sn said...
Why on earth dont a lot more skindivers, snorkellers (and by extension) windsurfers, surfers, or anyone who could be classed as potentially being tomorrows shark poo- carry a 12 guage smokey?
(official name "powerhead")
Powerheads are a pretty nasty devise. Had a 12 bore one explode on me years ago in the tuna fishing days. bloody lucky not to be permanently disfigured. Tip. Don't use solid shells.
They're very effective from the deck of a boat and I carried one diving years ago. as far as other watersports go it wouldn't work. I reckon we would end up with more fatalities from powerhead accidents than shark attacks. besides, the 12 guage one is a bit large and heavy to carry about. The 303 on the other hand is much smaller and lighter and still gets the job done with hollow point rounds.
Very sad to hear of another attack. Must be tough going for you guys in WA at the moment. Its possible over in SA we havn't had an attack for a while because the cage diving and tuna farms are keeping the GW's distracted and away from the beaches. I was in a discusion recently with some friends who work in tuna farming and cage diving. They were talking about a day this year when there were 12 GW sharks at the Neptune Islands cage diving area and at the same time at least that many around the farms. That was individual sharks that were counted and the same time. could have been many more. WA had its own sharks and attacks occured in South Africa.
Endangered species my arse.
Nobody wants to see them become extinct. If they become a bit thin on the ground like in the 80's, would suit me fine.
