(14 May 2014, 11:54)Tartar Horde Wrote: Been shooting since childhood 50 now, never heard of this "general license", nor has any Farmer I know. Crows, Rooks, Magpies, Pigeons (wood & Feral) Collared Doves and certain types of Seagull have always been on the "vermin list" and shot as and when they become a problem. As for asking "permission" to shoot Rats, I've never heard such a thing on your own property, If I told my Farmer mate he has to ask "permission" to shoot Rats he'd laugh at me.
Everything S13 has said about the General Licence is correct as far as my knowledge goes on the subject.
I suspect what you and your farmer mate call the 'Vermin List' is effectively the same thing and is just the old name given to what is now the General Licence.
http://basc.org.uk/shooting/general-licences/
And no you do not have to get permission to shoot rats (or anything else covered by the General Licence ie: magpies, pigeons, rabbits etc) if they are on 'your land', or if you have 'permission' to shoot them on 'other land.
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