myke
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looking at getting an air rifle fairly soon
will be primarily for plinking cans in the garden, but i'd also like to go out and shoot birds/rabbits.
a friend that is also interested is having a moral dilema about wether he could shhot an animal. at the moment he says he could do if it went to some use afterwards, ie he ate the thing.
i'd feel bad about the first couple, but wouldn't put me off.
does anyone else do it? and where are good places to go to?
private woodland and farms would be good places i assume, provided we could get permission
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Only MILF's 
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Doug
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I used to hunt alot!
Make sure you have full permission and know exactly the layout as you may be shooting towards a hedge only to find out there is a road behind it and you have just shot a car etc!
Its worth becoming a member of the BASC or something along those lines. Bascily you get insurance with it should you shoot someone lol
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Dave A
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I used to have a few air rifles to shoot cans in the back garden. bastard neighbours called the police and they confiscated them.
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myke
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Doug, do you just ask the landowner if you can go on and cull some pests for them?
and Dave, what grounds did they have to confiscate them? i thought you were fully within your rights to shoot stuff on your own property?
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After I shot my first rabit I felt a bit bad. Especially when you have to pick it up after. But then we do it ifor a reason, we shoot the rabits as they were infesting our fields and digging holes, if a horse falls or trips down a rabit hole and then we have to shoot the horse when it breaks its legs. It's a bit like killing bugs really 
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by myke
Doug, do you just ask the landowner if you can go on and cull some pests for them?
and Dave, what grounds did they have to confiscate them? i thought you were fully within your rights to shoot stuff on your own property?
It's technically your obligation to kill vermin. AKA rabits and grey squirrals.
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sigibbons
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We have air rifles and shotguns and land so yeah.
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Dave A
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quote:
Originally posted by myke
Doug, do you just ask the landowner if you can go on and cull some pests for them?
and Dave, what grounds did they have to confiscate them? i thought you were fully within your rights to shoot stuff on your own property?
they claimed that I was shooting at their shed and plant pots etc... I hadnt shot anything near their property but they still took the guns away claiming that they had to take the word of the adult neighbours over the word of a 16 year old with a gun. 
wasnt too bothered anyway, just bought a cobra slingshot and gave their garden a makeover a few weeks later
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andy1868
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dave
i've always wondered this myself, although i'm a pussy and probably couldn't kill and rabbit or anything. i felt bad enough when i hit a cat afew months back in the car
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sigibbons
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tbh hitting a cat is a bit worse than shooting a rabbit or bird.
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myke
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ed, would you need assistance on your land?
sure we'd be able to help if this goes ahead.
also looking at getting an SMK XS19. cheap, but legal power limit and looks good. Webley replica apparently. anyone got any other recommendations?
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ed
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I could ask my Dad next weekend if he wants some other people to do some more shooting on the farm... For rabits you probably want a proper rifle, though you need a licence...
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ed
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The worst thing I have done is when we got one in the belly by mistake and had to stand on it's head Had to fish it out of the bushes which took a while...
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My mate shot a robin in the belly, it jumped off the tree and hopped a few times then fell to the floor and died, it was arlarse...
Edit: with an Air Pistol
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myke
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would suck if you maimed one and it got away.
think i'd put another pellet through it's head tbh.
used to go beating many years ago and had to snap a few pheasants necks which wasn't particularly nice.
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quote:
Originally posted by myke
i thought you were fully within your rights to shoot stuff on your own property?
Yes, but you have to be a certain distance away from roads etc so using it in your back garden may well be illegal depending on where you live.
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topshot_2k
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yes i shoot, full bore rifle/shotgun etc.
you also need insurance to shoot on other peoples land,
if you look at www.basc.org.uk they are the shooting body for England and can insure you, give advice and help you locate shooting.
as for air rilfe go for a .22 BSA, Air Arms, Daystate, Logun etc are all top makes
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topshot_2k
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ohh and shooting robins etc s illegal.
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drunkenfool
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what about seagulls? 
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topshot_2k
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depends on the type, some are protected, others are not.
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myke
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i saw a list last night actually of the birds that are exempt from being protected. plus then it's rabbits, grey squirrels and foxes.
interesting about the insurance.
think i'll check it out.
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myke
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Whilst there is little dispute that birds such as wild geese and Canada geese are destructive and a nuisance to farmers, etc., they are not legally classified as vermin by either the RSPB or DEFRA. In fact all birds are protected.
Notwithstanding this, the Secretary of State for the Environment issues an official decree every two years which amounts to an exemption from the usual prohibitions placed on the killing of specific species of wild birds with Section 1 shotguns. The following thirteen species are at the moment included in this exemption:
Canada Goose
Crow
Collared Dove
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Jackdaw
Jay
Magpie
Feral Pigeon
Rook
Wood Pigeon
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topshot_2k
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best thing i find is take my basc membership card around to farmers etc tell them what id like to do kill pigeons/rabbits etc and so far everyone has allowed me to.
now have arund 1800acres to shoot on, using the quad 
[Edited on 11-03-2007 by topshot_2k]
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myke
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also what do you do with your kill?
i wouldn't want to prepare myself, so presumably you give them to butchers or restaurant owners?
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