customrifle wrote:

I take it your better off photocopying licence and keeping copy with you while your out hunting?

I keep a copy alright, but bring the original with me. Not in the field but in the car. I've only been "stopped" a couple of times over years and asked for the license. I produced it the first time, and the second time i didn't have it on me so he asked the colour of it, and when i told him he said fine.

One shot on kill wrote:

Ah ye I remmember now the license ends then but your still only able to hunt within the seasons.

Correct.

Your license runs all year from renewal to renewal. You may hunt whatever deer is in season during the year, and as muntjac are year round (for all the good it does) it means you are licensed to shoot them. If the license only ran for the length of the season then section 42s would need licenses renewed each time, and if a muntjac is ever seen then you cannot shoot them.

A section 42 is permission to shoot deer out of their normal season. You do not apply for it the land owner does. On his application he must show good cause for needing the section 42, and he must nominate a deer stalker to carry out the shooting.

Your license only allows you to shoot the appropriate deer in season. Out of it, and unless you are on the 42, you cannot just turn up and shoot.

As said above if the land owner has one he has already nominated someone to shoot them for him.