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1100 votes, 67% no


Noooooo!!
Don't link from this site please,my fupar was delibrate.

Copy and paste.


Why? Are on about that AHN paranoia about linking to other sites?

BUT when I use YOUR link I get the following warning:

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TREND MICRO PC-cillin Internet Security 2006



The Web site that you are trying to access has been blocked following the configurations set for the Web Site Filter.


To view this Web site:
- If the Antifraud Toolbar is available, click Manage Exceptions, and then select This address is always accessible
- If the Antifraud Toolbar is not available, open the main console and add the address in the Antiphishing & Content Protection > Web Site Filter > Approved List




Address: http://www.midnitecrowproductions.com/beerfarts/posts/05-11-18/16621.shtml
Type: Spyware


The website your link ( http://h88p//h88p://www.rspcatas.org.au ) directs to is:

http://www.midnitecrowproductions.com/beerfarts/posts/05-11-18/16621.shtml

Which brings up a spyware warning.

Strange hey?
 
Posts: 10138 | Location: Wine Country, Barossa Valley, Australia | Registered: 06 March 2002Reply With Quote
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Just now 73% no. A small percentage "unsure."
About what? CRYBABY


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I tried to vote the way the antis pack ballot boxes but couldn't it said I'd already voted .I voted NO from Calif
 
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I imagine you would need bismuth or hevi-shot to get a black duck from there. Steel just wouldn't carry that far! Big Grin

Seriously, thanks for the assist.


Cheers, Dave.

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68% at the moment.No from Sherwood forest.

Best-
Locksley,R.


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It's all FUBAR,Animal Lib have jumped on the bandwagon. Roll Eyes


"The Tasmanian RSPCA is running a poll on duck shooting. It is thought that it has been highjacked by shooters and the vote is currently running at 389 votes for a ban on duck shooting and 1356 in favour of duck shooting. So a few organisations including the Australian Wildlife Protection Council, Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania and the Tasmanian Conservation Trust are asking people to go to the RSPCA site and vote yes to ban duck shooting.

So PLEASE vote for a ban on duck shooting. Vote YES to the question
"should recreational duck shooting be banned in Tasmania" and please
spread the message widely to those who care for animals."

Yes (5194 votes)
69%

No (2220 votes)
30%

Unsure (77 votes)
1%


Regards,Shaun.

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So now we have to post links to the sites that instructed their members to vote FOR a ban, if the RSPCA trots this poll out as 'evidence'.


Cheers, Dave.

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I tried to vote the way the antis pack ballot boxes but couldn't it said I'd already voted .I voted NO from Calif


If you clear your computer's cache then you should be able to vote again, and just keep clearing the cache every time you want to vote.


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Posts: 909 | Location: Blackheath, NSW, Australia | Registered: 26 May 2002Reply With Quote
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Done but where down to 29 % ??
 
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I tried to vote the way the antis pack ballot boxes but couldn't it said I'd already voted .I voted NO from Calif


If you clear your computer's cache then you should be able to vote again, and just keep clearing the cache every time you want to vote.


Not working this time. Pity.


Cheers, Dave.

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I tried to vote the way the antis pack ballot boxes but couldn't it said I'd already voted .I voted NO from Calif


If you clear your computer's cache then you should be able to vote again, and just keep clearing the cache every time you want to vote.


Not working this time. Pity.


Worked for me.

I also put the poll up as a global thread on NitroExpress.com to get as much support as possible.

The fact the organisers of the poll have also lobbied among greenie organisations makes the poll results completely meaningless and statistically irrelevant.


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Roll Eyes Latest...


On the RSPCA tas website is a message

The current poll has been deactivated because of malicious use

Final figures before it was pulled...

Do you think recreational duck shooting should be banned in Tasmania?

Total Votes: 20100
Yes (15215 votes)
76%
No (4494 votes)
22%
Unsure (391 votes)
2%


Regards,Shaun.

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"#¤%&"¤*^?=) So, now when the greenies was about to get whooped they relent to dirty tricks and launch a propaganda stunt, tampering the results- so much for fair play! Mad Mad

Guess the greenies are watching the hunters mgun

At certain times I hope some intelligence agency would come up with link between greenie/bunny huggers/PETA and the Al Qaeda terrorist- dancing

Cheers
/Johan
 
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I think the YES vote is a crock of shit, and it is my belief it was rigged from the time they realised the NO vote was very strong. I was watching it to see how much it changed from the 75%.

When the NO vote kept coming in the 20100 votes was becoming unrealistic so they pulled the plug.

They will probably claim shooters hacked it or something.

Greenies who couldn't accept the TRUE result, which was probably high 90 percents NO.


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OK I have done some research and reported it over on NitroExpress.com.

What do you think after seeing these statistics? Do you also share my opinion that the RSPCA of Tassie has rigged its poll results?

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Posted on NitroExpress.com:

Here are their previous polls and total votes cast:

Would you pay more for animal produce that was raised in free range or welfare friendly conditions? Total votes cast 350 votes

Do you think the use of 1080 poison is inhumane and should therefore be banned in Tasmania? Total votes cast 851 votes

Should circuses be banned from using exotic animals? Total votes cast 381 votes

Should it be made compulsory to desex domestic cats? Total votes cast 954 votes

Should the Tasmanian Government legislate to ban the live export of animals for food? Total votes cast 1402 votes


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Ha ha, then they claim for their latest poll:

Do you think recreational duck shooting should be banned in Tasmania? Total votes cast "20115" votes


:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

What a bunch of fraudelent (IM Opinion of course) clowns!


As for them looking here or at NitroExpress.com. Of course they are. I sent them an email @NitroExpress.com asking them why the RSPCA kills so many animals? How many thousands do they slaughter? Do they enjoy it? Big Grin

I have been getting some weirdo membership applications today too. Wink
 
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Of course, since evry security service in the world listens in to the 'phone and monitors the internet, all we would have to say is something like" I have heard a rumour that a certain organisation (al Quaida (sp?)) has been funding the animal lib and rspca organisations as a way of disrupting western life, and in theory someone would have to take a look, just to be sure.

No that I'm advocating that, of course.

But still, if someone were to do it, I wonder what they would find hidden in the anti's and rspca books? Where does the money come from?

From their website, it's almost like the Catholic churchs habit of selling indulgences in the years prior to the Reformation. "Give us money or you will burn in hell for being cruel to cute little animals".

And how long will it be before the antis try to infiltrate our websites? From Nitrox's post, not long.


Cheers, Dave.

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And how long will it be before the antis try to infiltrate our websites? From Nitrox's post, not long.



They try every once in a while,but they stand out like a sore thumb-know nothing about shooting or slip up and express their opinions.


Regards,Shaun.

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Anyone got the address, fax numbers of some good newspapers in Tassie?

I think there maybe a news story in what in my opinion, was a drastically rigged RSPCA poll.
 
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From the (RSPKA) Royal Society for the "Perpetuation" of the Killing of (caught) Animals":

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Duck Hunting: Kill the ´sport´ not the duck! (19/11/2006)

Within the next few weeks State Government will be deciding on the fate of Tasmanian ducks for 2007. Despite estimates of a lower duck population due to the drought conditions being experienced, animal welfare organisations fear that a duck shooting season will go ahead next year. We need your help in calling for a ban on ANY future duck shooting seasons.

SOME FACTS ABOUT DUCK SHOOTING

Every year hundreds of thousands of ducks are shot over the wetlands of Australia in the name of a ‘sport´ - recreational duck hunting. Some of these ducks will be killed outright. Some will be wounded, brought down and killed on retrieval. Many others will be crippled or wounded and will die within a few hours or days. Some will suffer prolonged pain before they die.

Duck shooting is not humane. Tens of thousands of ducks receive horrific injuries every year during the hunting season. The RSPCA opposes the recreational hunting of ducks because of the high level of cruelty involved.

Why is duck hunting so cruel?

In order for duck shooting to be humane, all ducks shot would have to be killed outright by the hunter*. This is not the case. Some ducks are brought down and killed by the hunter on retrieval, usually by wringing the neck. Others are crippled (brought down but not retrieved) and these may die within hours, days or weeks of being shot. Other ducks will be wounded but will fly on. Some ducks will escape unscathed.

* For duck shooting to be as humane as abattoir slaughter it must be possible for a hunter of average skill to kill all ducks instantly or, on very rare occasions, with a second shot within a few seconds.

Why are so many ducks wounded?

Because limitations in the way shotguns operate make it impossible to ensure that a duck is killed outright, even by a skilled marksman. There is a high level of cruelty in duck hunting that cannot be eliminated unless the practice is banned.

Hunting with a shotgun

Ducks are usually shot with a 12 gauge shotgun. A shotgun, unlike a rifle, fires a cluster of pellets rather than a single bullet. As the pellets leave the gun they gradually spread out in a cigar-shaped cloud which increases in diameter the further it is from the gun. If the duck is fully within the cloud of pellets it may be killed outright, but this depends on exactly what pattern the pellets have formed.

The spread of pellets from a shotgun is irregular, so at normal hunting range it is impossible to ensure, even when the duck is within the target area, that it will be hit by enough pellets to kill it. If the duck is on the edge of the circle of pellets it will be wounded rather than killed. If the duck is within the circle but just out of range it will be wounded as the pellets will be travelling too slowly to kill.

Ducks need to be struck by three to eight pellets for a relatively quick kill, depending on the size of the pellets. A hunter will usually have to fire between four and ten shots for each duck they kill. These shots will be aimed at a number of ducks, only one of which will be downed and (eventually) bagged (Sanderson & Bellrose 1986: Victorian DCE 1991).

Crippling and wounding rates

There is no definitive figure on the percentage of ducks crippled or wounded as a result of duck hunting, but an estimate can be made using a number of different methods.

Embedded pellets

One way is to examine the incidence of shotgun pellets embedded in the bodies of live birds. Studies of this type have found that the percentage of birds with embedded pellets ranged from 6% to 19% of ducks, depending on the size of the duck (Norman 1976).

This level of wounding in live ducks is very concerning, especially given that

* it does not include crippling and fatal shot wounds; and
* these surveys include ducks that have not been shot at (and therefore could never be wounded) which dilutes the overall wounding rate.

Hunter interviews and hidden observers

Another method used to estimate wounding levels is to interview hunters on the number of ducks wounded per duck retrieved. This is an extremely unreliable (and unscientific) method since hunters have been shown to grossly underestimate crippling rates.

A Canadian study which compared hunter estimates with reports from hidden observers who had watched the shooters and counted the number of ducks they crippled found that hunters reported a crippling rate of 6-18% of ducks bagged compared to the observed level of 20-45% (Nieman et al 1987).

These results indicate that hunter assessments are a totally unsuitable method of estimating wounding rates. Overall, the Nieman et al study found a crippling rate of 40% of the total harvest. When calculated as a proportion of ducks bagged, this represents a rate of 6.6 ducks crippled for every 10 ducks bagged*.

* Crippling loss rates are expressed as a percentage of the total kill, not of the bag limit, therefore the rate must be adjusted to provide a rate per bag limit. For a bag limit of 10 and a crippling rate of 40%, the losses per bag are calculated as 6.6 ducks (Norton & Thomas 1994).

Researchers examining a range of crippling studies concluded that the crippling rate reported by Neiman et al (1987) was the "best documented and most realistic value available" (Norton & Thomas 1994).Even this only covers those birds which are wounded so badly that they are immediately downed - many more birds will be injured but will fly on.

Computer simulation

An estimate of wounding rates has been calculated using a computer model of which simulated the effects of a hunter shooting at a duck. Unlike the previous methods discussed, this accounts for all wounding, not just crippled ducks that are downed but not retrieved.

The study analysed hunters´ hit rates to determine the level of wounding and calculated that a shooter who takes on average 6 shots to kill a bird (a conservative estimate compared to published studies) would wound between 60 and 120 ducks for every 100 bagged. Overall the study concluded that most competent shooters will wound at least one duck for every duck bagged (Russell 1994a, b).

What is the rate of crippling and wounding caused by duck shooting? Studies indicate that between 6.6 and 10 ducks are crippled or wounded for every 10 ducks that are bagged (shot and retrieved by the hunter).

Comments from RSPCA Inspectors present at the 1994 Victorian duck season opening:

* It is not possible for relevant government departments or the police to enforce existing legislation relating to duck shooting.
* There were vast areas of the state where shooting goes on without inspection.
* Shooting commenced before conditions allowed accurate identification of species.
* In unmonitored areas shooting commenced up to 40 minutes before the allotted time.
* Many shots were fired at extreme range where accurate species identification and the chance of a clean kill were highly unlikely.
* Observations were made of ducks being wounded but not brought down.
* A number of shooters were observed to continue shooting rather than following-up and recovering downed birds.
* An estimated 95% of shots fired did not meet their target and would have been deposited in the water and on dry land. In states where lead shot is still used this represents a serious pollution risk.
* Other species of birds were seen to be frightened or distressed by the shooting. Birds can become exhausted after flying around for hours and have difficulty maintaining height.

Where is it legal?

Recreational duck hunting is permitted in South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and the Northern Territory. Only in the ACT, Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia is it illegal to hunt ducks for sport. Ducks can be shot in NSW and WA under licence when they are thought to be causing damage to crops, dams or waterways.

The ban in NSW was introduced in 1995 following a recommendation from the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee which concluded that "the level of pain and suffering through cruelty in duck hunting is unreasonably high and that it is unnecessary and unjustifiable in circumstances where the activity is undertaken to satisfy a sporting urge".

It is time that those states where duck hunting is still permitted took the issue of cruelty seriously and followed the lead of NSW and WA in banning this cruel ‘sport´.

Duck hunting legislation in Australia:

ACT - The ACT is a wildlife refuge and all native waterfowl are protected

NSW - Recreational duck hunting was banned in 1995. Shooting is still permitted for ducks that cause, or have the potential to cause, damage to crops.

NT - Recreational duck hunting is permitted.

SA - Recreational duck hunting is permitted.

TAS - Recreational duck hunting is permitted.

VIC - Recreational duck hunting is permitted.

WA - Recreational duck hunting was banned in 1990. Shooting is still permitted on properties where ducks are causing damage to dams or waterways.

How many ducks are shot?

No overall figure for the number of ducks shot is available, however an estimate can be made of the number shot and bagged (retrieved by the hunter).

The Victorian Department of Natural Resources and Environment calculate seasonal duck kills from the number of active duck hunters and bag limits each year.

In the period 1987-97 the average number of ducks killed per year was estimated at 772,000.

If this 10-year estimate is extrapolated to account for the 4,250 licensed duck hunters outside Victoria, the number of ducks shot and bagged by duck hunters each year across Australia is over 900,000.

How many ducks are crippled or wounded?

It is estimated that between 594,000 and 900,000 ducks are crippled or wounded every year as a result of duck hunting activities. In addition, approximately 900,000 ducks are killed outright.

What species and how many ducks can be shot?

There are ten different species of native duck that can be hunted in Australia (Table 1), although only two of these species (Pacific black duck and grey teal) can be shot in every state where duck hunting is still permitted. Each state sets its own laws to control which species can be shot and which species are protected, as well as setting limits (known as bag limits) on the maximum number of birds that can be shot and retrieved by a single hunter on any one day (Table 2).

An annual survey of duck populations in Eastern Australia is carried out jointly by NSW, Victoria, SA and CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology. The survey assesses the possible impact of hunters and the effects of available wetland habitat on waterbird populations. The results of this survey are used to assess which species will be included in the open season and what bag limits will be set.

Waterfowl Identification Test

The Waterfowl Identification Test (WIT) examines shooters on their ability to recognise individual game bird species. Since its introduction in a number of states there has been a reduction in the recorded shooting of protected birds during the duck hunting season, but this is also attributable to the change in firearms legislation and a drop in hunter numbers. The use of identification testing is no guarantee that protected species will not be shot. In the Northern Territory there is no identification test and little is know about what species are taken since records are not collected and hunting is so difficult to police.



What can you do to help the RSPCA kill the sport of Duck Hunting?

Vote now on our online poll to register your opposition to duck hunting.

Write or email the Hon. David Llewellyn, Minister for Primary Industries and Water
1st Floor, Franklin Square Offices, Hobart Tas 7000

Email: david.llewellyn@parliament.tas.gov.au
 
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Ducks need to be struck by three to eight pellets for a relatively quick kill, depending on the size of the pellets. A hunter will usually have to fire between four and ten shots for each duck they kill. These shots will be aimed at a number of ducks, only one of which will be downed and (eventually) bagged (Sanderson & Bellrose 1986: Victorian DCE 1991

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