@Major Khan sounds amazing, I’d love to see that gun! I’m curious, do they still hunt quail in Bangladesh or is it haram? I don’t know much about cultural norms of East Pakistan but my Arab friends in the gulf didn’t like that the birds were dead before they could be cut, believing it unclean. They stuck with falconry so they could dispatch birds by the knife instead. Curious if societal norms toward bird hunting in Bangladesh has changed since independence or if changes of religious rules have occurred towards wingshooting?
We do not follow that interpretation of Islam in Bangladesh ( Like most religions , there are multiple sects of Islam ) . Every person whom I hunt with ( Myself included ) will only cut the animal’s throat , once it has succumbed to it’s gun shot wound . For any game animal , here is our custom :
> We shoot the game animal , intending to kill it with the 1st shot ... Which is some thing that all ethical hunters should always opt for .
> As soon as the animal is dead , we use a knife to horizontally cut it’s throat ... Taking care to sever both the jugular veins .
> While doing this , we simply quietly recite “ Bismillah Hir Rahman Ir Rahim “
( Praise Be To Almighty Allah . For He Is Most Benevolent And Merciful To All Of His Creations ) .
And that is that . We may commence butchering the animal once it has completely bled out . Bangladesh is a secular nation . We specifically fought and gained independence from Pakistan , just so that we do not have Shariah Law dictating our country . Even though most Bangladeshi people are Muslim , we follow a far more liberal interpretation of Islam ( Where we follow only the teachings of the Quran and NOT the books which were written 193 years after our Prophet Muhammad passed away ) and we did not want to follow Shariah Law at all . I personally find the idea of cutting a still living game bird’s throat to be quite barbaric and I will never hunt with some one who follows these practices .
And of course , bird hunting is carried out in Bangladesh. Game birds are a normal part of our diet . We can either hunt in forested area with police permission , or on private land at the land owner’s discretion . I would never live in a country where hunting is prohibited . That is why I moved to Bangladesh from India , in 1972 .
Both the Greylag Goose and the Red Jungle Fowl were shot , this year . I wrote a review about the 12 Bore 2.75 inch Lyavale Express English AAA cartridges , which I had used on my goose shikar ... On African Hunting Forums , a few months ago . Here is the link :
https://www.africahunting.com/threads/impressed-with-lyavale-express-cartridges.55691/
The owner of the Westley Richards 28 Bore side by side shot gun is actually related to
@Kawshik Rahman and so I should easily be able to acquire a photograph of it , for your perusal .
). Interestingly Churchill's book is on Kindle Unlimited. Downloaded it for some light reading to understand what you guys are talking about.
