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Shooting Seasons
SHOOTING SEASONS: Each shooting discipline has an open and closed season. It's illegal to shoot during the closed season. For many other birds and animals, there are closed seasons that you need to…
Arguments Against Hunting
ARGUMENTS AGAINST HUNTING: Fox hunting is a delicate issue that often inspires heated debate from both sides of the argument. On the one hand you have the pro hunters insisting that hunting is…
Arguments For Hunting
ARGUMENTS FOR HUNTING: Hunting (especially fox hunting) is a controversial issue. On the one hand animal rights groups protest that maiming and killing defenceless animals is inhumane. On the other…
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Animal Sports
Animal Sports: All About Pigeon Racing, Field Sport: Ferreting, An Introduction to...
Ask Our Experts
Ask Our Experts: Can a Neighbour Shoot Birds That Fall Into My Garden?, How Close Can...
Case Studies
Case Studies: Cycling Through all Britain's Counties: A Case Study, How I Became a...
Equestrianism
Equestrianism: Point to Point, What is Hacking?, What is The Pony Club?, Top Tips...
Extreme & Unusual Sports
Extreme & Unusual Sports: What Are Grassboarding and Kite Buggying?,...
Fishing
Fishing: Fishing Safety Tips, Getting Started in Fishing, Fishing Equipment,...
General Country Sports
General Country Sports: The Countryside Code: How to Behave in Rural...
Hunting
Hunting: Wood Pigeon Shooting, Bird Hunting, The Hunting Bill, Traditional...
Mountain Biking
Mountain Biking: Clothing For Mountain Biking, Mountain Biking Equipment, Mountain...
Rambling
Rambling: All About Joining A Rambling Group, Basic Rambling Knowledge &...
Recipe Ideas
Recipe Ideas: Cooking With Rabbit, Three Ways to Cook With Venison, Wines to Pair...
Shooting
Shooting: How to Ensure Safety When Shooting, Game & Grouse Shooting,...
Live Comments

merlin
Re: Shooting Rules and Regulations
Go to your local stock agent or a hire firm and rent out a gas gun {9kg gas bottle} and let it bang for a while it will scare off the pest that the…
12 May @ 2:30 PM

els
Re: Arguments For Hunting
fox- hunting is cruel and has no place in modern socieety, you tire the fox and then it is ripped apart limb from limb.the fox is not a pest,…
10 May @ 6:13 PM

clymo
Re: Arguments Against Hunting
Yes I am a vegetarian, but you are wrong, the fox NEVER has a chance to get away. A cow being led to slaughter has (hopefully) lived a carefree and…
3 May @ 9:13 PM

horseluvr
Re: Types of Riding
wata bout bareback?!? thts the bEsT i <3 it!!! down w/ saddles up w/ fur!!! woooooh!!! goooooo naturalness!!! oh yah oh yah its ur bday uhuh (i…
23 December @ 2:01 AM

Karla
Re: Introduction to Horse Riding
Hello. We are located on Keller Road in Clarence, New York. We focus on English horseback riding and offer boarding, training, horse lesson riding,…
10 June @ 9:31 PM

Cherry
Re: Can a Neighbour Shoot Birds That Fall Into My Garden?
I keep goats and a neighbour (not friendly) has put deer on his property. We now have the problem of them coming onto our land and one in…
26 May @ 8:30 PM

Michael Wilson
Re: Shooting Seasons
First, take the trouble to find out who runs the shoot and arrange to meet with them to express your concerns. There is no legally defined distance…
29 April @ 10:38 AM

Zack
Re: Bird Hunting
How does one go about aqquiring a "game licence"?
27 March @ 12:12 PM

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