Contemporary-Wildfowler

I started off with one of the original Dave Jackson Sonderman Duck Calls - wooden and double reed - I believe they are still in production and if your lucky enough, you might just pick one up on Ebay for relatively cheap. It proved to be a great call for producing those raspy notes. CW

How many more years will pass before we start to see the daunting effects, why bury our heads in the sand and forget all about this madness? I would disagree with your statement: "you will put people off for life...", this should be used to our advantage, this is merely an educational video on how not to shoot - a basic lesson on how proper sporting etiquette should be carried out. Lets not consider too much about fueling the anti community, lets consider our own wildfowling community for now. If there is more and more of this activity taking place and we refuse to educate fellow wildfowlers, then lets hope and pray that BASC does see sense and help introduce some form of control on a bag limit.

There is no harm in refreshing this subject, if anything surely it will provide some form of education to all those novice wildfowlers who so desperately require advice. Surely this is one of the most important pieces of advice any beginner should be given - respect your quarry, shoot only what you need. I am fully aware that the majority of forum members are converted, however what about that small minority who are not - lets educate them! For some of you gentlemen, please do not get so flustered... there is plenty of room for discussion on here!

In agreement with fenboy, the idea of legislating a bag limit would be one solution to this madness. In my eyes, motty shot an acceptable bag this morning. In any case, to even shoot two - one in each hand - I vacate the place with a smile spread across my face. How many of you would agree or disagree if a bag limit was made law?

Gentlemen, I'd like to share the following Youtube video-clip with you all, please take a little time to view such brutality from those so-called wildfowlers, or worse "goose guides". What you are about to witness is an act of utter foolery, nothing more than a massacre. This 1 minute 39 second video-clip has made such a profound impact on myself, it is only fair that I publicly address the forum to try and put a simple message across - in an attempt to stop this madness. This is beyond justifiable, this is not your average "big bag", nor is this a "red letter day", this is clearly an act of greed and corruption. We have now entered an era where the fashionable attitude towards goose decoying is matched to that of pigeon decoying. What has not to be forgotten is that the grey goose is not classified as vermin. Maybe in some parts of the British Isles we do consider the canada goose to be an agricultural pest as too the greylag goose in the Northern and Western Isles of Scotland, but look at the efficient measures we have in place for that. This seems to be instigated by one of those corrupt "goose guides" who would rather see the pound signs than the practice of sporting etiquette. No wonder we have the existence of a lobbying anti-blood sport pressure group - who would blame them when we have idiotic cowboys like such. Considering the great amount of controversy over goose shooting in places such as Orkney and in Aberdeenshire, it has now to to the point where we have to educate those on the aspect of conservation, because if things carry on the way they are, before we know it, numbers will deplete and it will take years for those numbers to replenish. I am not classifying every goose guide as corrupt nor am I against the lucrative business aspect of goose shooting, but all I am saying is that they are out there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWWbPRk2MvA As passionate wildfowlers, we do not have the right to slaughter them in numbers, but one or two for the pot in the right circumstances is very enjoyable and quite acceptable. Thank you for taking the time to read this post - it is important we conserve the art of wildfowling for generations to come! CW.