Hunting Season North Cyprus

iris1


Joined: 29/11/2009
Posts: 107

Message Posted:
28/08/2011 18:14

I read hunting season starts Oct to Feb can somebody tell me why they are shooting in Catalkoy if the season has not yet started



Thanks

Tango1


Joined: 19/02/2011
Posts: 1151

Message Posted:
28/08/2011 19:15

They are shooting up the mountains behind us in Alsancak. May there are a couple of days when they are allowed because of the end of Ramazan?

philbailey


Joined: 17/01/2011
Posts: 3534

Message Posted:
28/08/2011 19:26

Better than the UK

here they "shoot up" in the streets



Both ways

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
29/08/2011 08:18

I heard they are allowed to shoot wood pigeons during August. The guns were out yesterday around Esentepe.

russianbabe


Joined: 19/08/2011
Posts: 130

Message Posted:
29/08/2011 08:22

they shoot at everything that moves including each other at times but they also shoot at road signs ,they have no respect for peoples back yards and at the end of the hunting season if their hunting dog is too old they shoot the dog .BARBARIANS

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
29/08/2011 08:34

The first day of the official hunting season was 28th August. The first day of the wood pigeon season.

rowan


Joined: 04/09/2008
Posts: 450

Message Posted:
29/08/2011 08:38

they can shoot cetain birds on these dates

28th Aug

31st Aug

4th Sept

7th Sept

14th Sept

and then it stops until about November when the proper silly season begins

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
29/08/2011 08:40

So be careful when out walking the dog because to may just look like a pigeon to a short-sighted menace with a gun!

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
29/08/2011 11:29

Just a few points comparing TRNC to the UK.

In TRNC everybody must have a gun licence to own any gun - this is not true in the UK for air weapons. The police are far tougher on issuing licences here than in the UK where the police cannot refuse a gun licence unless they can show good reason - which basically means certain types of criminal record or proven mental instability.

In TRNC all hunters must be a member of the Hunting Federation before they can shoot at any living thing. Membership of the Hunting Federation requires passing an exam on safe gun handling and species identification. In addition the Hunting Federation conducts breeding and release programmes for partridge and other species. There is no equivalent organisation in the UK - once you have a gun you can shoot anything without any training, testing or supervision.

....cont

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
29/08/2011 11:29

cont...

In TRNC it is illegal to fire a gun anywhere within 200 metres of a private house - the the UK it is 50 yds IN THE DIRECTION OF a house, road etc. - you can stand next to a house and shoot away from it.

Shooting at pigeon, crows, magpies, rabbits, foxes etc. in the UK is permitted every day except Christmas Day; shooting for game species (grouse, pheasant, partridge, duck etc.) depends on the season but is permitted every day except Sunday in the 3 to 4 month seasons. In TRNC it is restricted to about 35 days total every year and the individual seasons are much shorter.

The police in TRNC are far harder on people breaking the shooting laws - in the UK the police don't understand about the shooting laws except for gun ownership.

Finally, there is FAR FAR FAR more shooting in the UK than TRNC - but because of the relative size of the UK and the separation of town and country you are far less aware of it

tiadxb


Joined: 15/09/2009
Posts: 37

Message Posted:
29/08/2011 12:42

Gunshots going off about every thirty seconds all morning today around Edremit/Alsancak. Today is "supposedly" not a huntng day. What to do????

russianbabe


Joined: 19/08/2011
Posts: 130

Message Posted:
29/08/2011 14:48

i wonder ............................if you have a relative in this hunting federation how difficult it would be get a hunting license

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
29/08/2011 15:00

JJ there are loads of illegal hunters with unlicensed weapons. Every year a lot of injuries occur due to poor hunting discipline, getting in front of the guns, shooting at eye level etc. There may be regulations and laws but getting them observed is not the same thing as laws existing. For their part the HF are trying to eradicate this rogue element but in some areas it's so ingrained it's not going to be easy. A blind eye is often turned (mainly because they lost it in a hunting accident).