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from Derek Turner somewhat@odds contains these words:
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:



I believe you are correct - you have to be able to show that you've
tried to discourage them until you're at your wit's end, now you come to
mention it.

quite incorrect. general licence to shoot any time of year as an
agricultural pest. health hazzaed irrelevant. you don't personally have
to show that you've tried everything else: everything else has been
tried - and failed - for very many years.


The local Head Keeper was commenting on this quite recently.


typical 'they are all out to get us' mentality and quite untrue (and I'm
an active beater and game-shot)

I was referring to 'driving the bureaucracy properly' rather than a
health-hazard - should have made that plain.

Nor do I expect many pigeon shooters to take too much notice of the
ludicrous new regulations - but that doesn't mean they're not there.

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