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:
> 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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