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Fwd: Keep Hunters Out of New South Wales Parks

To: Clive Nealon <>
Subject: Fwd: Keep Hunters Out of New South Wales Parks
From: David Stowe <>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 18:12:04 +1000
Thanks for sharing that link Clive!!
As someone that spends a fair amount of time quietly in the bush in camouflague 
photographing birds I find this incredibly disturbing to say the least!

Cheers,
Dave Stowe

On 29/07/2012, at 5:54 PM, Clive Nealon <> wrote:

> Indeed...perhaps they'll import from across the Tasman to help their 
> identification skills...
> 
> 
> See -
> http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/nz-hunter-admits-careless-use-of-a-firearm/story-e6frf7k6-1226436670519
>  
> for the story. It includes -
> 
> "A NEW Zealand hunter who shot a man was so sure his victim was a deer he 
> thought he could 
> see fur before he pulled the trigger, a court has heard. "
> 
> Regards, Clive.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Torr <>
> To: Peter Shute <>
> Cc: birding-aus <>
> Sent: Sun, Jul 29, 2012 3:13 pm
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Fwd: Keep Hunters Out of New South Wales Parks
> 
> 
> Peter
> 
> As we all know, duck hunters (at least in Vic) have a list of species they
> can shoot and a bag limit, and as we all know they are very restrained,
> make sure they are aiming at the right species and stop as soon as they
> have reached the bag limit.
> 
> I am sure our NSW friends will be just as restrained!
> 
> Dave
> 
> On 29 July 2012 17:08, Peter Shute <> wrote:
> 
>> I'm not in favour of hunting in national parks, but are they suggesting
>> people will shoot flying foxes and bandicoots? Or are they talking about
>> indirect effects?
>> 
>> Peter Shute
>> 
>> 
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