Storm,
There is a movement in the USA to open up their National Parks to hunting as
well. With the numbers of small arms carried by the citizenry of the USA,
there is the potential for some frank and forthright exchanges of projectiles
to be had. A birder I occasionally correspond with in the USA carries a .50 cal
Desert Eagle pistol when he goes birding, for "self protection and bears". I
don,t think he would hesitate to return fire if some one were to put out the
odd round in response.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
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On 09/07/2012, at 11:39, storm <> wrote:
> On ABC Local radio the hunter said that bushwalkers should wear high vis
> vests and that would sort it.
>
> Now, regardless of the desire to wear high vis vests or not, a quick google
> brings up from a hunting website ...
>
> Much has been made about the use of high-vis orange clothing when hunting.
> Many believe that heading afield without at least wearing a small amount of
> blaze orange borders on insanity, especially in hunter-heavy areas. However,
> studies have proven that even high-vis orange in certain low-light conditions
> is insufficient. An analyzation of the Virginia Game Warden's reports, both
> prior to and after the legislation of the use of orange in 1987, showed poor
> results where accidental shootings occurred in hunting situations. "In nearly
> two-thirds of cases (63.9%) of deer hunting accidents in Virginia... the
> victim was wearing orange to the legal requirement."
>
> http://www.albertaoutdoorsmen.ca/archives/outdoor-pursuits-january-09.html
>
> So, not sure I'd be pinning my expectations of not being shot on a high vis
> vest.
>
> storm
>
>
>
>
>
> On 9/07/2012 11:14 AM, Carl Clifford wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> The NSW Shooters and Fishers party now claims that hunters will be shooting
>> in National Parks unsupervised and that parks will not be closed while
>> hunting is taking place. See
>> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-09/fears-of-unsupervised-nsw-national-parks-hunting/4118214
>>
>> I wonder how many non-hunters being accidentally shot it will take, before
>> this excellent bit of policy is reversed. I suppose that depends on what
>> electorate the victim comes from.
>>
>> Carl Clifford
>>
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