Bo Diddley
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Always wear suitable attire so as not to draw attention to oneself when you leave the premises, no camo, an evening suit is better...
Dealing with a suburban fox
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BenBhoy
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Can't imagine his cheek weld is much good with height of the scope.
Bo Diddley
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Perfectly fine, that's me a few years ago.. off on a jolly to the Highlands of Scotland after a stag.... I've aged considerably since my "mod" days...
Nickb
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Much like the Zulus
There’s no legal limit in terms of calibre/cartridge or power for shooting a fox, so if that really is the case, they are talking out of their arse!I cant work out if im gobsmacked at what im reading, or if im learning new things i never knew
such as shooting rifles other that Air rifles in ones garden, and 2, using a 22lr, west yorkshire police say you cant even shoot fox with a 17 hmr, centre fire only,
Police/FLO telling us what they want is to believe. True or false. Never
BenBhoy
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Dunno, yet to use oneMuch like the Zulus
Possibly, or they are just repeating what they have been told from a position of ignorance, and aren’t challenged by anyone.Police/FLO telling us what they want is to believe. True or false. Never
The guidance and the law are very clear on this, anyone should be able to direct them to the correct answer.
i did challange them, and i also pointed out that a mate of mine in north Yorkshire can shoot fax with HMR, yet i in west Yorkshire am not allowed, so technically he can be in one field and can shoot fox, i be in the one next to him and cant, i also asked what it was about the roe deer in scotland where they can be shot with a .223, yet not here, i got no answer to either,
Smellydog
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If say you requested a 17hmr for rabbits and your licence came back with vermin and all other legal quarry you are fine.
Where people go wrong is asking for etc etc. The moment one asks something you are pretty much doomed! The reason why a certain force may not want to grant a certain rifle for fox control is counter litigation measure and has no basis in law.
As far as I am aware 17 hmr in the guidance to the police for firearms licensing is not excluded from fox shooting.
It's obvious really otherwise due to using the stupid system that refers to ft/lbs for pretty much everything they would have to exclude all rimfires and that isn't going to happen no matter how much they hoped!
Smellydog
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You won't, you are not helping them by making sure they can't be held accountable. Just get the grant and go about your legal business instead of hoping for some kind of rubber-stamped approval.
My cert says rimfire for vermin, but A&S have rightly (in my opinion) told me that fox is included, likewise corvids if a safe shot can be taken, doesn't matter if it is LR, WMR or HMR. All will do the job on a fox at appropriate distance and shot placement.
Calibre for Deer is nothing the FLD have control over. That is governed by the deer act of whatever country you are shooting in.
I do
So what did your rimfire get conditioned for?
it says Vermin, AND ANY OTHER SUITABLE QUARRY FOR THAT CALIBER,
and thinking back the fox conversation came up when i checked to see what a farm i have permission on was cleared for,
i mentioned the farmer had asked me to sort out a fox problem he had, they replied that i was not permitted to shoot foxed with the calibre rifles i had at the time, 22lr and 17 hmr,
and that fox was not classed as Vermin,
there a bunch of clowns then, why is 223 ok for roe in Scotland, but not in England
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