Astanley 11,672 Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 I remember kushty asking a similar question about which side of the hedge it was legal to shit on. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nicepix 5,650 Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Haven't you got to be so many yards from the centre of the highway before you can start shooting ? Not necessarily. That only applies if as a consequence of you shooting a user of the highway is injured, interrupted or endangered. In England & Wales it is an offence without lawful authority or reasonable excuse to discharge any firearm within fifty feet of the centre of a highway which consists of or comprises a carriageway, and in consequence a user of the carriageway is injured, interrupted or endangered. [section 161(2) of the Highways Act 1980 as amended]. It is important to remember that the discharge of a firearm is not prohibited in itself. It must also be proved that there was an injury, or that someone’s passage was interrupted or interfered with e.g. they have been forced to make a detour. Anyway my question is would the part outside the gate be classed as on permission or off permission and I know the answer now. 2 inches inside the gate will be fine. The keyword in that legislation Walshie is 'Interrupted'. IF somebody passing on foot or on a bike heard the shot or saw you with a gun, got concerned and phoned the Old Bill saying that they daren't continue their journey then offence is complete even if you know nothing about the person being concerned. These days everyone has a mobile and everyone thinks the worst. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted June 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 This is more a hypothetical question than anything. There is a hedge running alongside a road and everything one side of the hedge is a public road and everything the other side of the hedge is someone's land, then you get to a gate. The gate isn't flush with the road, it's kind of set back parallel with the field side of the hedge, and there is a gravelly/muddy area in front of it that isn't road and isn't the field. Is this "grey area" classed as road or field? The reason I'm asking is there is room to park a truck in this area with a good view to shoot over the field. Obviously anyone doing this couldn't do it from the road, but if it was classed as the field, they could fill their boots. (assuming they had permission to shoot there.) Theoretically. Theoretically id have entered the field and been out again in the time it took to post the question. But there wouldn't have been a question if I was in the field where I have permission would there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,960 Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 I'm going to confuse matters now... I'm sure I have read something about the road traffic act or some such only gives public access and state ownership to the 'surface soil' with the actual land or 'sub soil' belonging to the landowner adjacent to the road. This makes it legal to shoot from the road so long as no one is caused alarm following that other bit of legislation. Do NOT take this as gospel ffs. I'll dig into it more when I have time. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rabid 1,936 Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 It's very difficult to define, my deeds show that I actually own 30cm of the paved area on one of my boundaries, it's actually worded so, yet another boundary is the centre line of the hedge, so technically the highways agency should pay me for paving (tarmacking) and using my land. The electric board pay a yearly sum to have a telegraph pole on the verge of said boundary. Last year the cheeky twats put a gulley on the roadside to drain surface water, dug down, bored through my boundary wall and piped it into my pond ! That pond happens to feed 5 more ponds on my land, one of which is in my garden and I wanted to keep fish in it, certain times you can see the fuel film on the surface, pissed off ain't the word ! Still looking at legal action on that one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,960 Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Walshie, post #6 by SS. http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/336500-shooting-from-the-wrong-side-of-the-gate/?hl=road I remember following him up on that and could only find evidence that supported it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted June 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Walshie, post #6 by SS. http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/336500-shooting-from-the-wrong-side-of-the-gate/?hl=road I remember following him up on that and could only find evidence that supported it. Great stuff! Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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