Dear All
There has always been hunting in national parks, state forests and the like in
New Zealand. As far as I know, this has not been a conservation issue, perhaps
because there are so few NZ native species that make tempting targets, except
perhaps the native pigeons. But it does quite regularly result in fatal
accidents. And that has not lead to any real pressure to ban hunting.
So perhaps this thought is too optimistic, Tony.
Kim
On 26/02/2013, at 10:11 AM, Tony Russel wrote:
Perhaps the law would be rescinded if a few people got shot ? Perish the
thought of course.
Tony
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Indeed John and I think the SMH article refers to a couple of them.
I would certainly like to hear that shooters are active and (sadly) give
them a wide berth as I have done already in Binya State Forest.
The thought of the "West Sydney drive-by boys" getting their hands on a
supply of silencers isn't that appealing either and the Police Minister
seems singularly unimpressed with the idea.
But lastly, and those better qualified on physics please correct me if I am
wrong, but muzzle silencers are only effective on sub-sonic arms (eg
handguns and say .22 rimfires). Once you get to anything capable of reliably
handling deer or pigs you are way out of that league. And then there's
shotguns?
Graeme Stevens
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:45:56 +1100
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SMH today "Hunters would be allowed to use silencers on their guns
while shooting feral animals in national parks...."
I hope I'm not the only person who can see a problem with this idea.
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John Leonard
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