I’m fairly sure minors aren’t allowed to shoot without adult supervision.
Peter Shute
> —–Original Message—– > From: Bill Stent [mailto:billstent@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2012 8:14 AM > To: Peter Shute > Cc: Alistair McKeough; Birding Australia > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Duck shooting season- There’s an > identification test? > > I understand that psychological studies show that males are incapable > of rational judgement until they’re about 23, females younger. This is > one reason why young males kill themselves in cars so often. > > But a ten year old with a shotgun sounds like a script for a horror > movie. This is less than half the age of reliable rationality. > > Are these people serious? > > Bill > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Peter Shute wrote: > > 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 > > wrote: > > When the test first came in, people I know who had been > duck shooting for years had to buy the training video in > order to be good enough to pass the test. I would imagine > therefore that they’re a lot better at id in flight than they > were before, which is a good thing. > > > > 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 > > > >> —–Original Message—– > >> From: > birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au nces@lists.vicnet.net.au> > >> > [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au -aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au>] On Behalf Of > >> Dave Torr > >> Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2012 6:34 AM > >> To: Dimitris Bertzeletos > >> Cc: Birding Australia > >> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Duck shooting season- There’s an > >> identification test? > >> > >> Anyone who wants to drive a car has to pass a test, but the > >> evidence is > >> that it doesn’t help some people drive safely. I assume the > >> duck shooting > >> test is likely to be even less of a success! > >> > >> On 7 February 2012 02:35, Dimitris Bertzeletos > >> > >> > wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > Hello all, > >> > > >> > I’ve just learned that there’s an identification test that > >> waterfowlers > >> > need to pass before they can shoot in the field. Anyone > >> have any idea how > >> > stringent this is? 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