first gun - .22 - licence

lordarpad

Hi guys

I am slowly planning the buying moves on my first gun and have just joined Hilltop, so can now apply for a licence. But: I also want to shoot rabbitses and I assume it will have to say that on my licence. Does this mean that I need permission from farmers and other landowners to shoot rabbits on their land? How many? Or what kind of acerage? Halp!

thanks in advance.

clivej

Halp is here.

AFAIK it won't say what or where you can shoot but you could get a farmer to sign a letter of permission to shoot vermine on their lands.
I only required 1 permission for my FO and that farmer had 80 acres.

lordarpad

thanks, now for translation What is a FO? and why was a letter of permission required for it? Sorry, slowly trying to make sense of this.

It wasn't me!

FO is Firearms Officer - the local Garda who handles all issues related to firearms licensing.

You need letters of permission to prove that you have somewhere to use the gun, suitable for the purpose for which you apply.

Jonty

In your case you a member at hilltop, for targets, yo also need a letter from a farmer for vermin

Cass

Well lads,

Can only speak from my own experience but i got my first .22 licence through the gunclub i was with at the time. I also had 2 permission slips from local landowners and when i submitted them with the licence application my local FO told me the gun club membership would suffice. If i was shooting on the farmers land that would be between me and the farmer but i did not need both membership and permission from land owners. Don't know if that has changed (it was 15 years ago) or if its different for each area. Just food for thought.