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Well done..that'll be resident greys in notts anyway..... So how do you go about preparing them for the freezer? Do you go for the complete pluck or just crown them? T
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Gentlemen....Canada geese were not put on the pest list for nothing...they are causing localised agricultural and more importantly ecological disruption in some areas...their numbers are increasing and current levels of shooting on the residents in the UK is far from reaching any "national" disgrace..... So assuming they are going to be eaten....why not. The whole point about shooting Canda geese, Grey squirrels etc etc is to reduce their numbers! Ethics is a funny game...I would throw my toys out of the pram if that was Icelandic greys but not resident greys!
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The 1370 Bar is no american thing and IS the pressure proof for using High Performance steel. If your gun has the Fluer de Lys mark then it is proofed to 1370 BAR by the British proof houses and steel shot proof. If in doubt contact Roger at the Birmingham proof house. The pressure tests in the US are different to those here (crusher vs ???) Anyway...I wonder if the 1200 bar value you can see is the american or makers mark. For guns....the pressure proof for 3" and 3.5" chambers are the same. Carts are slightly different. Again..any doubts go straight to Edgar brothers or
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plenty local Mallard on the lower humber...all still in moult.....difficult to decoy on this new patch of large water I am hunting. A few local teal as well. No migrants seen. Fowsands on GP's got three yesterday while waiting for high tide.....then I could not hit a barn door with a banjo if I tried. A mix of my poor shooting..strong gusts and lots of sods law..like my mate being in the decoys when 20 mallard pitched in....meant I got zero duck for 9 shots (3*3). The challenge is on then...back out there in early October on next big tides.
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As I understand it the law states that lead cannot be used to waterfowl...... This includes Canada geese in E&W according to the DEFRA website.... Dont know about firearms exclusions. Simple answer is to ask the legal team of any sporting organistion you or your friends are a member of... My main thought is that you could only use the rifle under licence for that purpose as whether they are an agricultural pest or not it is my understanding that the legislation only allows them to be taken by a smooth bored gun... not at all sure though
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well done mate...spot on...I lovbe the riverside flight at montrose!
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1/2 choke is fine up to 4mm steel, then there are some concerns in older foxed choked guns. All the pressure info for steel proofing is available from the BPH, BASC and usually online or from gunsmiths. There are lots of suitable 70mm steel rounds. Shot size is far more important than large pellet counts. A 32-34 gram load of 3.6mm steel will kill all ducks at various ranges. Smaller shot is more suitable if you are mainly hunting at closer ranges or smaller ducks. But for reference, if you meant to hit the cormorant in the head then you want to think about a different steel pel
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The question here is not of proof marks alone...but the age of your gun Steel proof only comes from the chamber pressure and lack of sightings of any damage from "one" over-pressurised steel cart fired down the barrel Older barrels made from softer steel will suffer from harder shot, even with a plastic wad First of all...you aint used steel but you think it is crap...Hmmm I and others shoot loads of steel rounds on duck and geese without any issues...indeed I would say that I think more about what I am shootingand at what range now than I did in the lead era and hence I have les
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Yes it's legal...and if you dig out a general licence you can also "cull" them at any time of year if they are causing agricultural damage. You of course need permission from the landowner where they are causing that damage...and you cant shoot them on the "foreshore" under the general licence. I am not sure of the details but it "should" be clear from the general licence
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Well that is not quite true.... two are the same I may be well behind on this...I probably am.... but I have just confirmed that both Hull and Gamebore are loading US shot sizes...so when you buy a 3 from their steel range it is 3.6mm and 3.57mm diameter respectively while Lyalvale are loading in UK sizes so their steel 3's are 3.2mm diameter (just below a US 4). It is the same for their other sizes Of course it matter not as long as you match the shot size with the job in hand....but I expect that not everyone knows that the three Uk companies sell the same sized shot but in diffe
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Well whatever the amount it is dealt with now. That large and perhaps "excessive" bags are taken all over orkney just now due to the shortstopping behaviour is one thing, the overall kill of the geese in the UK may be falling as the greys are not moving on from Orkney to the mainland. Not sure I have heard of Canada's being on Orkney in any great numbers at all? Anyway. Thankyou warmbarrells for for correcting that error Bets wishes T
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Warmbarrells has PM'd me to say that was a typo and he meant to say 400, still 0.5% of the entire icelandic greylags, assuming that is what they were. Nott nearly as grotesque though. Still I wonder what one party does with 400 geese?
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good shooting, sounds like a bag from an inland splash/lake What species of teal are they? T
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remington catalogue has lots of butt pad options, speak to edgar brothers directly T
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Can we all calm down please? Lets look at the facts http://www.basc.org.uk/en/utilities/docume...2B8C3A18D1BAAA2 There is no legal minimun for the certificate (see above). I thought it was 2 years old but apparently this was recently fought and won in the courts so that there is now no legal minimum. But there is a legal minimum age for an independent application. In other words, you cannot buy a shotgun or ammo before you are 17 and therefore you need parental of legal gaurdian permission under that age. I believe this is in the signatory part of the application (Part E). Th
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1. Yes, but get someone to spell check your application for you 2. Yes 3. But it also applies that you can only shoot with another cert holder who is over (21/17?not sure) until you are 17. That applies whether you have your own weapon or not. 4. As many have said before on similar threads, conviction aside, are you a member of a shooting/clays/hunting club. If not then join one, it looks good on your application if you have made such an effort and have insurance, not that it is a requirement. Do you have mentors, again not a requirement but it is good to discuss this with the officer (
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There is if you are applying without your parents consent. You cant buy a gun or cartridges until 17, but he can have a gun gifted to him if he has a licence under the age of 17. Otherwise a 10 year old could apply for a licence and buy a gun without telling Mum! At 17 you can apply for a licence and keep at your parents (or any) home with their permission, unless you have your own property. You can then also buy, swap and sell guns on that licence.
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So I found this gun. A Hubertus XL90 in three different shops. But I cant find anything about it, I think because it is actually a Zabala XL90. It is a 30" 3" magnum multichoked with HP steel proofing (EU and not UK cert). For under £500 new that is a bargain. So I think it is a zabala, which gives me confidence. Someone said they got them from a german wholesaler, but not that it was a zabala? That could mean that the wholesaler bought the zabala's and sold them under a different name. It is for a friend of mine for his first gun for clays, pigeons but most importantly fowling. T
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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.
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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 recordin
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Last November your boss's "private" estate shot 1452 greylags?????
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No thanks to ST, too sensational plastic as in plastic behaviour, such that if teh winters get cold again they will immediately shift to their previous behaviours (i.e. their short-stopping behaviour is not fixed/evolved) Apologies. Evolutionary ecology is my profession! T
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difficult to say mate, have you any ideas of whether they are residents or migratory? If Icelandic it may be some moving north, back for summer. If they have been there all winter then it is likely this is more evidence of the short stopping behaviour greylags have been showing in recent years. They are not showing as much turnover as they used to and reside in northern areas thanks to milder winters, potentially an adaptive behaviour, maybe plastic. Would like to explore that..........any millionaires fancy funding the work?
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Can someone clarify the ban on hunting hares with Dogs? i thought you could send your dog to kill vermin? Are Hares not Vermin in the case or agri pests? You cant do it without permission or for sport of course. If it is illegal you chaps should be very careful as the police have powers to sieze the IP address of users "bragging" about illegal activities! T
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because its fair Fair, get with the show man. Who cares if it is fair, does that make stalking unfair if they did not see you coming, or fishing unfair if the fish cant tell the fly is an imitation and just fancies it's luck! Get real. A hare shot is a hare in the pot. Not that I would, but it could be argued that the stress hormones that go into the meat of a hare that is coursed and caught by a dog make the meat of inferior quality to one that is flushed and shot or stalked. Just for arguments sake of course!
