KILLING WILD GAME , hares deer squirral ect (when does it become illegal)

[FERRETBOY 680]

LETS SAY WE HAVE GOT PERMISSION TO HUNT ALL QUARRY ON LAND

 

Hares ... Use of nets ..legal

Snares ...legal

High powered air rifle or firearm ...legal

Dog Hound ect illegal

Can flush with two dogs but NO more and must not kill animal

 

Deer ... Within Season

Dog hound ect ... illegal

Can flush with two dogs but NO more and must not kill animal

Firearm , rifle ... legal (what caliber and what certificate do you require to stay within the law?)

 

Snare ...? Can you snare Deer? Not that i would like to though

 

Rabbit ... All methods are legal i believe

 

Grey/

Squirral ... Its legal to hunt and kill grey squirrals with any method aslong as you aint shooting close to a public space

 

 

pheasant ,partridge,wood pigeon ect : Within season : Any method again aslong as you dont at night using artificial light ... right ?

 

good hunting

 

rew

[Lab 10,979]

Whats the question...........

[Simoman 110]

Whats the question...........

 

 

Was thinking the same thing when i read it...........

[scothunter 12,609]

yes you can catch deer with a snare.have done many years ago.

[fcuktheban 140]

I was told you can't use locking snares on grey squirrels

[Moll. 1,793]

 

Grey/

Squirral ... Its legal to hunt and kill grey squirrals with any method aslong as you aint shooting close to a public space

rew

 

Still illegal to kill with a dog though

[FERRETBOY 680]

Thanks moll i didnt know that to be honest ,stupid or what ? thats just my basic knowledge of the ban just hoping you would correct me where im wrong .question ....So i could snare a deer on the land i live and not be done ?would like to know how to bring deer to the menu without breaking the law .. thank you

 

rew

[J Darcy 5,871]

I believe snaring deer is illegal. It is also illegal to hunt and kill anything other than a rat or a rabbit with dogs. Squirrels included.

However, it is legal to use up to two dogs to flush quarry that is either to be shot or flown at by birds of prey.

For deer, they can only be taken in the hours of daylight.

In all the scenarios you need permission off the land owner.

Birds may not be taken with artificial light.

There is no minimum power for people shooting hares.(ft/lb or calibre)

The only way you can legally bring a deer to the table is with a firearm, However...accidents happen....All the Best....JD

[scothunter 12,609]

yea dont snare deer these days mate.a big no no

[Leeview 792]

I believe snaring deer is illegal. It is also illegal to hunt and kill anything other than a rat or a rabbit with dogs. Squirrels included.

However, it is legal to use up to two dogs to flush quarry that is either to be shot or flown at by birds of prey.

For deer, they can only be taken in the hours of daylight.

In all the scenarios you need permission off the land owner.

Birds may not be taken with artificial light.

There is no minimum power for people shooting hares.(ft/lb or calibre)

The only way you can legally bring a deer to the table is with a firearm, However...accidents happen....All the Best....JD

 

Just a point here not all landowners have sporting rights over their own land

A few farms in the dales that we rabbit on dont own the sporting rights but can give permission to take rabbit only.

One of the farms sold a few fields with a barn on it, the chap who's bought it ha dammed streams and made flight ponds for the ducks and geese which breed out on the moor, he's advertising the shooting to let to an internet syndicate and has been brought down through his deeds to the land only allowing 1 named person to control rabbits

Y.I.S Leeview

[.terrier man. 193]

it becomes illegal when you get cought

[rob190364 2,594]

Everyone knows how stupid the ban is for various reasons.....but I can't get my head around why they didn't include grey squirrels with rabbits and rats as legal quarry. I can only assume it's because the people who make the rules don't actually realise what an invasive species it is? to protect something that isn't native, kills song birds and their young and is driving out our own red squirrel is just staggering to be honest! But I guess it fits in the with nonsense of it all!

Edited September 12, 2011 by rob190364

[Born Hunter 17,909]

I believe snaring deer is illegal. It is also illegal to hunt and kill anything other than a rat or a rabbit with dogs. Squirrels included.

However, it is legal to use up to two dogs to flush quarry that is either to be shot or flown at by birds of prey.

For deer, they can only be taken in the hours of daylight.

In all the scenarios you need permission off the land owner.

Birds may not be taken with artificial light.

There is no minimum power for people shooting hares.(ft/lb or calibre)

The only way you can legally bring a deer to the table is with a firearm, However...accidents happen....All the Best....JD

 

Just a point here not all landowners have sporting rights over their own land

A few farms in the dales that we rabbit on dont own the sporting rights but can give permission to take rabbit only.

One of the farms sold a few fields with a barn on it, the chap who's bought it ha dammed streams and made flight ponds for the ducks and geese which breed out on the moor, he's advertising the shooting to let to an internet syndicate and has been brought down through his deeds to the land only allowing 1 named person to control rabbits

Y.I.S Leeview

 

The LACS have cottoned onto this, they buy land and then sell it but retain the sporting rights to stop hunting.

 

Also, JD, I believe its legal to flush game with an unlimited number of dogs to a B.O.P but a maximum of two dogs to the gun?

[matt_hooks 188]

For deer in England and Wales.

 

 

For Muntjac and Chinese Water deer only- a rifle with a minimum calibre of not less than .220 inches and muzzle energy of not less than 1000 foot pounds and a bullet weight of not less than 50 grains may be used.

For all deer of any species - a minimum calibre of .240 and minimum muzzle energy of 1,700 foot pounds is the legal requirement.

In Scotland....

 

For roe deer, the bullet must weigh at least 50 grains AND have a minimum muzzle velocity of 2,450 feet per second AND a minimum muzzle energy of 1,000 foot pounds.

For all deer of any species - the bullet must weigh at least 100 grains AND have a minimum muzzle velocity of 2,450 feet per second AND a minimum muzzle energy of 1,750 foot pounds.

It's also legal, under VERY limited circumstances, to take deer with a shotgun.This is only for crop protection(and hence is called the farmers defence) where deer of the same species can be proven to have caused damage to crops, and only on the ground where damage is occurring. This also allows the shooting of deer out of season. A shotgun shell with minimum 12 bore, and shot size of AAA or bigger or a rifled slug of 350 gr or more. This only applies to "Land owners and their appointed agent"

[FERRETBOY 680]

CHEERS GUYS WILL READ INTO THIS ALOT MORE SOON .. JUST PROMOTING WILD EATING AND HOW TO HUNT YOUR OWN WITHOUT BREAKING THE LAW. CHEEERS