Mysticete
Well-known member
Ok, I honestly did not know this occurred.
Apparently last fall a trio of Harlequin Ducks were shot in Utah at an easily assessable (and legal to shoot at) location. Harlequins are vagrants to the state, with only ~13 records. Apparently there are a good number of hunters who monitor rbas to get the scoop on rare ducks and geese they can add to their trophy collection. Another birder in the thread mentions on how on a California shooting forum various posters were brainstorming ways to spook all the ducks off a protected wildlife refuge so they could shoot the Falcated Duck hanging out with them.
What the hell people?
http://blog.aba.org/2012/05/shooting-rarities.html
Apparently last fall a trio of Harlequin Ducks were shot in Utah at an easily assessable (and legal to shoot at) location. Harlequins are vagrants to the state, with only ~13 records. Apparently there are a good number of hunters who monitor rbas to get the scoop on rare ducks and geese they can add to their trophy collection. Another birder in the thread mentions on how on a California shooting forum various posters were brainstorming ways to spook all the ducks off a protected wildlife refuge so they could shoot the Falcated Duck hanging out with them.
What the hell people?
http://blog.aba.org/2012/05/shooting-rarities.html