Hunting Forum Charter Welcome to the boards.ie shooting forums! These forums are for the discussion of various topics relating to the shooting sports (ie. the various forms of target shooting events) and to sport shooting (ie. hunting with firearms). There are four forums in total, one for Target Shooting, one for Hunting,…
What is the legal distance from a public road that you are allowed to discharge a firearm - shotgun in particular. I've heard everything from 20 feet, to 20 yards to 60 yards. Are we still working in yards or have we converterd to metres yet? Not that I want to shoot along the highways and byways of Ireland but just…
Guys. Does anyone have advice on the .22 bird shot. I have a few feral pigeons in the cattle shed and was wondering if the bird shot does what it says on the tin. I'm buying an air rifle as I would have to go through the rigmarole of getting a license. So: at what distance is the bird shot effective? Does it damage the…
Has anyone recently applied for a section 42 deer cull licence recently, my application seems to be taking a very long time? Previous applications have been reasonably quick.
Hello, Local sports club has asked if I can shoot a few industrious tunnel digging rabbits for them, will have to be at night when there is no one using the pitches. I have never shot at night before so I am wondering about the following; 1. My gun is a .22 WMR with a fixed power 6x scope. Is that enough power to get good…
I am on the lookout for a backpack that would fit a red hind or pricket after being processed in the field. Can not drag anymore over long distances. Any suggestions welcome. Thank you
Hello All, I've a serious issues with Rabbits. There are 1000's of them and they're destroying the grassland and costing me a fortune ruining any reseeded ground. They're condensed to one block of ground and one clay bank in particular thats riddled from top to bottom. I'll be brining in the machine at the end of the year…
Some time back we [the Mods] were asked if there was any cross forum co-operation. OW workings between two forum who may benefit from the interests/past times of the other. The most obvious one was Farming & Forestry given the potential access to land owners for us and help culling Deer for them To that end and on the back…
So I'm making the jump and going to get a .308 for my future deer shooting plans. I wont realistically throw a leg over a gate on deer grounds until probably the season after next. (Work commitments etc) But I want to start getting all my ducks in a row in regards to getting my whole setup up and ready in the time…
I have owned and hunted deer among other large game, with three of the Calibres you are discussing, Ive owned a .243 howa, a 6.5x55 tikka super varmint , and I currently own a .308 tikka CTR, so here goes! The .243 works very effectively to around 350m it does a fair bit of damage if the shot placement is bad , but I know…
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