GOING FERAL
The General Licences (GL) have been the focus of much discussion in recent times, causing many of us to reflect on exactly why we shoot animals. Personally, I’ve always taken the view that “a pest is only a pest when it’s being a pest”.
It’s another way of saying that I’ve never shot something simply for the sake of it. In other words, shooting let’s say a jackdaw simply for being a jackdaw is not acceptable, at least not to me.
It seems to me the General Licences agree, as they state that pest bird species can only be shot if they present a specific issue, threat or danger. And only
