Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Is it legal or illegal to shoot grey squirrels and magpies..?

legal in the uk





no closed season, they are classed as vermin.Is it legal or illegal to shoot grey squirrels and magpies..?
As long as you have the sporting rights then you are more than welcome to shoot or trap them. A MK4 Fenn trap is very effective for squirrels and a Larson trap works well on magpies and other corvids.





Follow guide lines on the use of a trap.





Shooting with either a shotgun or an air rifle is also another effect way of dealing with these pests.





Last summer on my shoot we shot and trapped over 100 tree rats. Perfectly acceptable as we have no bag limits or season on the tree rat.





The magpie is part of the Corvidae family and not the crow family. The rules and regulations covering the use of a firearm near the public highway or a home applies to the whole of the United Kingdon and not just England.





Good hunting.Is it legal or illegal to shoot grey squirrels and magpies..?
yes, magpie is part of the crow family therefore covered by general licence, so its legal to shoot them.


Also grey squirrels are killing off the reds population, though they have't managed to get as far as Highlands where i like.


If do, we have enough ';guns'; up here to stop them





Some people seem to get confused as to what a ';general licence'; is. You don't have to apply for one, hence the word ';general';.





If I needed to shoot a something like a fox for example, I would have to apply for a ';licence'; to stalk and control the fox if necessary.











The fact you are asking makes me wonder, where are you going to shoot? and are you using an air rifle or shotgun?





I hope u read about firearm laws first, you can't just walk into someones property and start shooting, also its a criminal offence in England to shoot near a road, or houses.





Join the BASC and only shoot on you own land or where you have permission , follow there guidelines or police will just take ur gun and maybe ever charge u.





As the laws are different in Scotland, the general licence is also different, so i had to Google, that's the link for advice leaflets below.





';As well as the offences already mentioned, it is against the law, in England and Wales, to fire an air rifle within 50 feet of the centre of a highway, if by doing so you cause any member of the public, using that right of way, to be injured, interrupted or endangered. This offence could be committed, for example, by someone on private property close to a road who uses an air rifle in a way which endangers people on the road. ';





If by doing so you cause any member of the public, using that right of way, to be injured, interrupted or endangered.





In Scotland, shooting (at) anyone or there property would be a type of assault or worse(if person or animal shot), reckless endangement, or breech of the peece only if the police decide that is the case.
Grey squirrels are considered an invasive species in the UK and the shooting of them is encouraged since they're largely responsible for the decimation of the native red squirrel populations.





Magpies should be fair game, but you'll probably need a general license to hunt them.
There is a hunting season for squirrels in most states. However, both the Yellow-billed and Black-billed Magpie are federally protected as migratory birds in a treaty that was signed with Canada and Mexico in the very early 70's.
Legal in the UK. Illegal in the state of Colorado in the United States of America because it is the state bird. In most areas it is legal to shoot grey squirrels, just not in a reserve!

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