Hunting License!

[TheViking]

Today i was at the hunting license exam. First we had to answer 40 questions, from which only 4 wrong answers are tolerated. I had 38 right answers, but my errors were dumb. Well 2 guys had to drive home again. Failed! Then it was time for the practical part. Distance measurement, 6 animals, from which 1 wrong answer will be tolerated. I had all of them correct.

Lastly but not least, 4 shots with a shotgun. I chose the side by side, because I like that one best. 4 shots, piece of cake. Looked through the barrels and handed over the gun. Handshake and congratulations from the supervising hunting consultant. You are now a fully qualified hunter, allowed to shoot everything from red deer, to ducks.

Cheers.

 

[greg2935]

Congratulations! May you have years of good hunting.

 

[Abbe Osram]

Congratulations mate ? Feels great hmmm!? I got all my theoretical done but still have to do the practical test when the snow is gone.

Good hunting mate
Abbe

 

[Buckshot]

Well done,
Good hunting and may your cross hairs never blur

Cheers

Mark

 

[tenbears10]

Well done Andy.

 

[Lurch]

As per my post in BB, hunting licenses will be coming here someday soon.
They will not be used to ensure minimum standards, they will be used to extinguish hunting.

 

[TheViking]

Thanks guys, don't have a gun yet, but it's definately gonna be a side/side.

 

[Lurch]

Why a side by side Andy? I'm not a fan of them myself, I can't get on with the broadness of them.

 

[arctic hobo]

Great stuff Andy!

 

[TheViking]

Why a side by side Andy? I'm not a fan of them myself, I can't get on with the broadness of them.

Well, I like an over/under best when shooting clay pidgs, but this time i chose the side/side to be on the safe side, meaning that an over/under has 1 trigger, while the s/s has 2. If you choose the s/s you're sure not to fire second shot, by mistake. (yes I know it's rare it happens, but rather be safe than sorry)
This s/s was a spanish one, really nice gun, not so broad as others.

Anyway, s/s are designed for the field, while o/u are designed for the skeet range.

 

[Dorian Gra]

Hey guys, where in the uk do you have to have a hunting lisence cos i dnt have 1 and have been out shooting with my friends (one of them being the local bobby) and never heard of or been asked about one. Unless you r refering to a shotgun lisence?

 

[tenbears10]

Hey guys, where in the uk do you have to have a hunting lisence cos i dnt have 1 and have been out shooting with my friends (one of them being the local bobby) and never heard of or been asked about one. Unless you r refering to a shotgun lisence?

The Viking is Danish so he has to have a licence and Lurch is speculating that it will soon be law in this country to have a licence to hunt.

 

[Dorian Gra]

K ty m8, newbie here so dnt know any1.

 

[Lurch]

Well, I like an over/under best when shooting clay pidgs, but this time i chose the side/side to be on the safe side, meaning that an over/under has 1 trigger, while the s/s has 2.

Some do, some don't. For both. True that you are much more likely to find a double trigger on a s/s.

If you choose the s/s you're sure not to fire second shot, by mistake. (yes I know it's rare it happens, but rather be safe than sorry)

Very rare. So rare in fact that I've never heard of it happening unless there is a fault with the gun.

This s/s was a spanish one, really nice gun, not so broad as others.

Anyway, s/s are designed for the field, while o/u are designed for the skeet range.

I don't know the history of guns in your country but over here the only reason that s/s was more common in the field is that the type is easier to make and ever so slightly quicker to unload. I defy anyone to notice the difference with a modern gun. s/s used to (and still do a bit) have a certain snob factor on the driven game line because the 'best' gun makers were slow on the uptake with o/u.
These days o/u's are more common in the field than the s/s.

 

[Lurch]

K ty m8, newbie here so dnt know any1.

Hi Dorian, I suspect folks here would appreciate it if you could use actual English. I know I would.

 

[bp1974]

Congratulations - happy hunting.

I've always preferred side by side, I guess that's because it's what I'm used to.

 

[Dorian Gra]

ok i'll use proper english if it keeps you happy