Not sure there is a "duck season".
Cheers
Chris Gregory
On 15 June 2012 17:10, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> At least we will be ready for the next Canada Goose invasion of our
> National Parks . Or will our fearless little Nimrods have to wait until
> duck season.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Clifford
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 15/06/2012, at 14:02, Chris Gregory <> wrote:
>
> > Good news if you live in NSW, as I do, from July 1st you get an 18%
> > increase in your electricity bill and as a trade off you get to keep 10
> > metres from a bloke (must be over 12 years of age) with a gun in your
> > favourite NP. A win win all round really - unless you are a Topknot
> Pigeon.
> > Here is a link to the Game and Feral Animal Control Amendment Bill 2009
> and
> > below it a listing of birds and animals included in the bill.
> >
> >
> http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/nswbills.nsf/1d4800a7a88cc2abca256e9800121f01/6dce0470707e4f4bca2575b4001bd3f1/$FILE/b2009-031-d10-House.pdf
> >
> > Native game animals (licence required to hunt on public or private land)
> >
> > Ducks
> >
> > Australian Shelduck (or Mountain Duck) (Tadorna tadornoides)
> > Australian Wood Duck (or Maned Duck) (Chenonetta jubata)
> > Black Duck (or Pacific Black Duck) (Anas superciliosa)
> > Blue-winged Shoveler (or Australasian Shoveler) (Anas rhynchotis)
> > Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
> > Grass Duck (or Plumed Whistling Duck) (Dendrocygna eytoni)
> > Grey Teal (Anas gibberifrons)
> > Hardhead Duck (or White-eyed Duck) (Aythya australia)
> > Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus)
> > Water Whistling Duck (or Wandering Whistling Duck, Whistling or
> > Wandering Tree Duck) (Dendrocygna arcuata)
> >
> > Quails
> > Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora)
> > Stubble Quail (Coturnix pectoralis)
> >
> > Other birds
> > Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
> > Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
> > Common Bronzewing Pigeon (Phaps chalcoptera)
> > Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
> > Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea)
> > Long-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris)
> > Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
> > Straw Necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
> > Sulphur Crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
> > Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus)
> >
> > Kangaroos
> > Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
> > Euro (Macropus robustus)
> > Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus)
> > Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
> >
> > Part 3 Non-indigenous animals (licence required to hunt on public land
> only)
> > Note. A game hunting licence is not required for hunting the animals
> listed
> > in this Part
> > on private land, and accordingly is only required if the animals are
> living
> > in the wild on
> > public land
> >
> > Amphibians
> > Cane Toad (Bufo marinus)
> >
> > Birds
> > Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
> > Common Pigeon (Columba livia)
> > Domestic Goose (Anser anser domesticus and Anser cygnoides domesticus)
> > European Blackbird (Turdus merula)
> > European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
> > European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)
> > House Crow (vagrant) (Corvus splendens)
> > House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
> > Hungarian Partridge (Perdix perdix)
> > Indian Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
> > Indian Ringneck (vagrant) (Psittacula krameri)
> > Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschate)
> > Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
> > Rock Dove (or Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia)
> > Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
> > Song Thrush (Turdus philomelus)
> > Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
> > Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
> >
> > Other animals living in the wild
> > Cat
> > Dog (other than dingo)
> > Goat
> > Fox
> > Hare
> > Rabbit
> > Pig
> >
> > Cheers
> > Chris Gregory (this name is my sign off and not part of the above list!)
> >
> > On 15 June 2012 11:24, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Dear All,
> >>
> >> On p5 of today's Sydney Morning Herald, there is an item headed "Public
> >> face ban from parts of parks". In part, this item states that the bill
> >> allowing shooting in NSW National Parks is being amended, so that it
> will
> >> be an offence for a person to approach to within 10 metres of a hunter
> in a
> >> National Park.
> >>
> >> Reading through the bill, Game and Feral Animal Control Amendment Bill
> >> 2009, it also would seem that all is set, legislatively, to allow the
> >> hunting of ducks and other game birds.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Carl Clifford
> >>
> >>
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