[Brent]

Protesters are not allowed by law to go into the water at designated hunting places during specific times in order to avoid this very incident. However, for those on a moral crusade who are above the law (it would seem), a face full of shot pellets is a real risk. Lucky it wasn't at close range otherwise we'd have a fatality on our hands.

Personally, I haven't hunted ducks for over 15 years, but there's a certain allure to going out on a cold morning and bagging your own game, to be cooked on the Weber BBQ the next night etc. In a society of junk food, drive thru's, child obesity, plastic-wrapped everything, and mass produced tasteless gruel for the masses, I quite like the idea of going out and getting your own....be it a fresh whiting from the bay or a quail or duck etc from the field.

Hunting used to be a noble pursuit, but alas, all but gone to the pressure of a sterile, politically correct world.