I'm fairly sure minors aren't allowed to shoot without adult supervision.
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Stent
> Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2012 8:14 AM
> To: Peter Shute
> Cc: Alistair McKeough; Birding Australia
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Duck shooting season- There's an
> identification test?
>
> I understand that psychological studies show that males are incapable
> of rational judgement until they're about 23, females younger. This is
> one reason why young males kill themselves in cars so often.
>
> But a ten year old with a shotgun sounds like a script for a horror
> movie. This is less than half the age of reliable rationality.
>
> Are these people serious?
>
> Bill
>
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Peter Shute <> wrote:
> > Yes, the younger the better as always. The page you
> referred to earlier says 12 is the minimum, so perhaps
> there's some confusion between states, or perhaps it's
> changed recently.
> >
> > Peter Shute
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Alistair McKeough
> > Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2012 7:29 AM
> > To: Peter Shute
> > Cc: Dave Torr; Dimitris Bertzeletos; Birding Australia
> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Duck shooting season- There's an
> identification test?
> >
> > Field & Game is encouraging those over 10 to gear up now by
> passing the test:
> >
> > " If you are over the age of 10 years and you have an
> interest in [killing] waterfowl, you may obtain your
> waterfowl identification certificate right now. Once you have
> the certificate, keep it safe and record your registration
> number where it can be found quite easily. In recent years
> changes to the way WIT's are recorded have created some
> problems for hunters seeking a current duck hunting license
> in some areas."
> >
> > Nothing like encouraging people to gear up as early as 10
> for when they can start shooting live animals for sport.
> >
> >
> > On 7 February 2012 07:24, Peter Shute
> <<>> wrote:
> > When the test first came in, people I know who had been
> duck shooting for years had to buy the training video in
> order to be good enough to pass the test. I would imagine
> therefore that they're a lot better at id in flight than they
> were before, which is a good thing.
> >
> > The video is called "Ducks in Sight". I've got a vague
> memory of seeing it for sale at the BOCA shop, so I get the
> impression it's useful for learning id.
> >
> > I don't think they're required to ever sit the test again,
> so just like a drivers' licence, there's nothing stopping
> people who've forgotten everything they learned from
> shooting/driving regardless. But the tests do stop those who
> can't be bothered learning id from ever getting a licence, so
> I imagine there are far less illegal species shot by mistake
> than there were before.
> >
> > How many are shot anyway, I don't know. Those collected by
> volunteers are probably a small percentage of the total,
> given how many shooters use private wetlands. I'm guessing
> enforcement is the problem now, not id skills.
> >
> > Peter Shute
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From:
> <birding-aus-bou
> >
> >>
> <mailto:birding
> >] On Behalf Of
> >> Dave Torr
> >> Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2012 6:34 AM
> >> To: Dimitris Bertzeletos
> >> Cc: Birding Australia
> >> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Duck shooting season- There's an
> >> identification test?
> >>
> >> Anyone who wants to drive a car has to pass a test, but the
> >> evidence is
> >> that it doesn't help some people drive safely. I assume the
> >> duck shooting
> >> test is likely to be even less of a success!
> >>
> >> On 7 February 2012 02:35, Dimitris Bertzeletos
> >> <<>
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Hello all,
> >> >
> >> > I've just learned that there's an identification test that
> >> waterfowlers
> >> > need to pass before they can shoot in the field. Anyone
> >> have any idea how
> >> > stringent this is? Evidence suggests not stringent enough...
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> >
> >> > D.
> >> >
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