Wild justice latest attack on shooting.

[Liveonce]

"The General Licences are published on websites and list the species which can be killed and the circumstances and purposes under which killing is lawful."
"The legal judgment referred to in the last of those blogs, by Justice Jarman, made it clear that the legality of the general licences was dependent on there being a present danger and that the licences should not be relied upon at times of year or in locations where there was no threat to the interest being allegedly protected."

Well that is not what BASC state re “present” damage, if experience has repeatedly shown that a particular field is a firm favourite of the pigeons causing crop damage and non lethal techniques have been tried or are not practical then you can protect next years crop by shooting over this years stubble.

 

[JTO]

Well that is not what BASC state re “present” damage, if experience has repeatedly shown that a particular field is a firm favourite of the pigeons causing crop damage and non lethal techniques have been tried or are not practical then you can protect next years crop by shooting over this years stubble.

If BASC is willing to pay your lawyers' fees, I suggest you invite Packham or Countryfile to film you roost shooting or shooting over stubble.

 

[25 Sharps]

If BASC is willing to pay your lawyers' fees, I suggest you invite Packham or Countryfile to film you roost shooting or shooting over stubble.

It’s a ridiculous situation, pigeon numbers are increasing all of the time and they are pretty much the main agricultural pest in the country. They should be making it easier to control them not more onerous!

 

[countrryboy]

Well that is not what BASC state re “present” damage, if experience has repeatedly shown that a particular field is a firm favourite of the pigeons causing crop damage and non lethal techniques have been tried or are not practical then you can protect next years crop by shooting over this years stubble.

The thing is u can argue either case, which is not a good thing..
The fact it's even mentioned is not good, every year WJ will challenge it and while it may not get tighter every year, overall it's only going to go 1 way.
A lot of legislation now has various guidlines added in recent years that are fairly harmless at moment but ages tweaks could make many types of shooting very ackward.


The thing is with these activists/extremists now they're only targeting areas that I'll impact various forms of sport shooting.
Didn't see them objecting to geese being added to the GL.

Much as I despise wot there doing and Thier views, u have to take it hat off to them for wot they have achieved in a very short space of time with very little effort, staff or money.
And not a fancy multi media centre in sight or amulti million pound fighting fund that couldnae fight sleep