Thread: duck preserves can f off

Is this really the isssue?That you can’t shoot a duck because it wants to go to a “preserve”.
I appreciate the passion behind the sentiment but the reality is ducks go where they like.
Feeding ponds,big water,flight lines,weather are just some of the reasons ducks don’t want to head in the direction we want!
Increasing duck numbers must be a big plus and if it is paid for by those with deep pockets and limited time and skills then what has changed?
Access to good shooting possies is the golden rule of successful duck shooting and I don’t think that will ever change or be changed
by those who want to privatise it for the very small number of people who can and want to pay for it.
The benefits are significant and can have a positive flow on effect for all shooters in the long run.
I have shot raised ducks in the UK.Done badly they were embarrassingly bad but done properly they are very sporting birds which test the best of shots.
Luckily I have a good possie on Public land so I’m not affected.
But what if a landowner has a large area of Swamp which generates no income.Surely no one could complain if it was used for paying customers-something which adds value to land which has in the past been drained and lost forever... and maximises its intrinsic value.
Has anyone seen a duck quacking away whilst others are shot around it and who would know which is a wild bird and which is raised anyway?
From speaking to those who have raised their own birds they are just as likely to go to another pond as raised birds.
I think this is a good idea with a lot of potential.