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Access to land for hunting

  • 25-02-2009 10:47pm
    #1
    pkaner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭


    'My mate and I started .22 target shooting last year but would now would like to be able to go rough shooting, we have also just put in for our shotgun licences.I have approached a couple of shooting clubs in Wexford and Wicklow and was told that we could not join them as we were not residents in the prospective county. Does anybody know where I would go from now to either join a hunting club or apply to someone to shoot on their land.cheers pkaner:eek:


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  • #2
    jwshooter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,612 ✭✭✭jwshooter


    where are you from .
    our club is the same as most game clubs if not all ,they will only let new members from tha area in


  • #3
    pkaner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭pkaner


    We both live on the northside of Dublin and are members in courtlough gun club in Balbriggan.


  • #4
    Vegeta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Vegeta


    Approach land owners themselves.

    The gun clubs wont let you in but the land owners may give you permission so I'd approach some of them if I were you.


  • #5
    touchyie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53 ✭✭touchyie


    It not just a case of not getting in because your not from the area, I cant get into the gun club in my own parish because i'm not in the "click" I am a member of another club who is very good and open to new members provided they participate in the club. I have side stepped my local club and got permission direct from the farmers.

    its a pity that some clubs have the blinkers on, I would have been very happy to participate in my local club had I been given the opportunity.... it is now there loss as they are down the membership few plus a very willing volunteer...


  • #6
    clivej
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,072 ✭✭✭clivej


    Vegeta wrote: »
    Approach land owners themselves.

    The gun clubs wont let you in but the land owners may give you permission so I'd approach some of them if I were you.

    Ask around some of the farmers, they will usally give you permission to shoot. That's how I have got most of my permissions.

    And only just today my son was given a new permissiong about 15 miles off, where he saw plenty of rabbits. So that's also another one for me :D


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  • #7
    pkaner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭pkaner


    Thanks for the advice I will approach the farmers,it is also the loss of a club as we would have made good active members willing to muck in.


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