Legal Issues
In 2009 Gary Howard, Field and Game life member and past president, Sale Field and Game spokesperson and nephew of Field and Game founding member Herb Guyatt, was found guilty in Sale Magistrates Court on the charges of taking and using water without authority, and with interfering with the flow in a waterway. Mr Howard was fined $1500 and ordered to pay costs of $1500. The actions were uncovered by the Coalition Against Duck Shooting who monitored Heart Morass after learning that 100 Field and Game members had paid to hunt on the opening weekend. The police investigation showed that Mr Howard had released water onto the property, owned by the Field and Game Association, just prior to the opening of the duck-hunting season, in order to attract ducks for better shooting conditions for paying members.
In Victoria, following the 2011 duck season where an illegal protester was shot in the face by a shooter (who did not identify them self to Police therefore was not able to be correctly questioned about the matter and in 2012 when other illegal protesters were charged and prosecuted, regulations were changed to increase public safety. New regulations were adopted in September 2012 and will be in place for the 2013 season. They incorporate what is known as "human safety regulations".
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