I have a NE licence to cull cormorants on a local fishery and I was proposing to use a 17 HMR, shooting the birds when they surface after catching a fish at which time they are unlikely immediately to dive again or take off.
I have seen correspondence which suggests that you have to use a shotgun for the purpose but there is no such restriction on my licence and (on a cursory reading) I can find nothing in the Wildlife and Countryside Act imposing any such requirement.
If there is anything making a shotgun compulsory please can someone quote me the relevant authority or direct me to it.
Thanks in advance and a happy new year to all on this forum.
Keith
I have seen correspondence which suggests that you have to use a shotgun for the purpose but there is no such restriction on my licence and (on a cursory reading) I can find nothing in the Wildlife and Countryside Act imposing any such requirement.
If there is anything making a shotgun compulsory please can someone quote me the relevant authority or direct me to it.
Thanks in advance and a happy new year to all on this forum.
Keith