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  Cranfield said:
its not a Sunday etc, etc.

Then the answer is "Yes".

:lol: I am not a game shooter so this question is merely one of interest to me.

 

Is it illegal to shoot game all over the UK on a Sunday as i am sure that i once read that this was a bi-law that applied to some areas and not others.

 

Anyone know the hard and fast answer to this one?

 

:D

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Ern, copied from the BASC website;

 

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England & Wales:

No game (including snipe, woodcock and hare) may be shot in any county on any Sunday or on Christmas Day. No wildfowl may be shot in certain counties on Sunday.

 

* Detailed list available in BASC members Wildfowl Permit Scheme Booklet

 

Before the passing of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, orders prohibiting the shooting of Wildfowl on Sundays could be made under the provisions of the Sections 2 and 13 of the Protection of Birds Act 1954. The counties still effected by the imposition of this legislation are as follows:

 

 

Anglesey, Brecknock, Caernarfon, Carmarthen, Cardigan, Denbigh, Devon, Doncaster, Glamorgan, Great Yarmouth County Borough, Isle of Ely, Leeds County Borough, Merioneth, Norfolk, Pembroke, Somerset, North and West Ridings of Yorkshire.

 

 

Northern Ireland (Wildlife Order Northern Ireland):

All wild birds are protected on Sunday or on Christmas Day.

 

Scotland:

There are no statutory restrictions on the killing of game on Sunday or on Christmas Day although it is not customary to do so. Wildfowl may not be shot on any Sunday or on Christmas Day.

 

"verminousty", great word red stag :D

 

Q :lol:

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