The law has to be followed carefully in these situations, and even forgetting the law, common sense has to be employed!
I deal with a lot of foxes in pocket handkerchief back gardens, often much less than 24 yards, neighbours will next to never hear a .22lr moderated sub, but I also use HMR, and very occasionally WMR in these situations as well, a one off crack is also usually dismissed or simply not heard.
That of course is not a zeroing session, which will commonly involve several cracks!
ATB!
but you have a open ticket and you are trusted to make the right choice and not in t