Bert Willaert / Hunter and his dog waiting for raptors to fly over, Georgia, September 2011. No release available.

Stephen Dalton / Shotgun discharge, multiflash sequence of eight images

Ernie Janes / Man with shotgun climbing gate, silhouetted at sunset, Norfolk, East Anglia, England, UK, February 2014.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mongo man with shotgun, and shot cartridge in mouth, Bomili Village, Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

David Tipling / Dead Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) and shotgun Norfolk, England, UK, January.

Sandesh Kadur / Two Naga men hunting with rifles, Arunachal Pradesh, India, 2009.

David Tipling / Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) feathers and shotgun cartridge, Malta, during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, April 2013

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup man, returns from hunting in the forest carrying his catch of two Capercailles, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Bert Willaert / Remnants of a shot Honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) and a Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus), with shotgun cartridges nearby, Georgia, September 2011.

Florian Möllers / Dead Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis), Weimaraner dog and shotgun. Shot by a fish breeder to prevent damage to his stock, Bohmte, Germany, August 2009.

Florian Möllers / Dead Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) and shotgun. Shot by a fish breeder to prevent damage to his stock, Bohmte, Germany, August 2009.

LYNN M. STONE / Lady hunter with .12 gauge shotgun and black Labrador Retriever in autumn woodland, sitting on log; Putnam, Connecticut, USA. Model Released

Stephen Dalton / Shotgun firing, sequence 2/2

Stephen Dalton / Shotgun firing, sequence 1/2

Stephen Dalton / Shotgun discharge sequence 5/5 high speed image

Stephen Dalton / Shotgun discharge sequence 4/5 high speed image

Stephen Dalton / Shotgun discharge sequence 3/5 high speed image

Stephen Dalton / Shotgun discharge sequence 2/5 high speed image

Stephen Dalton / Shotgun discharge sequence 1/5 high speed image

Nick Upton / Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) flock migrating over Pyreneean mountains, reacting to shotgun volleys from hunters on ridges below. France / Spain border. autumn 2008

Roy Mangersnes / Grouse hunter with a shotgun in white snow camouflage passing a pile of grouse droppings, Norway. February

Roy Mangersnes / Grouse hunter in white snow camouflage, with a shotgun, in mist, Norway. February

Niall Benvie / Dead Canada Goose {Branta canadensis} shot by hunter with shotgun, UK

Pete Oxford / Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa) killed for food with a shotgun while feeding at Kirigueti clay lick, Urubamba River, Peru

MORLEY READ / Achuar Indian with shotgun & toucan in Amazonian Ecuador

Doug Gimesy / As part of an annual protest against Victoria's duck season, rows of illegally shot threatened species, protected species, as well as game species that duck shooters left dead or dying in the water ar...

Doug Gimesy / Coalition Against Duck Shooting (CADS) protestor holding a dead Grey teal duck (Anas gracilis). As part of an annual protest against Victoria's duck season, rows of illegally shot threatened species,...

Doug Gimesy / As part of an annual protest against Victoria's duck season, rows of illegally shot threatened species, protected species, as well as game species that duck shooters left dead or dying in the water ar...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Spent shotgun cartridges collected in a clearing of just a few square metres, nr Lago Di Varano, Gargano, Puglia, Italy. April.

Doug Gimesy / Smoking gun chamber, shotgun chamber open and spent cartridge just removed, Lake Lonsdale, Stawell, Victoria, Australia.

Doug Gimesy / Veterinarian Natasha Bassett examining a female Hardhead Duck (Aythya australis) for shotgun wounds in a triage tent that has been set up on the banks of a lake during the opening of duck hunting seas...