Duck-hunting in ecologically friendly way (video)
Duck-Hunting
“This type of hunting is the only type that increases the number of ducks,” Sergey Osokin, chairman at the Tula Association of Hunters and Fishermen, told RT. “When mating in spring, drakes are so active that they demand their mates leave the eggs to make them available for love again. They may destroy the nests themselves. So taking extra drakes away – nature produces more drakes – we increase the number of ducklings.”
The bold claims were made at a gathering to teach people more about hunting and, in particular, the use of wild decoy ducks.
“What we have done at this seminar is come to a consensus on how large the decoy duck should be,” Alexander Mikhailov, president of Hunting Tradition Revival Fund, told RT. “We have a group of scientists, among other people, who helped us do that. The decoy duck had not been standardized up until now.”
The experts support the use of a range of special equipment to aid in the hunt, one of the most important being an instrument imitating the birds’ call.
Of course, central to the practice is the decoy itself: female ducks are used to lure the male counterparts into view before they are picked off by waiting hunters. Such ducks can fetch a hefty fee at market, but those in the know stress it is not the price tag that counts.
“If a duck, or a drake, starts shouting out loud, it’s a marvelous decoy duck,” hunter Dmitry Ponyavin told RT.
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