shottyscotty 3 Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 can you use electric crow callers to shoot crows with? Quote Link to post
shottyscotty 3 Posted April 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 can you use electric crow callers to shoot crows with? depends on your wereabouts mate.. scotland Quote Link to post
bignoel 14 Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 yeah you can and shoot them with a camera ? Quote Link to post
tom1cameron 1 Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 yeah you can and shoot them with a camera ? There is nothing listed in the current 2009 general licences in scotland that comments of what can and cannot be used for decoying crows. This includes whether the crows have electronic calls. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environm...eneral-licences There is a condition of the habitats and bird directive 2000 that states that you cannot use live recordings or electronic calls for the taking of mammals and game (i.e. huntable species such as pheasants and wild geese/ducks), but this does not include species listed on the "pest" annexes. You cannot use a live or electronic recording for use in larsen traps though http://www.basc.org.uk/en/codes-of-practic...-pest-birds.cfm Essentially there are no specific answers but I recently [bANNED TEXT] t crow shooting with an importer of such goods and he got feedback from BASC/SNH/DEFRA that for use in a decoy pattern for shooting crows an electronic caller is not illegal To confirm email BASC scotland and let us all know what they say! Quote Link to post
bignoel 14 Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 i think it is ileagal over the border down here. but then that wouldnt surprise me i did read it on one of the forums only for camera work ? uk shite laws Quote Link to post
shottyscotty 3 Posted April 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 who makes up these stupid laws. so i can use them to take pictures but not shoot and i cant use them in a larsen trap but i can lock a bird in a cage for a while. how is that fair? Quote Link to post
bignoel 14 Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 laws of this land are mental Quote Link to post
tom1cameron 1 Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Gentlemen. Never listen to hearsay, find out about it. All the general licence details are really easy to find online and from what I can see none of them say anything about using electronic calls for shooting pest species, only that they are banned in traps for live catching. As I said, if in doubt, act the only guys who know there stuff, the BASC legal teams The electronic calling crow decoys are being sold all over the UK and the dealers I have spoken to say that can be used for shooting. Quote Link to post
JPTfellterrier 65 Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 it took me a while to click on that that said crow not cow was a bit confused. but im sure one of the settings on boyfriends caller he bought has crow on it, i think its legal but i would suggest looking on the defra website Quote Link to post
shottyscotty 3 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 not sure i would need to call cows to shoot them Quote Link to post
Hunting-top-shots 2 Posted April 15, 2009 Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 all is leagal in love and war just don't get caught Quote Link to post
masmiffy 82 Posted April 22, 2009 Report Share Posted April 22, 2009 I just use a 12 bore does the job better than a caller Quote Link to post
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