The big ten!

[TFoley]

It is a crow, not rook.
I am sad I am not getting a well done from you feltwad, my life would of had so much more meaning

Over here we in the part of England in which I live, it is said that 'If you see lots and lots of crows, then they're rooks. If you see just one rook, it's a crow.'

 

[Britsmoothy]

I've mentioned this before, but here in UK we have very strict lower limitations on the muzzle energy and, in Scotland, mizzle energy AND velocity -

SPECIES	MIN BULLET WEIGHT	CALIBRE	MIN MUZZLE ENERGY
Red
Eng & Wales	–	Not less than .240 inches	1,700 foot pounds
Scotland	100 grains	–	1,750 foot pounds (min muzzle velocity 2,450 feet per second)
N Ireland	100 grains	Not less than .236 inches	1,700 foot pounds
Fallow
Eng & Wales	–	Not less than .240 inches	1,700 foot pounds
Scotland	100 grains	–	1,750 foot pounds (min muzzle velocity 2,450 feet per second)
N Ireland	100 grains	Not less than .236 inches	1,700 foot pounds
Sika
Eng & Wales	–	Not less than .240 inches	1,700 foot pounds
Scotland	100 grains	–	1,750 foot pounds (min muzzle velocity 2,450 feet per second)
N Ireland	100 grains	Not less than .236 inches	1,700 foot pounds
Roe
Eng & Wales	–	Not less than .240 inches	1,700 foot pounds
Scotland	50 grains	–	1,000 foot pounds (min muzzle velocity 2,450 feet per second)
Chinese water deer
Eng & Wales	50 grains	Not less than .220 inches	1,000 foot pounds
Muntjac
Eng & Wales	50 grains	Not less than .220 inches	1,000 foot pounds

Add to that that the chances of actually being ALLOWED to have a muzzle loader that meets any of those figures is to all intents and purposes nil.

BP c*r*r*d*g* firearms would just fit the bill, muzzle energy-wise, but not velocity, especially in Scotland, where so much deer shooting takes place anyhow.

Yeah, it's very stupid in my opinion.
Typical commitee over thinking and ar$e covering .

 

[appalichian hunter]

Brit, read T Foleys post and made me laugh thinking about the first time I hunted bear in northern Ontario, was with the guide and I made a comment about the size of there crows, he looked at me with a bit of astonishment and stated they are not crows but ravens, looked like big crows too me.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Brit, read T Foleys post and made me laugh thinking about the first time I hunted bear in northern Ontario, was with the guide and I made a comment about the size of there crows, he looked at me with a bit of astonishment and stated they are not crows but ravens, looked like big crows too me.

Lol.
We have ravens too. Smart birds but they do like unzipping lambs and taking ewes eyes out or their vent.
They are protected though......