A tiny report on the re-opening of the South Australian 2011 duck and quail hunting season appeared in today’s Adelaide Advertiser.
To quote the article: “South Australia has approved limited duck and quail hunting season for 2011 after surveys reported sufficient bird numbers across southern and eastern Australian [Typo included]. “Environment minister Paul Caica said duck season would run from February 19 to June 26, with each hunter limited to 12 birds a day or six Pacific black ducks. The quail season will run from April 2 to July 26 with a 20-bird daily limit”. “Hunting will be banned at Bool Lagoon and Bucks Lake game reserves in the south-east”.
For those of us who actually have an interest, it would be nice to have a little more information on the surveys; who conducted them and the results. What the limits had been in previous years also might be worthwhile to know. But there is no additional information. All I know is that there’s nothing “sufficient” about the waterbird numbers encountered on my travels recently.
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