big GJ 4 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 hi just wanting to no if i can shoot birds classed as pest in my back garden if they are eatting grass seed i have just put down i am just renting property any advice thanks Quote Link to post
ftm 3,357 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 personally if it were me the answer is yes . but im sure some one will type a page or two with the law on it ,im lucky my neighbours are sound Quote Link to post
big GJ 4 Posted March 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) mine are a bunch of moaning old c**ts Edited March 6, 2011 by big GJ Quote Link to post
Lab 10,979 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 mine are a bunch of moaning old c**ts Think you'd be easier with a fine net............. Quote Link to post
secretagentmole 1,701 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 No Lab it is like fishing, he wants a net with holes large enough to let the undersized ones out first, no good for eating the small ones, too much mess for not enough reward! Quote Link to post
Lab 10,979 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 No Lab it is like fishing, he wants a net with holes large enough to let the undersized ones out first, no good for eating the small ones, too much mess for not enough reward! I think the little 1's will still eat his seed though.................... Quote Link to post
skycat 6,173 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Sprinkle a fine layer of earth over the grass seed: that'll protect them from frost as well, and hang up a few bird feeders: poor things are hungry at this time of year. That way your grass grows and you get to do some bird watching as well! Quote Link to post
festa 206 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 mine are a bunch of moaning old c**ts lol thats gateshead for ya lol should have a go im a felling lad myself lol atb gary Quote Link to post
ftm 3,357 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 is it woodies thats eating seed mate? if it is just be descreet and take em out if its spuggies they wont eat it all if youve raked it in atb billy from jarra Quote Link to post
big GJ 4 Posted March 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 mine are a bunch of moaning old c**ts lol thats gateshead for ya lol should have a go im a felling lad myself lol atb gary I a would just shoot them but my lass was going off it saying we best not get evicted are out a just live end of sunderland road mate Quote Link to post
matt_hooks 188 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Check your lease. Do you have shooting rights over the land? The general licence can be used by "occupiers" of the land, unless shooting is specifically forbidden by your rental contract. If it's council, it may well be forbidden, but worth checking. The general licence can be found HERE, click me! Quote Link to post
Catcher 1 639 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Iam pestered with magpies and woodpigeon.I live on a council estate.But the house belongs to me.Dose any one know if i can shoot them legaly. Quote Link to post
big GJ 4 Posted March 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Check your lease. Do you have shooting rights over the land? The general licence can be used by "occupiers" of the land, unless shooting is specifically forbidden by your rental contract. If it's council, it may well be forbidden, but worth checking. The general licence can be found HERE, click me! hi mate its private not council theres a foot path run along the outside of me back fence as well a think you have to be 25 feet away from public walk ways but a mite be wrong Quote Link to post
Catcher 1 639 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Check your lease. Do you have shooting rights over the land? The general licence can be used by "occupiers" of the land, unless shooting is specifically forbidden by your rental contract. If it's council, it may well be forbidden, but worth checking. The general licence can be found HERE, click me! hi mate its private not council theres a foot path run along the outside of me back fence as well a think you have to be 25 feet away from public walk ways but a mite be wrong Sure i dead something like that before.You have to be a certain distance from the center of any public walkway/lane/road/bridle paths. Quote Link to post
matt_hooks 188 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Fifty FEET from the centre of a public HIGHWAY. A public highway is a proper, made road. A footpath, or even a bridleway, doesn't count. Also, it's not an absolute prohibition. The law says (and it's the highways act 1980, not any of the firearms acts) that it is an offence to "discharge any firearm or firework within 50 feet of the centre of a highway which is a carriageway, with the consequence that a user of the carriageway is injured, interrupted or endangered." I don't think you could rely on the licence though, as grass seed in your garden doesn't really count as agriculture. You might get away with it under the "protection of public health" though. Quote Link to post
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