I personally would prefer there not to be a duck shooting season. However,
if the general population pressures the politicians to allow duck shooting,
then I think that the Western Australian compromise is reasonable.
In Western Australia, duck shooting is only allowed on private property
with the permission of the owner. There are some restrictions to the
species, but the above rule generally means that only Pacific Black Duck,
Grey Teal, Australian Shelduck and Australian Wood Duck are targetted. All
these species are very common.
This allows farmers to take a few ducks for their table, and to allow
people they know to take some ducks. It makes it harder for the general
person in the city to just go out and shoot.
You also need to educate duck shooters that ducks spend half their time on
sewage ponds! :-)
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