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fairy nuff, I just meant I can't kill anything more with a rim fire than I can kill with the shotgun/air rifle... it's all about the food mate. after speaking to my friendly farmer, my FEO, a chap I know who hunts, and a chap from here who very kindly gave me a call, I've formulated a plan. The 150 acre farm is in fact about 70- acres on one side of a road, and the rest on the other. FEO advises this is not big enough for a centrefire. Soooo, it just so happens that the in-laws are welsh hill farmers, none of them shoot, but they do have a 300 acre farm on the side of a big welsh m

It's just a case of finding the land on which I'd be allowed a .243 which is the problem. for my FEO, I believe I have to show reasonably that there are roe deer in the area, AND have a big enough/safe enough plot to justfiy it. This is difficult where I am, and with the small circle of farmers I know here. asking for a .243 and putting 'foxes' down wont seem to cover it in this case. I imagine it's the welsh FEO who would look at a farm in wales though... so would have to get their opinion on it... anyone know the FEO for the west brecon/brecknock area? Just so I understand this correctly

fairy nuff, I just meant I can't kill anything more with a rim fire than I can kill with the shotgun/air rifle... it's all about the food mate. after speaking to my friendly farmer, my FEO, a chap I know who hunts, and a chap from here who very kindly gave me a call, I've formulated a plan. The 150 acre farm is in fact about 70- acres on one side of a road, and the rest on the other. FEO advises this is not big enough for a centrefire. Soooo, it just so happens that the in-laws are welsh hill farmers, none of them shoot, but they do have a 300 acre farm on the side of a big welsh m

Fantastic guides! thanks very much! one last thing if anyone is still listening... rifle ranges in leicestershire? google search yields not much... Hi mate, Am too in Leicester. There is a range at Kibworth, although only 30 yds and not sure of max calibre etc, but I know there is a decent outdoor range at Switherland. I havent been there, and dont know the name, but i also believe there is an indoor range in leicester itself. Sorry, but not really needing the ranges, i dont know of any more. Brill, I'll try and track down the swithland one then, I'm very close to th

Fantastic guides! thanks very much! one last thing if anyone is still listening... rifle ranges in leicestershire? google search yields not much...

The shot placement, etc... done a fair bit of research, but I'm at the position where "I know this is going to come up, and will have to cross that bridge at the time" (by which I mean, at some point, I'll get someone to show me). As for the cleaning of the kill, I'm pretty confident I can do this... I can certainly do it with lambs Fingers crossed to friendly Leicestershire forum members then thanks, your opinion, and advice, have been great!

Agree completely about the face to face... trying to make it happen this way... just a matter of finding the contacts I'm not sure I understand the distinction at the start of your post. If the landowner writes a letter saying "I give permission for XXXX to shoot .243 calibre on this land, and to take deer." or something a bit posher sounding, isn't that enough? Yeah, I know the land needs to be passed.. there's a bit of a rolling hill feel to most of the land, so plenty of chance to shoot into a bank... I was hoping someone might offer an opinion as to whether a block of 150 acr

That's interesting thanks... didn't know about .223, so many calibres... so little time. the landowner will give me permission for whatever I want... he's a farming pal... the problem will be if anyone asks me to prove that there's a certain type of deer there. There are plenty of deer in our bit of leicestershire, but I couldn't swear to bigger deer being there... also thanks, didn't realise .243 was the min for all uk deer. I'm going to speak to a chap tonight who already shoots, and my hope is that i'll just be able to make some contacts and shoot bigger deer with them when i'm able. I

Thanks chaps, I think I've found what I was looking for... apologies for the post in which case... http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=142209 I didn't realise the lage min for munt jac was .22250, and then .243 for roe... in this case, the advice seems to be to get the .22250 first, and then .243 if needed later as a variation. god it's good to have finally found a proper hunting forum... please excuse my earlier uneducated enthusiasm.

I may be mis informed, and very ready to admit it... I was lead to believe, by a few shooters, that a .308 is the 'sensible gun' for deer shooting. and that the legal minumum calibre is only slightly below this, (although I'm aware there is a difference between england and scotland). I'm not a gun geek, I will fail technical questions about calibres... as I say, not interested in the sport side, just want to hunt for food. From what I know about rim fires, they're only a slight upgrade from a good air rifle, and only good for rabbits and vermin. again, please correct if I'm wrong. We h

No, that's fine chap, I understand completely... I've been looking into this semi-seriously for over 2 years, but this is the first i;ve found decent internet resource, which is why I've sort of boiled it down a bit... I'm literally at the point where I'm about to apply for my FAC, but want to get it right first time (already have permission on 150 - 200 acres)... I also don't want to bother with a higher calibre than .22 250 if there is no way of bagging deer on the cheap in england. I hope that makes sense, but I will continue to read through the section to see if there's already some an

Hi, I tried asking some questions about hunting on the bushcraftuk forum, and they directed me here. I;ve read through the sticky threads on the FAC application process, very useful indeed! thanks! I have 1 or 2 specific questions relating to it... please feel free to direct me if I'm on the wrong sub-forum... I've had an SGC for some time now, and now I want to be able to shoot geese, and munt jac (or any other deer I can get too), which I imagine needs a min calibre of .308 My question is, do people apply for this calibre straight away, or do you apply for a .22 250 first, th