sungazer wrote:What about if you have a Primary Producer License. In Vic at least it allows you to shoot on any land used for primary production (with permission of course) you can shoot deer any time of year and even spot light them. I am not sure about ducks as I don't really shoot them If I did it would be not legal anyway as I would use the 22. How does that translate to what can be done in NSW
Waterfowl in NSW are... complicated. I'm pretty sure the following is correct; I looked into doing it but didn't bother in the end. Someone who knows it properly, correct me if I'm wrong:
- There is no "season", but there is a Game Bird Management Program (aka Ducks on Rice...)
- The landowner needs a quota for the landholding from the Dept of Primary Industry, because the purpose is pest eradication
- All the shooters need a game licence (only G, not R, because it's private land). If you are the landowner or an employee I think they waive the fees. That's just the blanket rule in NSW for recreational shooting anything that's not a feral animal, (apart from some deer under very specific circumstances related to pest control) - you need a game licence. The only difference between R and G is public land use, and there isn't any waterfowl shooting on public land. So, G will do it.
- All the shooters also need to have done their Waterfowl Identification Test (WIT) to make sure you don't start blasting pelicans by mistake. Similar fee waivers for landowners and employees.