XPost: talk.politics.guns, uk.politics.guns, aus.politics.guns   
   From: murff@warlock.org   
      
   On Sat, 10 May 2014 08:16:23 +1000, Dechucka wrote:   
      
   > "RD Sandman"  wrote in message   
   > news:XnsA327733E2195Hopewell@216.196.97.131...   
      
   >>   Ergo, if I am   
   >> trailing one or simple going to where I know some are, I need   
   >> permission from any private property owners to cross or hunt on their   
   >> land.   
   >   
   > Good thing to   
      
   It is ultimately based on the same common law as we have here in the UK.   
   You probably do in Oz, too. Whatever it is called elsewhere, here going   
   on to someone's land with a firearm without their permission is called   
   "armed trespass" and is a serious offence. I think the minimum sentence   
   on conviction is 5 years (which as a custodial sentence is enough to bar   
   the convict from ever being granted a firearm or shotgun certificate   
   again, much as US law bars felons from buying handguns).   
      
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >> But the local technical term   
   >>> means that if, say, I'm on neighbouring land on which I have similar   
   >>> authority I can legally shoot from one to the other, usual   
   >>> considerations for shot safety being met.   
   >>   
   >> As can we.   
   >   
   > but then can't get your game   
      
   Erm, no. You have authority to shoot on land A and B, and you shoot   
   something on B from a position on A. That is OK. You can retrieve the   
   carcase. You'd only be unable to get your game if it expired on land C   
   where you had no permission or other right of access.   
      
   One of the questions on the "Level 1 Deer Stalking Certificate"   
   qualification (this qualifies the holder to supply venison to game   
   dealers for sale to the general public, and covers legal and ecological   
   aspects of hunting as well as shooting), is what do you do if you come   
   across a critically injured, but still living, deer by the roadside.   
   You're not authorised to use a firearm to dispatch it, because it is a   
   road and crown property.   
      
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