Ban on

[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

Just got a call from a fellow shooter who has just heard on the news that the above birds are protected for the rest of the season, can anyone shed a light on this???????

[Colster 1]

Yep, hasn't affected mainland UK yet but NI and Scotland have it

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8440441.stm

 

They don't usually state a date when the ban ends, it usuallys gets re-appraised every 7 days I think.

Edited January 6, 2010 by Colster

[CharlieT 32]

Correct, it comes into effect tomorrow. Bans the shooting of wildfowl and waders.

[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

HARD WEATHER - SHOOTING BAN

Following discussion with the NARGC and Birdwatch Ireland, it is understood that the Minister for the Environment, Mr John Gormley, T.D., will today (Wed. Jan 6th) issue an Order banning the shooting of certain species for a period of ten days, effective from Thursday, January 7th 2010.

 

We understand that the Order will prohibit the shooting of Waders and specifically mentioned in the Order will be Woodcock, Snipe and all duck and goose species. The ban will not apply to Pheasant, Red-Legged Partridge, Woodpigeon or any mammal species.

 

Great

[whippeter69 88]

Is this on Wales ??

[dso88 15]

no does not affect mainland uk

[garyw 0]

as of last saturday we are not shooting the 3 ponds on our shoot until the weather improves.what we have done is to keep the ice open and feed regular with this we hope to pull a few more in.we are having a look tommorow to see if our efforts are worth it-they should be.

gary

[potshot 0]

Voluntary restraint

[waidmann 105]

on our shoot we have not been shooting duck and geese for around 2 1/2 weeks. they have it hard enough at the moment. the only water open is the canal and a couple of streams.

i have quite a few woodcock and nipe on my permission but have left them alone too. they seem to be congregating on areas they can still get into the ground( flowing ditches/streams) and i wouldn't want to deter them from these areas.

i shall be concentrating more on charlie( i see him more often above ground at the moment). we are out with the terriers in the morning( protection of gamebirds who also don't need any pressure from predators either )

i hope everyone has as much sport as possible in this weather( and plenty of whisky after,medicinal purposes of course )

atb

[The Seeker 3,048]

Yep my mates and i have had to cancell our wildfowling trip to Scotland due to the ban, although they say it is going to be reviewed on the 12th I cant see it being lifted this season.

 

And to be honest if the ducks and geese have had it that bad I wouldnt want to be shooting thin birds that have been struggling to survive this later side of winter. It will be interesting to see if England and Wales also introduce a ban although not heard anything as yet. ATB Seeker

[genuine 81]

I seen this on the news to my computer was down so couldnt get on to see what people thought,it was on my local news North East siad there was a ban wierd!