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hi guys this may not be the right place to put this topic up on but a friend of mine does a lot of fishing and on one of his lakes he has a cormorant problem

i know they are not on gerenal licence, have emailed local firearms officer and mp.

my questions (help if you can please) are:

how do i get cormorant added to my licence

who do i contact to get it

and what weapon/ammo do i need to take them

thanks for your help

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Take a look at the BASC web site under "General Licences".

 

I don`t know if I`ve misunderstood what you`ve written but you need a specific authority issued by Natural England rather than any sort of variation on your "gun licences".

 

There`s a lot of info available by Googling such as "Environment Agency shooting cormorants".

 

Getting the appropriate permission might be a bit of an uphill struggle.

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If you are able to get a licence and shot a few treat them like geese. Before they were protected I used to shoot quite a few at a fishery. Use 3 inch shells and BB non toxic shot as they are tough birds. And do not let your dog retrieve them unless you are sure they are dead. They will try to stab the dog with their bill or you when handled and they usualy go for the eyes.

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