Sporting Gun

Basic instinct

Hunting with dogs has been illegal since 2005 but there are exemptions, including legal control of rabbits and rats.

For various reasons, the Hunting Act 2004 is back in the limelight and there are calls by some to restrict hunting even further. I was never a fan of the ban and was always sceptical that such legislation was either practical or enforceable. A hunting ban was ever going to benefit a population of mammals. In fact, I have always believed that the more people who like

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