If you want to eat well
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Good man, im looking at getting rid of my cheap under/over for a nice beretta semi auto.
We eat everything from partridge, grouse, snipe, woodcock and lots of rabbit and we love it.
As long as your safe, have the land owners permission and eat everything you shoot its all good in my eyes.
We eat everything from partridge, grouse, snipe, woodcock and lots of rabbit and we love it.
As long as your safe, have the land owners permission and eat everything you shoot its all good in my eyes.
Thats pretty much how I got permission for all the land I hunt on. They have big problems with pests, if you promise to shoot pests and clear up after you, you normally get a yes.
Just walk and knock on all the farms you see, explain what you want to do and they are usually ok with it. In fact I dont think ive ever had anyone tell me anything negative, had plenty of people give me areas that are strictly off limits though.
Join a local club and meet land owners that way. IIRC you can legally lend out a shotgun for up to 72 hours with amending your shotgun cert, does anyone know if these means you can lend one for a hunt without having a license? probably not, but worth looking into.
Just walk and knock on all the farms you see, explain what you want to do and they are usually ok with it. In fact I dont think ive ever had anyone tell me anything negative, had plenty of people give me areas that are strictly off limits though.
Join a local club and meet land owners that way. IIRC you can legally lend out a shotgun for up to 72 hours with amending your shotgun cert, does anyone know if these means you can lend one for a hunt without having a license? probably not, but worth looking into.
Edited by Dirty Frank on Tuesday 11th October 10:46
If you've not been involved in shooting before and want to try and do a bit on someone's farm, perhaps see if you can get involved in the periphery through going beating or something. It'll give you an idea of the goings on and also give you introductions.
Most people within an area know each other, if only to recognise the vehicle parked in the corner of a field, so if you can get known it'll help you a lot along the way.
Final one is safety, if you are totally new to this then you need to be safe. You won't get very far if you're deemed to be dangerous. We had a chap shot on our farms and we always knew he was dodgy. One Boxing Day when shooting he (being greedy) swung through me whilst aiming at a hare. Needless to say a few choice words from me and he never shot on our land or anywhere locally again.
But enjoy, and when you have those things in place, get door knocking, most people will be appreciative.
Most people within an area know each other, if only to recognise the vehicle parked in the corner of a field, so if you can get known it'll help you a lot along the way.
Final one is safety, if you are totally new to this then you need to be safe. You won't get very far if you're deemed to be dangerous. We had a chap shot on our farms and we always knew he was dodgy. One Boxing Day when shooting he (being greedy) swung through me whilst aiming at a hare. Needless to say a few choice words from me and he never shot on our land or anywhere locally again.
But enjoy, and when you have those things in place, get door knocking, most people will be appreciative.
Dirty Frank said:
Good man, im looking at getting rid of my cheap under/over for a nice beretta semi auto.
We eat everything from partridge, grouse, snipe, woodcock and lots of rabbit and we love it.
As long as your safe, have the land owners permission and eat everything you shoot its all good in my eyes.
The words 'Semi auto' and everything but the rabbit in your post should never even be mentioned in the same sentence !! We eat everything from partridge, grouse, snipe, woodcock and lots of rabbit and we love it.
As long as your safe, have the land owners permission and eat everything you shoot its all good in my eyes.
Dirty Frank said:
How come old bean? I'm wanting light and reliable for clays and birds mostly. Isnt a semi what I need?
No issues with autos for clays vermin etc,but i would be suprised if many land owners allowed you to shoot game, Patridge,snipe,woodcock,Pheasant etc etc with an auto.Not considered sporting and is actually illegal !
(Sorry,not having a go) but no point in swapping guns to find you cant shoot half your quarry..
D.
Actually just been on the Basc website, the wording is
'it is illegal to shoot wildlife or game with a self loading gun having a magazine capacity of more than two cartridges'
does that mean one in the breach and two in the mag ?
I had always understood that it was illegal but worth checking.
One other big issue when shooting in a party (rough or organized days) is that an auto cant be 'broken' and therfore proved safe. Ok the chamber can be held open but not as obvious.
I would strongly recomend sticking to an O/U if you want to shoot game ,certainly in company auto a definate no no.
'it is illegal to shoot wildlife or game with a self loading gun having a magazine capacity of more than two cartridges'
does that mean one in the breach and two in the mag ?
I had always understood that it was illegal but worth checking.
One other big issue when shooting in a party (rough or organized days) is that an auto cant be 'broken' and therfore proved safe. Ok the chamber can be held open but not as obvious.
I would strongly recomend sticking to an O/U if you want to shoot game ,certainly in company auto a definate no no.
The ones in my local gun shop (cheshire gun room) are made to hold one in the breach and two in the mag yeah.
You make a good point about shooting in a party though, I hadnt thought about that. I rarely shoot in groups but dont remember seeing anyone with a semi on the group shoots. Ill look into itsome more thanks.
There was a letter in this months sporting shooter were a guy is asking advice on purchasing an 8 shot semi for shooting game. They advised him against it but didn't mention it being illegal. Id of assumed something like that would be a section 5 fire arm anyway.
You make a good point about shooting in a party though, I hadnt thought about that. I rarely shoot in groups but dont remember seeing anyone with a semi on the group shoots. Ill look into itsome more thanks.
There was a letter in this months sporting shooter were a guy is asking advice on purchasing an 8 shot semi for shooting game. They advised him against it but didn't mention it being illegal. Id of assumed something like that would be a section 5 fire arm anyway.
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