bouncer 51 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 got to ask about shooting rights.i go to a farm by an estate and a bloke has bought the ground off the estate but not the shooting rights.the farm I go on has bought the shooting rights and said I can go on it ferreting and shooting.i bumped into a guy last week on another farm next door and he said I wasn't allowed on there because the farm I go on doesn't own the land.he said if I was seen on there by the land owner he would go mad,this guy said he has been shooting the land for 20 years.i know I can go on their but can he ?he is adamant he can but I don't think he can.i don't think he likes the fact that he is not allowed to do it nomore because I do it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 If you have been given permission by the people who have the shooting rights then i'd be inclined to tell the boy to "do one"....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,479 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 If you have been given permission by the people who have the shooting rights then i'd be inclined to tell the boy to "do one"....... Aye but you might ask for something in writting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rake aboot 4,935 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 The shooting rights "owner" can give permission. The land owner may have the right to put someone onto the land to cover a specific problem if the "rights" owner is not doing the job, but other than that, he has no right to issue shooting permission even if it is his land. We deal with loads of tenant farmers, and have seen this issue before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,479 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Didn't the league against sports sell some of there land and retained the shooting rights to stop folk shooting there ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bouncer 51 Posted June 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 yes just what I thought but wanted to make sure because he is a awkward f***er.and now I can tell him to piss off politely Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 160 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 If the sporting rights are held by another person then the occupier cannot give permission to 'take' game. The only exception is 'ground game'. Under the Ground Game Act of 1881 the occupier and a 'servant' have the right to take ground game (rabbits and hares) regardless of the holder of sporting rights. This was done to allow farmers to control rabbits that were being preserved by the holders of sporting rights at the expense of farmers. Bear in mind that it's only the actual tenant and one 'servant' who can use that right, so in theory, the tenant would have to pay you something to control the rabbits to make it legal. It's only ground game as well; not pigeons or other pests. Different legal covenants specify the exact details, but the GGA is enshrined in law and cannot be got around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
haymin 2,465 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Full of knowledge for a rat matt aren't you not Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted June 27, 2013 Report Share Posted June 27, 2013 Full of knowledge for a rat matt aren't you not Matt The Rat, as a Mod, Ratifies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bouncer 51 Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 thanks fellas very helpfull Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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