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I lost faith in my local constabulary a long time ago.

You should try Fiocchi Super Sport 28grm 7.5 because it's an italian 7.5 it's actually an English 7 and they work well at taking the wood pigs quite punchy but a nice cartridge none the less

Hi All Just been flicking through this years General License that we all use for our great sport and found out a few interesting things. Such as... Rabbits are not found on any of the licenses covered by the General License but don't panic under Section One of the NE Pest Act 1954 the whole of England, apart from the City of London and Isles of Scilly, has been declared a rabbit clearance area. Under Section 1(2) of the 1954 Act, all occupiers of land in a rabbit clearance area have a continuing obligation to kill or take any wild rabbits living on, or resorting to, their land, unless they can establish that it is not reasonably practicable to do so. That surprised me a little, but this surprised me alot. Nowhere on any of the NE General Licenses or the Pest Act 1954 could I find the control of grey squirrels, so it seems as if there is an "unwritten rule" on controlling grey squirrels or so I thought until I found a small piece of legislation from the Wildlife and Countryside Act page 12, Section 10, subsection 4 where it states "Not withstanding anything in section 9, an authorised person shall not be guilty of an offence by reason of the killing or injuring of a wild animal included in schedule 5 if he shows his action was necessary for preventing serious damage to livestock, foodstuffs for livestock, crops, vegetables, fruit, growing timber or any other form of property or fisheries". Section 9 is "Other Animals" section of the Act and Schedule 5 is the "Prohibition of certain methods of killing or taking wild birds". Clearly this doesn't state any specific animal to cull for any of the above reasons (apart from those found in sections 9 and 5), so where do we draw the line on what we are/aren't allowed to cull under this section of the Wildlife and Countryside Act? Well that is where the General License comes back into play as all animals in England are now protected by DEFRA with exception those on the General Licenses and Pest Acts set out by Natural England, so I keep going around in circles with one piece of legislation cancelling out the other :blink: So where do we actually stand on shooting squirrels? I cannot find any legislation saying we can't, or any legislation saying we can, its abit of a grey area (excuse the pun). So if your in the know please do contribute because I can't find anything about culling them apart from trapping them. Am I completely missing something here? This isn't a don't shoot squirrels post either,I was shooting them just last night actually, all this is, is a "I can't find that bit of info" post. Here are some links for the info that I've found: Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-3614#download Natural England General Licenses http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/r...licences.aspx#3 Pests Act 1954 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Act...a_19540068_en_1 Thanks for the help. Tom

Loads of interest, but still for sale. Atb Tom

PM's Replied to, still for sale. Regards Tom

Hi Butch Cheers mate, always good to know Tom

Cheers buddy

Hi All This gun is now SOLD As above, Hatsan Escort 3" Magnum self loading shotgun, has a 28" chrome barrel proofed for steel with 5 flush fitting multi-chokes and is on an SGC (3 shot). It is in the mossy oak obsession camouflage pattern with the synthetic stock including the stock spacers (Drop and Cast). Gun comes with the Hi-Viz bead on the end of the rib (which was an extra) and has had a new trigger unit fitted from an Escort Luxano (only difference is the stainless finish on the trigger and loading carrier). This gun is now SOLD Thanks for your interest. Tom