danccooke Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Hi guys, On my new permission one of the fields has a footpath running across it. The field is about 600 meters square(ish) roads on two sides. with about a 50ft verge before hedgerow and field which is good. But I am concerned about the path. Legally from what I can read I only need make sure I am no closer than 50ft from it when shooting but obviously I don't want to be shooting people. Can I legally shoot over it as long as no one is on it, near it, thinking of maybe walking on it one day, or is that just a boundary effectively splitting the field into two smaller ones? Please don't flame me as I am a new to pigeon shooting and I am asking before acting to make sure I don't screw anything up for myself or the general shooting masses. I ask because it is being decimated at he moment and I could do with being in that field. Sorry if it seems a silly question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 You can shoot off a public footpath if your confronted then move the 16 yrds and you have no legal problems as long as your not shooting towards it when people are about All the answers you need will be on the basc website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danccooke Posted February 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Thanks for that. I searched about the BASC site and couldn't find anything pertaining to that particular problem. It has also been a long week and my mind has gone walkies and I am stuck in the office all weekend. Grrrrr. Training course in the City Monday to Wednesday, Hopefully in the field Thursday. It is so annoying driving to work past this particular field and seeing massive flocks lifting out of the Rape with the knowledge that you are going to be staring at a screen for the next 8 to 12 hours. Thanks again though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Hi guys, On my new permission one of the fields has a footpath running across it. The field is about 600 meters square(ish) roads on two sides. with about a 50ft verge before hedgerow and field which is good. But I am concerned about the path. Legally from what I can read I only need make sure I am no closer than 50ft from it when shooting but obviously I don't want to be shooting people. Can I legally shoot over it as long as no one is on it, near it, thinking of maybe walking on it one day, or is that just a boundary effectively splitting the field into two smaller ones? Please don't flame me as I am a new to pigeon shooting and I am asking before acting to make sure I don't screw anything up for myself or the general shooting masses. I ask because it is being decimated at he moment and I could do with being in that field. Sorry if it seems a silly question. My understanding is that you can shoot off a footpath and adjacent to a road, the key wording seems to be that you must not cause your shot to leave your boundaries or cause alarm and disturbance to any passerby, my advice would be to sleeve your weapon as soon as you sight or even hear anyone in the vicinity. Never go to speak to anyone, tresspassing or not, anywhere with an unsleeved weapon/gun all to often they can make allegations that you pointed it or caused alarm which of course would involve the police should they complain, sometimes these people set out to cause a problem. Rgds D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 i've got footpaths all over one of my permissions - one hide has a footpath running straight through it, i usually stick a "Warning, shooting in progress" sign 50 yards either side of my hide, and then always out the shotty down when people approach. You're fine to shoot on footpaths (it's highways/carriageways that have the 50 foot rule), just use a bit of common sense when dealing with the public http://www.basc.org.uk/content/publicaccess It is an offence under the Highways Act 1980 s 161(2) to light any fire on or over a carriageway, or discharge any firearm or firework within 50 feet of the centre of a highway which is a carriageway, with the consequence that a user of the carriageway is injured, interrupted or endangered. The section applies to rights of way over which there are vehicular rights, e.g. ways shown on the definitive map as byways open to all traffic, but not to footpaths and bridleways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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