HunTing IN JAmmmU..???

[knifejunkie]

Hi,
Guys can u Please tell me if there is a hunting place in or near jammu J&K.
Its excluded frm the hunting ban due to its exclusivity and i have all the necessary permits.

[Vikram]

Knifejunkie,

Could you please elaborate a bit? Difficult to understand what exactly you are saying.Thanks.


Best-
Vikram

[tiwariarrun]

Looks like someone forgot to read the forum rules.

Forum rules
PLEASE NOTE: There is currently a complete ban on Hunting/ Shikar in India. IFG DOES NOT ALLOW any posts of an illegal nature, and anyone making such posts will face immediate disciplinary measures.

Jammu is in India.

Cheers,
AT.

[prashantsingh]

Are you a subject of the state of Jammu and Kashmir?

If not.
Forget about it.

[mundaire]

I believe (most of) the Acts of the Indian parliament do not apply to the state of J&K unless they are separately adopted by the State Legislature, part of the "special status" granted under Article 370 of the constitution.

Cheers!
Abhijeet

[Katana]

Hi,
Guys can u Please tell me if there is a hunting place in or near jammu J&K.
Its excluded frm the hunting ban due to its exclusivity and i have all the necessary permits.

Is there something that the rest of India does not know about? This could be interesting............

[soumithra.177]

India To Reopen Hunting?

(posted November 09, 2007)

Now, here is an intriguing development in the run-up to the international hunting conventions. Seems India may be on track to become a new destination for international sportsmen. We have that from a November 6 article in the Times of India newspaper, and from an individual who is maneuvering to become an agent for those hunts. We are not in a position right now to release that individual's name.
Right now, here is what is known: The Indian state of Madhya Pradesh is seriously considering a Campfire-type program in which local villages will benefit from licensed trophy hunting. Apparently, exploding populations of wild boar, blackbuck antelope and axis deer are devastating crops in certain areas of India. In Madhya Pradesh alone, the loss totals more than $2.5 million annually. Additionally, the animals are overgrazing sensitive habitats of the endangered hard-ground barasingha deer.
Our contact in India has confirmed that a trophy hunting program is in the works as amuch needed conservation tool. However, there are various hurdles that must be cleared before the program can be implemented. The main problem is overcoming the public's anti-hunting sentiment, entrenched in much of India since the country shut down hunting in 1972. Another hurdle is getting the blackbuck downlisted from the Schedule 1 listing of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act. The Indian population of the animal, by the way, is not listed by CITES. Only the population in Nepal is, and it has a CITES III designation there.
The plan as it currently stands is to conduct various population surveys to determine hunting quotas, then offer permits for auction to private agencies thatmay then sell the permits to traveling hunters. Funds will be put back into management and given to local communities that have suffered depredation losses. Madhya Pradesh is not the only Indian state complaining of huge crop losses due to wildlife depredation. See the next issue of The Hunting Report for a more detailed report on this development. - Barbara Crown.

[Safarigent]

The wildlife protection act is applicable to jammu and kashmir.
The state legislature had ratified the wild protection act and all rules a few years after it had been passed by the parliament.
The permit would at best be for crop protection imho.
Otherwise, this throws up interesting options!

[mundaire]

The wildlife protection act is applicable to jammu and kashmir.
The state legislature had ratified the wild protection act and all rules a few years after it had been passed by the parliament.

BUT have they ratified the amendments to the Act made in 1990-91 (pushed by Ms. Maneka Gandhi)? That is the key isn't it? Because the original Wildlife Protection Act very much provides for sport hunting (of animals & birds as per various schedules in the rules) and permits under the Act were issued right up to the time that the Amendments were made.

So, if the original Act is still in force in J&K...

Cheers!
Abhijeet

[captrakshitsharma]

Interesting... Let's ask someone from the Switzerland of India....

[Safarigent]

check this link out.
the j and k wildlife act was amended a decade or so back to make it comprehensive.

http://www.jkforest.com/jkforest/act_pd ... on_Act.pdf

[knifejunkie]

Guys....Guys this is not the leagle eagle section ***Posts of an illegal nature are grounds for a permanent ban on this forum, consider this an official warning - Moderator***

[Safarigent]

This is the good advice section then,
Hunting is banned in jammu and kashmir. Only fishing is allowed and that too is banned in leh and ladakh.
Please dont do something foolish!
You are liable to get caught or worse get shot, if some trigger happy chap, military or militant, chances upon you sneaking around with a rifle in your hands!!
Read the link i posted!