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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rosbifs" data-source="post: 3327497" data-attributes="member: 35084">I doubt that anyone would disagree - even the shooters - that 200 is excessive but at the same time you need to ask over how many shooters and how often? 10 shooters bagging 20 each is not the same as one shooter emptying his load over 200 birds... Yes the result IS the same but it is more morally defensable (on a none 'bird'forum).The most important point is that the shooting fraternity are seriously looking at the issue, from within, with a view to long term 'conservation' (I say that in the loosest sense bearing in mind what they are actually doing). Working with these people, I believe, is the only way to protect this species. What I'm sort of saying is that unless it comes from within the shooters will never believe any figures, published by birdwatchers, or indeed believe they have to stop or even reduce what they are doing....</blockquote>