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    Defra Licence:

    Here's the current Defra license (which gets updated every January), very useful to print off and keep in your bag whenever you go shooting:

    http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/re..._man/wlf18.pdf
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    As some of you will probably know, they have moved where they keep the licence to a different web site. It can now be found here:
    http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/con...%20Gen-L05.pdf
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    Pardon ones ignorance, but what's a Defra licence.

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    It sets out the conditions upon which you're entitled to hunt. Worth reading closely because you cannot shoot many birds classed as vermin without good reason as set out in the licence conditions.

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    Hi Guys,
    Interesting post/link, do you know of a link for mammals/vermin as your link is specifically for birds.
    Thanks, Neil.

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    Quote Originally Posted by neil68 View Post
    Hi Guys,
    Interesting post/link, do you know of a link for mammals/vermin as your link is specifically for birds.
    Thanks, Neil.
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    Thanks Chris.

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    Cheers for the link to the current licence. The DEFRA site has no link that I can find to it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiriak View Post
    Cheers for the link to the current licence. The DEFRA site has no link that I can find to it.
    Hello Kiriak,

    That's due to the fact that Natural England took over administration/issue of the General Licences.

    The information is available on their website at the address below

    http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/con...g/licences.htm

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    Jays

    Thought the JAY was now off the licence.........any comments
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnny k View Post
    Thought the JAY was now off the licence.........any comments
    Hello Johnny,

    Not as far as I'm aware. Jays are still a legal quarry species but many same as myself tend not to shoot them. They are a member of the Corvid family rooks, crows, jackdaws, magpies etc probably why they're included but I'm not sure. If you look under WML Gen- L05 on the Natural England website it says the following :-

    1. The purposes for which this licence is granted are preventing the spread of disease and preventing
    serious damage to livestock, foodstuffs for livestock, crops, vegetables, fruit, growing timber, fisheries
    or inland waters.

    2. Subject to the terms and conditions below, and for the purposes set out in paragraph (1) above, this
    licence permits:

    (i) any authorised person to kill or take any of the wild birds listed in this subparagraph, to take,
    damage or destroy their nests or to take or destroy their eggs:

    Greater Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    Crow Corvus corone
    Dove, Collared Streptopelia decaocto
    Gull, Great Black-backed Larus marinus
    Gull, Lesser Black-backed Larus fuscus
    Gull, Herring Larus argentatus
    Jackdaw Corvus monedula
    Jay Garrulus glandarius
    Magpie Pica pica
    Pigeon, Feral Columba livia
    Rook Corvus frugilegus
    Woodpigeon Columba palumbus

    Hope this helps
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    Which one of them damages growing timber

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    Quote Originally Posted by JRDS View Post
    Which one of them damages growing timber
    Hello JRDS,

    I think it's more to do with damaging the fruit trees by eating the buds rather than physically damaging the structure. I suppose them eating the buds would make the tree less prolific in it's growth cycle but as I'm no botanist I can't say.

    Hope this helps
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    Never been asked for a license, i have worked on airports, landfill sites, killed many birds with my falcons and hawks. mainly Gull's crows, pigeon,
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    i dont understand?

    is this like a licence you have to apply for or a code to abide by when hunting?

    is it saying that any semiauto used for hunting must have a mag capacity of no more than two rounds? whats all that about?

    forgiv my ignorance and any help would be greatly recieved..

    lewis

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