Recent content by DavidDavidson

Cheers, I'm unsure about the legality of it either, however I can always seek permission to hunt and (possibly) trap in the (privately owned) fields next to the glen in exchange for helping out with any mess left over in the fields they own. It can never hurt to ask and leaving a note with the...

I know that in NI rabbit can be hunted all year round as there is no 'protected season' One thing I need to clarify however is whether or not it's legal to hunt them with a slingshot on public land (provided you are not posing any danger to other people. I can walk for fifteen minutes (I live on...

This post turned out rather long, if you wish to skip to the bottom there's a tl;dr section that covers the most of it. Too right they can. I have a polymer one that's suspiciously identical to the Hathcock target sniper, only difference is that it's cut from HDPE of something similar rather...

I can shoot with snapshot accuracy with a crossbow. The chances of me getting a shotgun are slim to nil. - Past substance offence (which authorities view as I will be under the influence when I'm using a firearm); I go so far with my crossbow to ask three questions; "can you see the dots in the...

Sorry to dredge this up again but it's coming into rabbit season and I'm just curious if it's legal to snare on public land? Essentially the area I have picked out has a public fence separating a private field (with it's own publically paid for gate I would assume as it isn't a heavy cow gate...

First off if this is in the wrong area I apologise. The only forum I could see about tools is for edged tools. Technically the multi tool does have a knife, but it isn't that which I'm puzzled over. To describe it it would be like a flat-head screwdriver attachment with the middle cut out...

Personally I prefer the American way. Also public land should be open to public hunting without paying the state as it's our land and not the land of the state's. I've had a very informative email from a moderator on how best to handle things and I'll probably do things his way, I live just on...

Precisely, it doesn't even say British Army style knife it's just "British Army knife"; that is highly misleading, hell; it might even be fraudulent as it says nowhere that it's not BA surplus in the description. I've already emailed them asking them about the country of origin and the steel the...

Ah, apologies, I didn't know there were any rules on language and thanks for informing me of it, I'll make sure my future posts don't contain any language that might be offencive and see if I can find time to edit some of my posts, I use that language all the time (very opinionated on the...

Not sure if BASC operates in Northern Ireland but I'll fire them an email anyway Say what you will, but when shooting without backstops Murphy's law comes into effect. Shooting without backstops is bad enough in my albeit extremely limited knowledge of firearms, but I wouldn't practice with my...

Figured it wasn't the real deal; I can hardly count the shopowner accountable for selling it as MOD surplus when he introduced it to me as the "British army one" which is ambiguous and he doesn't deal with the surplus (surplus guy was away), when I asked if it was ministry of defence surplus he...

Personally bowhunting in the uk gets me a little riled up, I shouldn't have ranted about it in an unrelated thread, for that I apologise. I probably used the wrong phrase when I said 'sweet taking' from my OP I know they don't use firearms as there are no backstops at all; one way leads to a...

Had no idea about insurance, thanks for that but where do I go about getting it, tried looking it up but all I got was shooting insurance. Is that it or am I barking up the wrong tree? Not all that much, no. Fishing, yes, hunting, no. As for an air rifle licence I live in the suburbs (but...

Oh yeah the world has gone completely and utterly mad. I'm 22 now but I remember my dad getting me my first SAK at 5 (could have been younger but not any older than 6 since that's when he took his own life; I can hardly blame him; this world is so bent out of shape it wouldn't take much to push...

Just making an intro to the site too, if anyone's up for a wee journey to the Mournes in the summer/late may; after my exams. I'd be fairly new to bushcraft though I'm a very quick learner (built a lean to in the back garden and a fire pit to match up with it) though I know the Mournes...