Important General Licence

[Marco]

http://www.basc.org.uk/en/shooting/general-licences.cfm

On that link, you can select the appropriate licence for your country within the UK.

You should already be familiar with it's content BEFORE shooting any live quarry. Failure to do so could land you in trouble with the law and give the rest of us legitimate hunters a bad reputation.

Just because something is legal to shoot in winter, does not mean you can have a pop at them in summer. Know the law, and safe shooting.

[Barbel basher]

thank you very good link.

[rab a sas]

does anyone need a licence to shoot bunnys and pigeons?
Rab

[K98-Mauser]

no rabbits as pidgeon are classed as vermin and can be shot all year round without license. The general license isnt like a drivers license its more like a strict guideline on what quarry you can legally shoot and at what times of the year

[rab a sas]

ok, do you need to buy one or register or anything?
sorry im being a bit slow
rab

[mick 1986]

not for england mate, just abide by them.

mick.

[H4wk]

I do believe i just got my general license by reading this post

[jamesyboy]

Very useful link mate cheers

Jamesyboy

[settinsail]

Just to be on the safe side and show a little bit of common sense I printed the Gen LO5 Licence off and carry it with me it just might help when you come across someone who doesn`t know or care about what`s legal and what isn`t.

[D4V1D]

no rabbits as pigeon's are classed as vermin and can be shot all year round without license. The general license isnt like a drivers license its more like a strict guideline on what quarry you can legally shoot and at what times of the year

General Licence

Overview of licence
This licence permits landowners, occupiers and other authorised persons to carry out a range of
otherwise prohibited activities against the species of wild birds listed on the licence. This licence may
only be relied upon where the activities are carried out for the purposes specified, and users must
comply with licence terms and conditions. These conditions include the requirement that the user
must be satisfied that legal (including non-lethal) methods of resolving the problem are ineffective or
impracticable.

I think that your are falling for the common mistake.

i) Firstly all birds are protected by law (even if it's listed as a pest or vermin).

ii) You must have a reason to shoot any wild bird, just because it's on the vermin list isn't a strong enough reason to shoot it.