Hunting Rabbits

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As someone that owns firearms and air rifles I can state the following.
Unless you have permission to control vermin on that land- you cannot.
If you do go on any land with an air rifle or firearm and get caught it is classed as armed trespass.
You will be “ attended by the armed response” unit if reported.
So don’t and forget getting permission to shot on National Trust land, it’s a big no no.
 
timmy222 said:
As someone that owns firearms and air rifles I can state the following.
Unless you have permission to control vermin on that land- you cannot.
If you do go on any land with an air rifle or firearm and get caught it is classed as armed trespass.
You will be “ attended by the armed response” unit if reported.
So don’t and forget getting permission to shot on National Trust land, it’s a big no no.
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Can you link me to relevant source about the nationa trust bit?

The rest was already posted, will look at the golf courses/farm next to them.

KaHn
 
Actually timmy, it seems the National Trust most certainly DOES allow most types of hunting to be practised on its land. Fishing, shooting AND hunting with dogs (within the confines of the Hunting Act)! Good for them!

PDF of the National Trust's stance on hunting.

The National Trust is very much aware of the importance of countryside traditions. We allow
field sports to take place on our property where traditionally practised, providing they are
within the law and are compatible with the Trust’s purposes, which include public access and
the protection of rare animals and birds and fragile habitats. The Trust is a charitable body,
and as such cannot take a political position either for or against field sports.
The Trust’s general position on field sports remains unchanged by its decision in 1997 not to
renew licences for the hunting of red deer. This decision was taken following the publication
of the Bateson report, from which the Trust’s Council concluded that hunting red deer with
hounds caused suffering incompatible with the Trust’s responsibility for the welfare of red
deer on its property. These findings relate to red deer only.
The Trust therefore continues to permit other forms of hunting as well as shooting and fishing
where appropriate, subject to controls and licences.
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Also, defeat of a LACS motion to ban hunting on Trust land. The committee decided not to bow to LACS' "political" (their words!) move to use the Trust as an animal rights platform. Good for them again. Sauce.
 
How would you feel if some bloke went up to you with two dogs and starting shooting you and mauling you? I hope you'll get your comeuppence, as it's a vile and unnecessary pasttime, stuck in the dark ages for barbaric savages who have nothing better to do except kill harmless animals.







:p I love your dogs. Don't go shooting them by accident!
 
Ok you cant hunt in the Uk with a bow . if you want to hunt on National Trust then good luck but i have been trying to get access to similiar land and in 5 years i aint even got close .

Plus anywhere that hikers/walkers (any general public go) you will have a hard time going out with a gun . One of my hunting spots has a write of way throught it and its so much greif shooting there i have given up shooting in the daytime .

Pity you were not closer as could supply you with as many rabbits as you need .
Maybe have aq look round some local farmers etc but look at joing a shooting body to get liability insurance etc .

Persil
 
KNiVES said:
How would you feel if some bloke went up to you with two dogs and starting shooting you and mauling you? I hope you'll get your comeuppence, as it's a vile and unnecessary pasttime, stuck in the dark ages for barbaric savages who have nothing better to do except kill harmless animals.







:p I love your dogs. Don't go shooting them by accident!
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Bunny hugger, tbh. Or to put it another way, 'Don't spoil this nice little thread with your anti vileness, hippy!'. I bite my thumb at you! :p What do you want him to do; turn his dog vegetarian? Until then, dogs are going to eat animals which means animals are going to die. That's not even counting all the delicious animals humans eat. Om nom nom. Oh well.

If you want (yet another) thread about the pros and cons, start a new thread please? :)
 
hunting with a air gun is a lot of fun;)

my HW 97k .177 ( full power/ 17fts/lb)and some H&N Barracudas Match Heavy,are very effective- almost everyday I use it,to put down some pigeons, eheh
at 25/30mts heads shots ,one shot one killing

but the work comes after that-
my dog wont eat them raw- I have to deplume them,then make a stew with some onions,in order the dog eat them
 
KNiVES said:
How would you feel if some bloke went up to you with two dogs and starting shooting you and mauling you? I hope you'll get your comeuppence, as it's a vile and unnecessary pasttime, stuck in the dark ages for barbaric savages who have nothing better to do except kill harmless animals.
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I'm sorry you feel that way, I would never do anything as barbaric as slitting the rabbits throat or anything like that, I would take great care in trying to kill them as quickly as possible, I wouldn't kill young rabbits and try to be as humane as possible.

I make no assumptions of where my food comes from, I love meat, my dogs love meat and we eat it everyday :D

As with the veal thread I have no problem with that, if I was in a culture where I was offered dog I would probably eat it, even though I love my dog more than I love most people.

KaHn
 
KaHn said:
I'm sorry you feel that way, I would never do anything as barbaric as slitting the rabbits throat or anything like that,
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Mate, it's good you're into it and all that, but you really need to learn not to give antis an argument for the sake of it :p Who on earth mentioned slitting throats until you did? LOL Quit stoking the fire and handing over ammo. Nobody slits rabbits' throats, period. If a dog or pellet doesn't do the job first time for any reason (eg live to hand retrieve, non-fatal GSW) you'd neck them. Instant, painless, humane. ;)
 
If you are considering looking for a permission from a landowner you might as well join BASC you get useful stuff such as liability insurance and professional advice and help should you encounter any problems with the law. I believe that they have draught shooting permission letters - something the police may well ask you to produce if stopped, in order to prove you have the right to be where you are with a rifle.

Of note carrying any kind of firearm in a public place (though I'm mainly talking about air rifles) - it is against the law to do so without good reason - like travelling to/from your shoot/club etc. The rifle must be covered in public - in a case or gun-slip. For rifles (air) with magazines - you may not travel with the magazine loaded, nor should the rifle 'have one up the spout' irrespective of it being cocked or not. The rifle should never be cocked whilst travelling. If you do not have the landowners permission to be on his land then you are committing armed trespass, which can carry up to £2500.00 fine and/or a prison sentence. This includes travelling on private property with the gun, even if you are not intending to shoot there.. a bit of a vague one but basically if it's not a public place and you don't have permission... you see where this is going.

more information : http://www.basc.org.uk/en/codes-of-practice/index.cfm

The best kind of shooting is safe shooting, so never point you rifle at anything you don't intend to shoot, and always treat your rifle as if it's loaded.
 
I don't know if you have a good, old fashioned butcher near you, but he may be grateful for a few bunnies. My local guy says that there is a shortage at the moment where we live as the grass is so long it's difficult to shoot any. He was full of good ideas as to where it is possible to shoot bunnies in our area, so someone like that may be of help to you.

Good luck, I could do with some rabbit for a fantastic paté recipe I want to make plus I saw a recipe for KFR yesterday that would be interesting.

I am actually allergic to eating rabbit, but love cooking it.
 
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