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Bodkins; illegal in the UK?
Loki:
Pretty sure that Law was regarding Scotsmen in York ;D Welshmen were Archer's in Englands Army's it wouldnt of been uncommon to see them in London with Bows,especially before campaigns to France.
Chester had a Law that you could kill Welshmen within the City limits if they were armed and it was after Dark ;D ,Both York and Chester were the main City's of the Border lands.
adb:
I'm just wondering what the rationale behind no bowhunting in the UK is? Seems incomprehensible to me.
zeNBowyer:
No offense to our English bretheren, but England's laws should be a wake up call for Americans, our government is steadily destroying our gun rights, be assured our hunting rights and archery rights are also included on that list, fight now or forever be lost
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Harudath:
From what I gather, bowhunting was banned because it is an inhumane way to kill an animal (to be honest). There were many problems with people shooting an animal, it ran then off with an arrow in it and they couldn't find it to finish it off so they left it wounded to die slowly, or when they did catch up to it they weren't able to bring themselves to kill the animal, and so left it. Another issue being poaching; the bow and arrow is silent compared to gunshot, people could easily sneak around and hunt without being detected.
Though, I still think it should be allowed. Instead of removing the whole activity, it should be properly organised and administrated; training, tests and licences should be required in order to bow hunt, and, if you ask me; if you're good enough to hit the damn thing, you've got every right to hunt it. The bow and arrow, if anything, is the weapon that brought this country to glory and where it is now, its part of our heritage... How can we ban it, we of all people when most of europe may still hunt with a bow ??? It makes my blood boil >:(
...even the French can bow hunt! *Cough* Crécy *cough* Agincourt *Cough* :P
zeNBowyer:
"...Even the French can bow hunt!"
Oh the pain! It's almost like turning over the Channel Islands!
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