Game shooters in a field aiming with their shotguns
Game shooters in a field aiming with their shotguns

Shooting agreements and consents

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Open access

The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CroW) created a public right of access to mountain, moor, heath, down and registered common land in England and Wales.

Terrier

The use of a dog below ground in England and Wales

The Hunting Act 2004 prohibits all hunting of wild mammals with dogs in England and Wales, except where it is carried out in accordance with one of the tightly drawn exemptions, which allow for certain necessary pest control and other activities to be undertaken, subject to strict conditions.

A young shot holding a shotgun

Young people and shotguns

Information on the use of shotguns by under-18-year-olds, including at details on borrowing, purchasing or being given a shotgun as a gift.

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