What has not Changed after 7 years of State Forest Hunting?
The Anti Hunting Prophecies of Death, Death & More Death!
For the last 7 Years they have run this campaign.
Before State Forest Hunting began they wailed and gnashed their teeth
The major problem with this Campaign
7 YEARS of ACTUAL HUNTING
in NSW State Forests
NO ONE DIED
I know they are really disappointed, they would love to point to the dead body of some hiker or mountain biker or camper, but alas it just has not happened
The other Problem is 12 Years of Nation Wide Data shows how rare hunting deaths are.
- 17 deaths related to firearms while hunting in the whole of Australia over 12 years.
- 2 deaths related to firearms while hunting in NSW over 12 years
NOT ONE, NOT A SINGLE ONE involving Hunting on Foot.
Lets get some Perspective on the "eventually there will be a tragedy" line
Sport
In the same 12 year period 1,993 people died from a sport related accident.
The table below provide the break down of sports.
The water and motor sports are at the top of the list.
You have to get down past Horse Riding and Adventure Sports before you get to the target/precision sports in which shooting is listed.
The data is very clear, eventually some one will die as a result of participating in a sporting or recreational activity of some sort. The nearer that activity is to water, the more likely a death is.
Farms
ON FARMS in period of 8 years 2003-2011 a total of 397 people died
- 18 Farm Workers were killed by an animal (cows kill most people)
- 35 children died on a farms
- 6 visitors to a farm where killed.
Not surprisingly, Motor Vehicles & Machinery figure pretty heavily.
Accidental Deaths they do happen
In the 10 years 2001-2010 there were 34,440 accidental deaths
- 17,398 accident related motor vehicle deaths
- 7,633 accidental poisonings
- 2,052 accidental drownings
However, the fear mongering, & efforts to stir up public hysteria that the full time, professionally trained Anti Hunting lobbyists & their vote chasing friends/supporters in parliament have be promulgating that has been going on since 2006 is totally out of proportion to reality.
Yet the Band Plays on
The Song has been the same since 2006 despite ZERO deaths in 7 Years & still they sing on. Ever more loudly they wail hoping to drown out reason and prevent you hearing the truth.
Quietly, deep down, in the dark places of their hearts, they are secretly hoping that some one, some stranger, is killed, or maimed, so they can redouble their chorus of nightmares & woe & add "I told you so" to the chorus.
They have prophesied death of hikers, bikers, campers, neighbours, & natives since 2006.
They have painted scenes of bloody bodies slumped over picnic tables & worse.
They have wrapped their heads in bandaged soaked in tomato sauce while attending rallies.
They have paraded their children with signs says "Don't Shoot"
Even though such incidents have NEVER HAPPENED in NSW.
Even though such incidents have NEVER HAPPENED in Australia.
Still they sing their songs of fear!!
They cry...NO it has not happened yet....BUT IT WILL HAPPEN
& then we shall be vindicated!
Here is a little sample of the 2006 Campaign
- http://thebegavalley.org.au/5190.html
- http://archive.lee.greens.org.au/index.php/content/view/1598/99/
- http://sgp1.paddington.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/article_1996.asp?s=1
- http://www.sydneyalternativemedia.com/id46.html
- http://www.coolrunning.com.au/forums/?showtopic=3232
- http://www.colongwilderness.org.au/media-releases/2006/06/allowing-shooters-newnes-and-ben-bullen-forests-would-be-destructive-and
- http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/767195/mullion-creek-residents-fear-forest-hunting-will-end-in-tragedy/
- http://www.bluemountains.org.au/documents/hutnews/archive/0705news.pdf
Here is a quick look at the current running sheet of woe:
- http://davidshoebridge.org.au/2014/01/17/risks-ignored-by-pro-hunting-premier/
- http://nohunting.wildwalks.com/
- http://nohunting.wildwalks.com/node/520
- http://www.npansw.org.au/index.php/campaigns/hunting-in-national-parks
It 2014, we have seven (7) years of actual experience.
We have seven (7) years of R-Licence Hunters in the field almost daily.
We have seven (7) years of Forests NSW Staff being in contact with R-Licence Hunters in the field almost daily across a multitude of forests.
3 times Forest NSW Staff & their union have had the opportunity to massively restrict or put an end to R-Licence Hunters in State Forests. They HAVE NOT.
We have the s the NO HUNTING crowd scouring the world and the archives l looking for terrible events overseas with which to terrorise you with.
They must of course do this because they must:
Prevent you seeing the clear evidence that R-Licence Hunters in NSW have an impeccable safety record.
Prevent you seeing the clear evidence that R-Licence Hunters in NSW have the confidence of Forest NSW field staff.
Prevent you seeing the clear evidence that Australian Hunters in every state have a fantastic safety record.
They must make sure you do not hear that the Forests NSW Workers are not afraid.
They are not afraid because they know the facts, they have seen us in the field:
- 86,000 days of hunting (that is 236 years)
- ZERO fatalities
- ZERO Injuries to other Forest Users
- 2 injuries to hunters right at the start of the program none since.
- 3 Times the Forest NSW Staff have been given the opportunity to say NO MORE, 3 Times they have said "OK"
"EVENTUALLY SOME ONE WILL DIE"
YES Eventually someone will die, the statistics tell the tale. Alas they will die
- Fishing
- Swimming
- Driving a car
- Riding a Horse
- Riding a mountain bike
- Sitting on the couch
- From a dodgy meal made from left overs
- climbin a ladder
- on the list goes.
You would be wiser to be afraid of the drive there...
TABLES/REFERENCE
REFERENCE:
NCIS Report: http://www.gamecouncil.nsw.gov.au/docs/Report-NCIS-2012.pdf
Farm Injuries:http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/sites/SWA/about/Publications/Documents/759/Work-related-injuries-fatalities-farms.pdf
ABS Data :http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/3303.02011?OpenDocument
