game licence

I can honestly say I've never seen a game license or had one but since I don't actually shoot game ... apart from the odd couple of invites here and there .... is there any point?

Do foreign guests need a game license too or does it only apply if you remove game from the field?

No wonder it's a dead dodo in England and Wales
 
Ezzy get in touch with BASC Scotland.

A Game licence is a licence to kill game, dosen't matter if you are a guest, foreign or not, or whether you remove it from where you shot it, if in Scotland you need one to shoot game and stay legal.

Game licences were brought in to help stop the 'lower orders' shooting game, no valid reason for it to be in existence at this time.

Bob
 
Ezzy,

If you are shooting deer on enclosed land you DO NOT need a game licence. Enclosed land means forest/farmland that is fenced/walled etc.

Stan
 
Here is an extract from a shooting magazine.

The Game Licence has been abolished this year in England & Wales, but not in Scotland. If you're planning to shoot game, or go deerstalking, in Scotland this season - even as a visitor - you will need a Game Licence.

Game Licences will be all but impossible to buy in England and Wales this year (it was never easy!), but BASC Scotland have come up with a solution.

They have an arrangement with their local post office, so that BASC members can order a Game Licence through the BASC Scotland office.

The cost is the £6 Game Licence fee, plus £1 handling. Simply write to Game Licence, BASC Scotland, Trochry, Dunkeld, Tayside PH8 0DY. Tel: 01350 723 226. Email: scotland@basc.org.uk
 
Ive had a look as there are too many variations on the above subject heres the interpretation of the wild life and countryside act 1981 so were all reading off the same hymn sheet .


Basc codes of practice



Sunday and Christmas Day Shooting
England & Wales:
No game (including hare) may be shot in any county on any Sunday or on Christmas day.

Before the passing of the wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Orders prohibiting the shooting of wildfowl on Sundays could be made under the provisions of sections 2 and 13 of the Protection of Birds Act 1954. Although Sunday Orders can still be made under Section 2 (3), none have been made. However, some Sunday Orders made prior to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 have not been repealed and are still in existence. They have the effect of making it illegal to shoot wildfowl on a Sunday in the following counties (or parts of counties in existence before the 1974 re-organisation):

Anglesey, Brecknock, Caernarvon, Carmarthen, Cardigan, Cornwall, Denbigh, Devon, Doncaster, Glamorgan, Great Yarmouth County Borough, Isle of Ely, Leeds County Borough, Merioneth, Norfolk, Pembroke, Somerset, North and West Ridings of Yorkshire.

Scotland:
There are no statutory restrictions on the killing of game on Sunday or on Christmas Day although it is not customary to do so. Wildfowl may not be shot on Sundays or on Christmas Day.

Northern Ireland:
The following may not be shot on Sundays or on Christmas Day, under the Wildlife Order NI, the Game Preservation (Amendment) Act (NI) 2002, the Wildlife Order as amended and game act 1831, etc

•Pest birds
•Game in season
•Rabbits
•Deer
Mammalian pest control ie foxes and small vermin (rat, mouse, grey squirrel etc) there is no prohibiton on Sundays.

Amended: September 2009
 
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