Laird said duck hunters would support the GMA putting more effort and resources into enforcing existing hunting legislation, and suggested that effort had instead gone toward those who oppose duck hunting. “Having said that, more than 2,000 duck hunters were in the Kerang area on opening morning, and thousands more were hunting across the state, so we need to put this into perspective,” Laird said, adding that the vast majority of duck hunters were “decent, honest, responsible and law-abiding people”.
SSAA Victoria development manager, David Laird, said on Thursday they had not received official notice from the GMA of the piles of dead ducks allegedly buried by illegal hunters, but that “any illegal activity in relation to hunting is distressing for the association and its members, who have worked very hard to secure the future of their sport over many years”. The Victorian branch of the Sporting Shooters Association Australia (SSAA) and Field and Game Australia both issued statements condemning illegal and unethical shooting, saying the “actions of a few” put the whole sport in jeopardy. It comes after the Game Management Authority (GMA) issued a statement condemning the illegal and unethical actions of some shooters on opening weekend, a statement that did not include reference to the buried ducks.
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