Originally Posted by
Alakar
If in doing so you endanger anybody on the highway . Otherwise carry on . Some of my permissions have footpaths on them . Common sense prevails obviously but that doesn't mean I can't shoot over them .
We used to shoot on industrial estates , totally secure with gates , barriers security guard and cctv .
Best advice I can give you is to log it with the local nick every time that you go.
I know it's not a legal requirement, but it saves everybody a lot of time later on .
Get a log number and write it down . As I say not a requirement but better than a visit from Armed response . Trust me I've been there .
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Ring 101 and ask for a "CAD" number, you can then quote this to them and they will ring in the first instance rather than sending cars around.
Have written, explicit permission from the occupier of the premises, this means the man who owns the land or who signed the lease for the land. If it comes from one of his managers then make sure the occupier authorises that person, in writing, to sign the permission letter on his behalf.
In some ways it's a bit trickier with an air rifle than with a powder burning rifle as any pellet leaving the boundary constitutes a criminal offence rather than civil trespass.
You need to pay attention to back stop from two perspectives, the first is no pellet should leave the boundary even if you miss and also not leaving evidence of shooting where general public can see it.
This includes making sure the pigeon is retrievable before shooting it should it flutter a bit.
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