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    Right Buddy; It doesn't matter whether your FAC is open, closed or folded. You need a Shotgun Certificate if you want to aquire a shotgun... Unless you want a non-restricted semi auto then it goes on your FAC.
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    I got "The Complete Book of Game Conservation" but its not the 3rd Edition as described its the first edition!!!!!!! I'll read it whilst I organise sending it back to the seller but what is the difference between the first and third?
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    Yeah I'll give them a miss then....
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    There are 4 old round bales stacked that have been out for a long time, beginning to collapse and probably full of mice and rats. Would they be any good or is there a limit to how old it can be?
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    FOund it for £9 now... Google is your friend
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    I don't have any hay bales but shelters made from other things shouldn't be too hard and the water will be easy enough to do. I think there are plastic containers that were used last year still laying about. I understand the thinking behind increasing the number of feeders. I don't suppose that there is a good rule of thumb for how many birds or acreage translates to number of feeders you need is there? I'm conscious of making too much extra work for myself, especially if more food about means more rats, but if there are small things I can do over time that will reap bigger rewards and bro
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    I *should* have access to the farm tractor and trailer so getting about shouldn't be too troublesome but I'm not going to bet my life on it . There are 8 feeders in total and they hold about 20 or 30 litres. They are the blue plastic tub, 3 legged, screw lid, variety with the springs in the bottom. The grain (2t) should be getting left in the grain store. If its loose I can shovel it into the trailer and if its bagged then I'll squeeze as much into the cab as I can or chuck em in the trailer. I suppose it wont take long for me to work out the time it takes etc, which feeders are used mor
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    Looking forward to it. Cheers for the replies.
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    I've not trapped before but I've got 20 snares which I'm going to start using from tomorrow on the rabbits and I have some time to check them but as they have to be checked at least everyday I wont be able to use them all the time. I guess that you mean rats when you say vermin? I can shoot them but I guess that the traps have to be bird friendly around the feeders. I don't want to be trapping the pheasants...
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    I have been shooting on a small 300-450 acre arable farm for the past two months or so with permission from the landowner. The farm is rented out to two other farmers, one of which plants cereals (rape and wheat) and the other grows grass. The landowner has horses. The landowner has no interest in shooting. There are 4 small areas of woodland, the biggest being about 75m x 40m. The landowner has a family shoot in September, organised by a relative, where they buy 200 pheasants (no rearing), release them and try to keep them on the property with feeders. The other two farmers have problems with
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    That second rabbit looks quite big! Well done guys.
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    Well done mate.
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    I've still got my old NBC suit. How do you take the lining out, do you cut it out? I take it you don't wear the respirator too?
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    I think you can shoot birds at night but you can't lamp then you have to use their silhouettes etc. Is that right?
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    I'm ex forces as I'm sure are a fair few of us on here are and I appreciate everything they do and have done. I've never been subject to what you were but it's a sad fact that the Armed Forces aren't held in as high regard as they were as most people who have left recently and have tried to find a new job will agree but thats no excuse for what she said. Keep your chin up, maintain your standards and carry on with your shooting. Don't let em get you down. You are all heroes in my eyes mate.
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    Yeah it's paddocks and the rabbits are slowly turning it into a horse trap with the holes. He'll have broken ankles if they aren't sorted out.
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    I'm new to shooting completely and after some grouping work, which I got down to about an inch at 30yards, I went out in the field. I've had some success but the errors are still there. I've taken home 1 buck and 2 kits (none of which seemed to be the cleanest of kills depending on what is a rabbit still alive and what is one kicking from nerves) but I've hit another adult that managed to vanish under some gorse and I've hit two more kits that also fell into or made it to holes. It's not that I worry that people will turn their nose up at my amateur attempts or will lambast me for inhu
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    Cheers for the points Been again since then and only got 2 kits so not much to write about but going in the next few days and hope to do better.
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    Open season is just a make and extended chokes just mean that you don't need a wrench to take em out I think.
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    :D
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    When I looked at it before I came to the conclusion that the occupier definition isn't the stumbling block at all. That wording (the bit mentioning occupier) is in the 1968 section entitled 'Sports, Athletics and other approved activities' so using it for any game shooting seems to not be allowed at all. And like I posted previously someone has tried to argue that game shooting is included and was found to be incorrect (The case in 1960 where it was found rat shooting didn't count as a sport, athletic or other approved activities) My impression of the both acts now mean that I can only bor
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    Application completed, money taken out, referees contacted, visit completed, land passed and cabinet installed and checked Now its time to find what to get when the FAC arrives. I have applied for .22 for vermin control (I have permissions that are mostly rabbits rather than birds) and my local gunshop has a few second hand ones here. I am guessing it's a lot of personal choice, money and actually seeing the weapon in the shop but could someone take a look at them and let me know which would be worth looking at and which ones to avoid? I am interested in the "Ruger 10-22" £285, T
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    He could speak to his doctor first because that's what the licencing dept will do anyway. If his doctor says it's okay then it's a start
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    Unless I get a big bag I'm looking at eating what I shoot. It was easier than I thought it would be to prepare it so I was pleased all round.
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