Thread: mallard releases

Originally Posted by Natatale

So if I was to save some ducklings from being destroyed on a farm, because they are a pest to the farmer, and then hand raise and repat them in a different district to bring up there numbers I would be breaking lots of laws DOC and F&G ?????

basicly yes tho your hypothetical case sounds a unlikely one as farmers are humans to and have access to reliable shooters and f&g help to alleviate pest problems.
you,d have to be some sort of a heartless bastard to kill ducklings
repatriating them somewghere else is not as easy as just finding a watery spot.
predators and human factors could undo in seconds what you,ve tried to achieve.
thier are outfits you can take ducklings injured birds to spca etc

And if it is private property ?????

private property matters not a toss
ducklings and all gamebirds species are protected by seasons as well as conditions and the way they can be killed.
wild mallard ducklings can legally be killed at anytime id posit