So am I right in thinking that shooters believe (wrongly) that they can
shoot one Freckled Duck per day and say "oops", just letting the duck due
where it falls?
Bill
On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 8:18 AM, Barney Enders <>
wrote:
> After the heavy fine handed out in March 2013 to a shooter for shooting a
> Freckled Duck ( $1000 fine with $5000 costs ) The Field and Game applied in
> 2014 to
> the D P I to allow shooters to shoot one Freckled Duck.
>
> Their argument was that Freckled Ducks were too hard to identify for most
> shooters and the fines handed out were too large. ( An excuse for their
> incompetence )
>
>
>
> Living in Qld I had never followed up the result of this application and
> presumed after talking to several shooters over the last week that this was
> allowed.
>
> They told me they could make one mistake as long as they didn't bring the
> duck from the swamp.
>
> Inquiries yesterday confirmed that the shooting of them is still highly
> Illegal and this was never allowed although very few have been put into
> court of late.
>
>
>
> This line of thinking by the shooters is that the D P I inspectors would be
> lenient as it is almost impossible to tell who shot the bird, this thinking
> by many shooters is resulting
>
> in so many Freckled Ducks being picked up after the opening day at various
> swamps by C A D S etc.
>
> Their thinking will certainly result in some very costly enlightenment for
> some in the future.
>
>
>
> The law states that a fully feathered wing must be left on the duck till
> immediately before cooking or the shooter arrives at his house of
> residence.
>
> This is for identification purposes but is rarely done and a lot of
> shooters nowadays don't pluck their ducks, only taking two fillets off the
> breast.
>
>
>
> When the D P I took over the responsibility for duck shooting season from
> the Dep. of Sustainability and Environment lots of staff were retrenched
> and
> offices closed not leaving
>
> enough staff for policing of the shooters.
>
>
>
> The majority of shooters know their ducks and act responsibly it is the few
> " Rednecks " that will and are wrecking it for all.
>
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