Colonel Rimfire
Well-Known Member
Hello chaps,
I'm very new to the forum but not new to shooting, I'm a target shooter for quite a long time now. However, I was recently given a letter to shoot any legally held firearm to control vermin and pests, on some property in Surrey. The field is approximately 30 acres if not a tad more, This is the 1st time I have considered applying to have the land inspected by and FEO, There is a potential issue however ,as on one side of the property there is a dual carriageway and railway line on the opposing side.
The area i plan to shoot has a clear 300 yard stretch with thick woods at the bottom of the field.
My plan to negate this, proximity to road and rail, is to get a high chair and bash bunnies and possibly foxes and corvids. as the landowner is a horticulturalist and the rabbits are eating her saplings and other vegetation she's quite instant that I remove them, the air rifle I use no longer seems to work as the furry things have worked out the range and wisely stay around 50-70 yards away. added to that I do want to humanely dispatch these pests without wounding them.
Added to that there are a lot of Corvids eating up her crops, which also need deleting along with any fox which should venture onto the land. I have on a few occasions seen Deer on the land however I don't know whether I would get permission to cull them as I have no experience with larger game, if I'm honest, I couldn't even identify the species of deer although they where those big ones! and would not want to go off half cocked.
Also I want to learn to walk before I can run and starting off on rabbits and crows would seem the correct path to achieving this.
I suppose my question is this and hopefully you wise chaps can help me,
What should I do in preparation to the FEO visit, having done some research it seems good to have a map of where and what directions i wish to shoot. other than that what would be the best plan in order to get permission to use my rimfire rifle and possibly a small centerfire to control fox and Corvids?
I have the letter, but have not approached my FEO and I'm with the MET police as my licensing force.
Ill be honest and say I'm a teeny bit intimated by FEO's and wouldn't want to be seen as a time waster or potentially as a nincompoop.
I'm a qualified RO if that helps and also already have an FAC and SGC. I shot and Ro'd for the British sporting rifle club and at some point would like to try the real thing as opposed to the paper version.
Many thanks in advance
Rimfire!
I'm very new to the forum but not new to shooting, I'm a target shooter for quite a long time now. However, I was recently given a letter to shoot any legally held firearm to control vermin and pests, on some property in Surrey. The field is approximately 30 acres if not a tad more, This is the 1st time I have considered applying to have the land inspected by and FEO, There is a potential issue however ,as on one side of the property there is a dual carriageway and railway line on the opposing side.
The area i plan to shoot has a clear 300 yard stretch with thick woods at the bottom of the field.
My plan to negate this, proximity to road and rail, is to get a high chair and bash bunnies and possibly foxes and corvids. as the landowner is a horticulturalist and the rabbits are eating her saplings and other vegetation she's quite instant that I remove them, the air rifle I use no longer seems to work as the furry things have worked out the range and wisely stay around 50-70 yards away. added to that I do want to humanely dispatch these pests without wounding them.
Added to that there are a lot of Corvids eating up her crops, which also need deleting along with any fox which should venture onto the land. I have on a few occasions seen Deer on the land however I don't know whether I would get permission to cull them as I have no experience with larger game, if I'm honest, I couldn't even identify the species of deer although they where those big ones! and would not want to go off half cocked.
Also I want to learn to walk before I can run and starting off on rabbits and crows would seem the correct path to achieving this.
I suppose my question is this and hopefully you wise chaps can help me,
What should I do in preparation to the FEO visit, having done some research it seems good to have a map of where and what directions i wish to shoot. other than that what would be the best plan in order to get permission to use my rimfire rifle and possibly a small centerfire to control fox and Corvids?
I have the letter, but have not approached my FEO and I'm with the MET police as my licensing force.
Ill be honest and say I'm a teeny bit intimated by FEO's and wouldn't want to be seen as a time waster or potentially as a nincompoop.
I'm a qualified RO if that helps and also already have an FAC and SGC. I shot and Ro'd for the British sporting rifle club and at some point would like to try the real thing as opposed to the paper version.
Many thanks in advance
Rimfire!
