BirdForum is the net's largest birding community dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE!

Register for an account to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 1654032" data-attributes="member: 12449">This is slightly veering away from the general topic - I think all persons with any interest in conservation, be they hunters or not, should rightly condemn irresponsible behaviour. Whilst I suppose many of us non-hunters can remain passive to wildfowling that is conducted in a regulated, responsible manner and contributes to overall conservation (eg land owners actively protecting the North Slobs for occasional regulated hunts), I expect all of us (including responsible hunters too) would condemn hunting that not only contributes nothing, but is also conducted with no care as to the consequences. With regard to individual calls and bird identities, yes, but slightly wider a birder who knows nothing may go home with an empty notebook, a shooter who knows nothing goes home with non-quarry species.</blockquote>