Thread: Poachers Fire on Forestry Workers

[QUOTE=GravelBen;295311]If you hear shots and bullets hitting nearby objects and you hit the deck and/or hide behind something, would you describe that as dodging bullets? I'm sure many people would, even if its not each individual bullet being dodged.

The forestry workers may have seen said poachers with dead pigs before being fired at by them? That would be pretty conclusive of them being pig poachers, though you're right that it doesn't mean the pigs they were poaching were deliberately released beforehand.

In general I agree about crap reporting and I'm often among the first to poke holes in the media (don't get me started on everything in the Mount Cook National Park area being 'on Mount Cook'!) - but you seem to be making some assumptions about it too. Cracking down on poachers is no bad thing at all, they royally screw up a lot of public opinion and access for honest hunters.[/QUOTE

Right you are Ben. No, you may be taking cover from fire, not dodging bullets. Unless they are thrown at you by hand.

Poaching is a strange word to use in this case. If released pigs were indeed being hunted 'Poaching' is the wrong word. Its emotive. There are a few more suitable charges. If workers were indeed fired upon there are suitable charges for that too. But I doubt that is true because the Armed Offenders would be all over the Forest Like a rash and so would every news outlet in the country.

Access to hunting areas and public opinion is damaged by this sort of article appearing in a farming magazines. People do believe what lazy Journalist who try to add spice to their poorly written articles present them with.

Gun Clubs are worried now at the potential reaction all over the country because people have read that "100 cows have died or been put down because of lead Poisoning".