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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: philw on March 19, 2011, 12:48:28 AM
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Hi all
need a little bit of help over here please
Please vote NO on the banning of the open season over here
http://tinyurl.com/4g9hobr
also a Protester was shot in the face today,
not good that she was shot, however she should not of been in the water before 10AM and they can only go in the water if they have the licences ( most don't )
A PROTESTER has been shot in the face just hours after the opening of the controversial duck hunting season this morning.
Protester Julia Symons of Melburne suffered pellet injuries to her face, teeth and hand in a accidental shooting at Lake Buloke, 12km east of Donald in Victoria's west.
Witnesses say Ms Symons, 43, was waist-deep in water when she was shot by the hunter, believed to be aiming at a low-flying bird.
Have your say now. Should duck hunting be banned?
Ms Symons was conscious when she was carried from the water by fellow protesters of a duck rescue group.
They said she still had pellets lodged in her face, and one of her teeth had been shot out.
She was taken to Horsham Hosptial where she is in a stable condition.
Police have seized the gun and are investigating.
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Should duck shooting be banned?
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Should duck shooting be banned?
Yes
45.64% (524 votes)
No
54.36% (624 votes)
Total votes: 1148
“The woman, who is from St Kilda, had been protesting about the duck hunt," a police spokeswoman said.
“It appears she was accidently shot by a 14-year-old boy, who had been duck hunting with his uncle."
Protesters were at the lake to voice their anger at the 2011 hunting season which will see each hunter permitted to kill 10 birds per day.
Today is the first day of the season, which will run until June 13.
Shooters as young as 12 are permitted to hunt ducks with valid game hunting licences.
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With a limit of 10 per day there must be plenty of ducks to hunt, so why not hunt them?
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With a limit of 10 per day there must be plenty of ducks to hunt, so why not hunt them?
Protesters or ducks?
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Protesters or ducks?
:) Ducks. There's a limit of one protester per day.
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:) Ducks. There's a limit of one protester per day.
Only because it takes taxpayer money to retrieve them ;D ;D ;D
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Barely 50-50 in favor of not banning at this moment.
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Using her being shot as a reason to support the ban would be like using the death of a protester of the Interstate Highway system being run down while standing in the fast lane with a protest sign, as a reason to ban Interstates or speed limits over 30mph.
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When did Dick Cheney go to OZ?
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Done. 55% FOR duckhunting
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1254 for banning
1317 for hunting
What do they think is going to happen to the duck population if they ban hunting? Did they learn nothing from the rabbits?
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It's another means of exerting control over the individual. If you are not allowed to hunt your own food you have to stay in line to be allowed to buy Govt. approved "factory food".
46% Ban
53% No ban