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[Bowlander]

What are you wanting to hunt?

There are loads of opportunities here in the UK, they just take a bit of finding.

 

[mereside]

i would like to comment on new zealand its a fantastic place full of oppertunitys the hunting is free albeit you need a permit which you get from the doc website but fantastic i managed to get a few tahr ,chamois and reds we where up for boar and fallow but the weather turned bad and we had to make our own way down off the hill i only did it for 16 days but i will be going back in the future. hunting here can be free just get out and knock on doors and ask the easiest way of permission is getting rid of pests,ie crows pigeon fox and deer comes later ,atb wayne ps heres some pic to wet your apitite,

 

[Doc]

What are you wanting to hunt?

There are loads of opportunities here in the UK, they just take a bit of finding.

I think this is true.

I've been fortunate to get all my deerstalking, rabbit shooting and wildfowling free so far. It helps that I am a GP in a rural community, so I get to know everybody and am seen as respectable. But I'm sure the same applies to rural postmen, plumbers, policemen etc,.

There is also free 'public' shooting on Crown foreshore in Scotland. There are some areas which are permit-controlled, but the permit is usually cheap or even free. The wildfowling clubs offer sport at low cost.

Recently I took a half gun in a syndicate, so £250 gets me 3 days rough shooting pheasants, plus a day at the roe deer, plus more pigeon shooting than I have time for.

Or the BASC offer the red stalking on Arran, which is pretty cheap for what you get.

I've also been offered shooting in return for beating.

The opportunities are there. I think it helps if you
-live in a rural area
-have a 'respectable' job
-are looking for shotgun or rifle sport rather than air rifle (but I appreciate the problem with rifles: to get the certificate you need somewhere to shoot)
-are prepared to go beating
-are prepared to buy the odd bit of sport here and there to get your face known

 

[Bowlander]

I was working on Arran when the first basc stalking was on - its great country, not quite up to NZ standards though!

 

[maple]

What are you wanting to hunt?

There are loads of opportunities here in the UK, they just take a bit of finding.

I'm happy to hunt whatever game is appetising and in season. I also wouldn't mind being able to compete in pistol shooting again or bowhunt. Don't get me wrong though Bowlander, I know there are opportunities - I've knocked on enough doors, socialised in enough rural pubs and worked on enough farms to come across them. I've got some shooting permission but by God it's hard to keep and I'm planning to emigrate for other reasons, so it makes sense to find somewhere that my lifestyle and hobbies are easier to follow too.

I've lost two of my three permissions recently. On one, a noise complaint from a new stables has put the kibosh on it and when I turned to suppressed firearms, they repeatedly called the police. The police, despite knowing the legitimate nature of my shooting, were obligated to attend each time with armed response. The second was lost due to huge demand for land locally, whereby folks are willing to pay a lot of money for shooting rights and subsequently, I had to match the offer or leave.

I don't want to misrepresent the UK to foreign readers here; there are opportunities to hunt but it does entail gaining a private landowner's permission in virtually all cases.

On a lighter note, mereside - those pictures are breathtaking! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Bowlander]

Sounds like a nightmare with your permissions. There's lots of politics and too much money involved.

Good luck with your search, I'd be tempted by NZ or Canada.

 

[Bowlander]

Sounds like a nightmare with your permissions.

Good luck with your search, I'd be tempted by NZ or Canada.