Is that just to deter folk from going round the countryside, mowing down innocent fluffley/featherley things?
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i_yam_bucket doo wah diddy diddy wah wah diddy doo,
Fri 16 Oct 2009, 11:49,
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Yes. That is precisely the reason. It only applies to game species though.
Edible pest species, like rabbits and wood pigeon are fine. If someone in front of you hits a game animal, you are allowed to stop and pick it up. It's just the person who hit it that can't.
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Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant,
Fri 16 Oct 2009, 12:07,
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So really you could go out in 2 cars with a mate
and pick up their kills if you wanted
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Marty McFly can't grate cheese without getting angry,
Fri 16 Oct 2009, 12:17,
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Sure.
But you'd probably spend ten times as much on fuel as it would cost to just go and buy some game.
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Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant,
Fri 16 Oct 2009, 12:18,
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Doesn't stop me
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Fitznicely into a thimble,
Fri 16 Oct 2009, 12:13,
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^this
I mow things down for pleasure and buy my food in sainsbury's
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Barbarossa is not my real name,
Fri 16 Oct 2009, 12:45,
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