Yes, the younger the better as always. The page you referred to earlier says 12 is the minimum, so perhaps there’s some confusion between states, or perhaps it’s changed recently.
Peter Shute
________________________________ From: Alistair McKeough [mailto:alistair.mckeough@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2012 7:29 AM To: Peter Shute Cc: Dave Torr; Dimitris Bertzeletos; Birding Australia Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Duck shooting season- There’s an identification test?
Field & Game is encouraging those over 10 to gear up now by passing the test:
” If you are over the age of 10 years and you have an interest in [killing] waterfowl, you may obtain your waterfowl identification certificate right now. Once you have the certificate, keep it safe and record your registration number where it can be found quite easily. In recent years changes to the way WIT’s are recorded have created some problems for hunters seeking a current duck hunting license in some areas.”
Nothing like encouraging people to gear up as early as 10 for when they can start shooting live animals for sport.
On 7 February 2012 07:24, Peter Shute
The video is called “Ducks in Sight”. I’ve got a vague memory of seeing it for sale at the BOCA shop, so I get the impression it’s useful for learning id.
I don’t think they’re required to ever sit the test again, so just like a drivers’ licence, there’s nothing stopping people who’ve forgotten everything they learned from shooting/driving regardless. But the tests do stop those who can’t be bothered learning id from ever getting a licence, so I imagine there are far less illegal species shot by mistake than there were before.
How many are shot anyway, I don’t know. Those collected by volunteers are probably a small percentage of the total, given how many shooters use private wetlands. I’m guessing enforcement is the problem now, not id skills.
Peter Shute
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