Peacocks

[walshie 2,804]

A guy up the road has a peacock on his land. He also has a black car and the peacock has been seeing its reflection in the paint and pecking at it, to the point he's had to have one side of the car resprayed.

 

Now before you start with all the "townie" comments, can someone please give me the straight answer on if it can be shot or not?

 

I know it's not on the GL, but I also know people eat them now and again, so they must be "killable" somehow.

 

Ta.

[socks 32,253]

Yes it can be shot .........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Townie twat .........

[Born Hunter 17,907]

Only a townie would have to ask such a question...... a bumpkin might not know the answer but he sure wouldn't have to ask. LOL

[walshie 2,804]

Very droll BH. Very droll. FFS.

[BGD 6,437]

You're in the country now, anything can be shot as long as there's no witnesses

 

...townie twat

[walshie 2,804]

You're in the country now, anything can be shot as long as there's no witnesses

 

...townie twat

 

You can just get off the "townie twat" bandwagon, thank you very much.

[kanny 21,600]

It will only do this during mating season I think. ?.we have the same with garden birds in the patio windows but they only do it for a couple of weeks in spring and there really funny to watch but I wouldn't be seeing the funny side of it if they were trashing my car.

 

Atb

 

 

kanny

[tb25 4,627]

Moved to the country now he wonts to dig up grave yards and kill pretty birds..brr

[Malt 379]

I'd have thought it would be more of a destruction of someone elses property issue rather than one of legal protection of its species. Thats if you got caught shooting it of course..

[South hams hunter 8,986]

Just use the airgun

[J Darcy 5,871]

OK, I will stand corrected here, but, if a wild/feral bird/animal is not named on the schedule list of quarry/vermin species then it legally cannot be shot. You can only legally shoot quarry species and vermin as per the statutes.

However, on the flip side, the peacock will not be protected, per se, and there is nothing to stop a person catching one in a cage trap/feeder trap and killing it. However, the peacock may belong to someone so then you'd have to hand it back over to them or it could be construed as theft.

 

It is a grey area of the law and, I believe it would pivot on location of said bird.

 

That's my take on things.

[socks 32,253]

It's not on the GL and it's not a game bird so in essence it must be the same as a chicken or turkey etc and if the owner of the bird wants it killed there should be no issue ......

[walshie 2,804]

But Golden Eagles and swans aren't on the GL either and they aren't game birds.

[socks 32,253]

But they are a protected species .......

[walshie 2,804]

Ah. Gotcha. Let's hope no-one runs this peacock over accidentally then.