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just been reading on basc saying ya can kill hares is this right Game & Wildfowl - Open Seasons (dates inclusive)

Species

England, Scotland and Wales

Northern Ireland

(see note 2)

 

Pheasant

Oct 1 - Feb 1

Oct 1 - Jan 31

 

Partridge

Sept 1 - Feb 1

Sept 1- Jan 31

 

Grouse

Aug 12 - Dec 10

Aug 12 - Nov 30

 

Ptarmigan (only found in Scotland)

Aug 12 - Dec 10

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Blackgame (not currently found in NI)

Aug 20 - Dec 10

--

 

Common Snipe

Aug 12 - Jan 31

Sept 1 - Jan 31

 

Jack Snipe

Protected at all times

Sept 1 - Jan 31

 

Woodcock

Oct 1- Jan 31

Oct 1 - Jan 31

 

Woodcock - Scotland

Sept 1 - Jan 31

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Duck & Goose - inland

Sept 1 - Jan 31

Sept 1 - Jan 31

 

Duck & Goose - below HWM of ordinary spring tides

Sept 1 - Feb 20

Sept 1 - Jan 31

 

Coot/Moorhen

Sept 1 - Jan 31

Protected at all times

 

Golden Plover

Sept 1 - Jan 31

Sept 1 - Jan 31

 

Curlew

Protected at all times

Sept 1 - Jan 31

 

Hare*

Jan 1 - Dec 31

Aug 12 - Jan 31

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There is no closed season for hares, but some restrictions MAY apply, and they cannot be sold during the breeding season from March to July. Hares are game under the Game Act and so cannot be shot or taken on Sundays and Christmas Day. I'm pretty sure they cannot be taken at night either!

 

And this is what the * refered to next to Hare in the original question....

 

* Hares cannot be sold from Mar 1 to July 31. If the land you shoot hares on is classed as moorland or unenclosed land and your permission on that land is through the landowner or occupier then a close season and other restrictions may legally apply on that land. Contact BASC for more information.

 

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