scaffman73 Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Read before you go out next. So you'll always have the answer to why your shooting wildlife " if questioned ". http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/conservat...genlicences.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Get some work done you dont have time to read this :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning GTS Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 (edited) Cheers great link the one we need is no 5 please note the canada goose bit !!!!! Just noticed herring gull is on there i think it only used to black back. Edited April 20, 2008 by Browning GTS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boondougal Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 Licence to kill, or take Ruddy Ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis), Those ruddy ducks are always hacking me off!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretman Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 i printed them all off in feb very good tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor O'Gorman Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Please find below a link to a web page on BASC's website which is kept up to date for the whole of the UK. This includes an advice sheet for the UK, and a specific advice sheet for Scotland, as well as web-links to the licences themselves on the relevant agency website. In the case of Wales the licences are not on the agency website so BASC has provided the most relevant ones as downloadable copies. BASC webpage on general licences Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOLLSEYES Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Hi, Are we still allowed to flight line woodpigeons and shoot them at roosting,as there seems some confusion in our club? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith_henson Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 used to work for NE, and still have a lot of contacts if people need info. Any help or info needed just reply here or PM :look: ATB Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor O'Gorman Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 Hi,Are we still allowed to flight line wood-pigeons and shoot them at roosting, as there seems some confusion in our club? Yes. With the caveat that the person shooting the woodpigeon has the authority to do so on the land in question, and that they have a clear purpose for shooting the woodpigeon that is covered by a relevant general licence. Let us say you are in England and that your stated purpose is preventing crop damage. The key word here is 'prevent'. The relevant licence is: the relevant general licence In your examples you are not killing birds in the act of causing damage, you are positioning yourself in a place so as to maximise the success of achieving your stated purpose of preventing crop damage. Where the actual crop damage is occurring is not defined in the general licence. The individual circumstances of whether you are acting within the terms and conditions of general licences are unique in each case - your defence legally, should you be challenged, relies on your statement. Therefore, you should know in advance of shooting or trapping a bird species covered by general licence what your purpose is for doing so, and obviously, that your purpose for that species is covered by a relevant general licence. Confusion is most often caused by people speculating about theoretical situations without having ever actually looked into the background and reading the general licences for the relevant country themselves. If you are planning to go shooting a mallard you ensure in advance that you know whether the season has opened and that your method of shooting is legal. It should be no different for shooting a woodpigeon or a magpie in terms of being informed as to the existence of the general licences. Ultimately, the only person that can be confident that they are acting within the law for a general licence is the person themselves. Three questions you should ask yourself as a starting point: 1. what species of bird am I planning to kill? 2. what is my purpose? 3. what general licence gives me a legal defence for 1 & 2? Suggest you download some copies of the BASC advice sheet for your club members as a starting point for your club members to understand the reasons for the general licences existing and obtaining copies for themselves to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 used to work for NE, and still have a lot of contacts if people need info. Any help or info needed just reply here or PM ATB Keith top man Keith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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