matt_hooks 188 Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Worthy, that is perfectly legal, as long as they are in season. Any other LAWFUL quarry is the condition, as someone pulled me up on in another thread. Not that it makes a jot of difference to what you can shoot. It is perfectly lawful to shoot a fox with a .22LR, as long as you are on land that you have permission to shoot over, and have permission to shoot foxes on it, and you don't cause un-necessary suffering. The permission goes to the lawfulness of the quarry. If you have permission to shoot over land, but that permission doesn't cover foxes, then it is not lawful for you to take foxes so it can't come under lawful quarry. Ditto land you don't have permission to shoot over (add in armed trespass to that too!) The only animals in the UK that have specific requirements for calibre and round choice are deer. The rest is all just guidelines. Anything that it is legal to shoot can be shot with the .22LR, except for deer. You might leave yourself open to a charge of causing unnecessary suffering if you decided to take some of the larger species, such as boar (yes, a LR will kill a boar with no problems at the right range (about six inches)). 1 Quote Link to post
Deker 3,478 Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 You have to have fox specificaly mentioned on your licence unfortunatly vermin doesn't cover it. ATB No you don't, this has been debated many a time, and VERMIN is still being debated, fox obviously works, but so to does ANY OTHER LAWFUL QUARRY, and there is nothing in that that mentions fox! Even if you were right about this then is fox lawful quarry with a 22lr?? it all comes down to YOUR police force The Fox has NO calibre designation whatsoever in law, of course it is Lawful quarry, that has nothing to do with your individual region. Getting an ANY OTHER LAWFUL QUARRY condition certainly does though! Nice i'm going to go and shoot some Pheasants with my .22lr There are those that use an air rifle on them....... Be VERY happy if you can ever get an ANY OTHER LAWFUL QUARRY condition. :thumbs: ATB! Quote Link to post
nod 285 Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 You have to have fox specificaly mentioned on your licence unfortunatly vermin doesn't cover it. ATB No you don't, this has been debated many a time, and VERMIN is still being debated, fox obviously works, but so to does ANY OTHER LAWFUL QUARRY, and there is nothing in that that mentions fox! Even if you were right about this then is fox lawful quarry with a 22lr?? it all comes down to YOUR police force The Fox has NO calibre designation whatsoever in law, of course it is Lawful quarry, that has nothing to do with your individual region. Getting an ANY OTHER LAWFUL QUARRY condition certainly does though! Nice i'm going to go and shoot some Pheasants with my .22lr There are those that use an air rifle on them....... Be VERY happy if you can ever get an ANY OTHER LAWFUL QUARRY condition. :thumbs: ATB! thats good then as thats what i have on mine Quote Link to post
richmcgin 32 Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 same here had it for years. thought it was a standard thing. Quote Link to post
worthy130 21 Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Taken from another forum. 'Ok, so hands up, who wants to be the test case in court?? This same question came up (on another forum?) a while ago and the same answer applies. There is no definition in law which includes fox as vermin. FACT. Until a test case is brought and the courts decide on the matter then that is the way it is, like it or not. You are governed by the conditions on your license and if your local police authority will not allow rimfire for foxes then tough luck, I hope you have plenty of time and deep pockets if you want to challenge that. So the answer is: There is no specific law preventing the use of .22 or .17hmr against foxes. There is no case law defining foxes as vermin. Your police force determine what you can and cannot shoot with whatever calibre. Get caught trying to be a smart arse and interpreting the wording of your license in ways which you know go against the policy of the issuing authority and you may lose your license, they are judge and jury.' Quote Link to post
Deker 3,478 Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Taken from another forum. 'Ok, so hands up, who wants to be the test case in court?? This same question came up (on another forum?) a while ago and the same answer applies. There is no definition in law which includes fox as vermin. FACT. Until a test case is brought and the courts decide on the matter then that is the way it is, like it or not. You are governed by the conditions on your license and if your local police authority will not allow rimfire for foxes then tough luck, I hope you have plenty of time and deep pockets if you want to challenge that. So the answer is: There is no specific law preventing the use of .22 or .17hmr against foxes. There is no case law defining foxes as vermin. Your police force determine what you can and cannot shoot with whatever calibre. Get caught trying to be a smart arse and interpreting the wording of your license in ways which you know go against the policy of the issuing authority and you may lose your license, they are judge and jury.' ................and your point was?? Quote Link to post
The Duncan 802 Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Didn't I say the same old arguments would be re-spouted ? Arguments? didnt realise they had been one or did i miss something? enlighten me. Arguments, as in fors and againsts, fox is/isn't vermin, rimmie is/isnt acceptable and so on and so forth... see above! Didn't mean people at each other in a traditional THL Stylee 1 Quote Link to post
ajaxinvincible 5 Posted March 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Maybe i'll stick to the 12 and a buffalo express! Quote Link to post
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