Is It Legal To Shoot Pigeons In My Own Garden Using Air Rifle

[Kev68]

And laws surrounding air rifle ownership

[Tuvok]

I assume you need a gun licence

[goodgoalie]

Something I'd like to know, too, Kev - they drive me potty, as do the collared doves with their incessant coo COO coo coo COO coo, all the year round. I've often wished I had an airgun!

[goodgoalie]

Seems it's okay: http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/wildlife/f/3070/p/43339/1022180.aspx

[Quoi]

As I understand it the pigeons are not classed as a protected species and you can shoot them any where you have permission to shoot. There are some rules about the power of your rifle and making sure that your pellets (even if contained in a bird) dont end up on someone elses land.
You should be very careful with the potential for richochets and not killing the bird cleanly though. You dont need a gun licence for an air gun if its under a certain power.

[albaqwerty]

don't know if this helps, but yes, you can kill them

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/141875-how-to-humanely-dispatch-pigeons-with-a-air-rifle/page-3

[hc4361]

Yes, it is

[dannyk13]

Airgun law here :-
http://www.airgunshooting.co.uk/expert-advice/airgun-law-in-the-uk-1-1111764

[gness]

Much better to shoot them with a camera, Kev......shooting with a gun's an odd thing to want to do...though it's legal....with rules that many gun owners seem unable to adhere to.....

You're fortunate really.....imagine being blind and never seeing a bird.......or deaf and never hearing a bird......

Where I come from shooting a bird is believed to bring down bad fortune on the shooter....so be careful......x

[albaqwerty]

I wish you could shoot seagulls

mutter, mutter........

I quite like pigeons.

[jambutty]

And some moron wants to shoot them because they coo coo coo all the time - good God!!!

[Baldric]

Being neither blind or deaf the damn things are a nuisance.

[jambutty]

Sorry, the moron wants to shoot collared doves not pigeons.

[Baldric]

There is no such beast as a Seagull, just Gulls, a pest that need s to be dealt with.

[albaqwerty]

oh, pardon me Balders.
Never realised that was going to ruffle your feathers.

The GULLS are pestilence on a grand scale.

[gness]

Let me know if you're going to shoot the gulls, Alba......and I'll visit you......just to say hi....... ;-)

[Baldric]

Another threatening post from an Irish person.

[ummmm]

What has being Irish got to do with it?

[albaqwerty]

forgotten to take your tablets Balders?

[gness]

Just Baldric's bit of fun, Ummmm...... :-)

[albaqwerty]

ahh, that explains it gness x

Have a very nice pub wot does local beers and guiness too
Food isn't great, pub standard, which really does mean it's lush!