dogman1 5 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 I have permission to shoot foxes from the farmer. As it is rough patchy ground i use my shotgun and my lurcher and terriers to flush for me. There is a few roe on my permission aswell that I try to steer clear of but is harder done than said. Say a roe gets up in front of my lurcher while flushing and she catches it. By the time I get to it shock has set in and there is no saving it so I have to dispatch of it humanly. Now it is a total waste and not very noble to leave the deer lying so if I take it home. If I am stopped with the police where do I stand? I was clearly carrying out pest control on written permission legally but how does the law look at this? Am I supposed to leave the deer lying to rot and encourage more foxes to the land? Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 might be wrong but i dont think you can humainly dispatch with a shot gun, would need a rifle of specific calibre. there not vermin as the fox is classed. Quote Link to post
KenKeeping 13 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 If a deer is on your permission, isnt it fare game? Probably wrong, just going by what ive been told in the past! 1 Quote Link to post
dogman1 5 Posted May 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 might be wrong but i dont think you can humanely dispatch with a shot gun, would need a rifle of specific calibre. there not vermin as the fox is classed. what about a knife? Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 sorry thought you said humainly dispatched not hal hal Quote Link to post
dogman1 5 Posted May 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 sorry thought you said humainly dispatched not hal hal yeah i kno i went off a bit there, its one of those or watch it suffer which im betting is the way to keep you out legal Quote Link to post
danw 1,748 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Humane dispatch with a knife or shotgun is perfectly legal and I should imagine should the problem arise the deer probably had a broken leg so needed dispatching Quote Link to post
Simoman 110 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 What you have done may be prefectly legal but its proving it nowdays, imagine trying to convince the "authorities" if your pulled with a fresh deer and lurcher, depends on who pulls you..... Quote Link to post
dogman1 5 Posted May 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Humane dispatch with a knife or shotgun is perfectly legal and I should imagine should the problem arise the deer probably had a broken leg so needed dispatching thats what i thought. so where do i stand with taking it home, do i let it rot or live off the land? Quote Link to post
Bogger 243 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 you may be innocent, but like simo says depends who pulls you if they believe you or not,if it was me id take the dogs home then go back for it without them 7 Quote Link to post
stewie 3,387 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Humane dispatch with a knife or shotgun is perfectly legal and I should imagine should the problem arise the deer probably had a broken leg so needed dispatching thats what i thought. so where do i stand with taking it home, do i let it rot or live off the land? take your dogs home first, the return for the carcass Quote Link to post
danw 1,748 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Humane dispatch with a knife or shotgun is perfectly legal and I should imagine should the problem arise the deer probably had a broken leg so needed dispatching thats what i thought. so where do i stand with taking it home, do i let it rot or live off the land? Only problem might be if plod what to know where it came from you might want to have your farmer "on side" so to speak how likely are you to get pulled though? Quote Link to post
dogman1 5 Posted May 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 What you have done may be prefectly legal but its proving it nowdays, imagine trying to convince the "authorities" if your pulled with a fresh deer and lurcher, depends on who pulls you..... if there is terriers and written permission for foxes i suppose it would go in my favour. when beating the deer go everywhere and i cant stop the dog from giving chase Quote Link to post
danw 1,748 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 (edited) you may be innocent, but like simo says depends who pulls you if they believe you or not,if it was me id take the dogs home then go back for it without them Bogger You'd be ok fella plod would never believe your dog could pull a deer :whistling: :laugh: Edited May 28, 2011 by danw Quote Link to post
dogman1 5 Posted May 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Humane dispatch with a knife or shotgun is perfectly legal and I should imagine should the problem arise the deer probably had a broken leg so needed dispatching thats what i thought. so where do i stand with taking it home, do i let it rot or live off the land? Only problem might be if plod what to know where it came from you might want to have your farmer "on side" so to speak how likely are you to get pulled though? not extremely likely but you never know. the farmer would be on my side Quote Link to post
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