Boar in Scotland - article in the Sunday Post

[JTO]

There was a story going round that the West Dorset population was intentionally released by a farmer who was about to go bust.

 

[countrryboy]

I know individuals who have.

Re Driven Boar in the UK, I don’t see any reason why not and in many ways driven hunts are the best way of getting on top a population of deer or pigs. In the old days Roe were often managed this way.

However two things very much against it happening.

1) hunting with dogs act probably pretty much precludes use of dogs with the beating line. You would still need to have dogs to hand for following up shot animals.

2) there would be endless sucking of teeth, and its very “johny foreigner” and then totally unacceptable to shoot a running animal and then of course all the bunny hugging etc.

But having a few piggies running around eating Mrs Bunny huggers bunny rabbits and crapping and digging upher lawn and we as big brave hunters come in and save her from these big scary animals could only be a good thing.

The hunting with dogs act might not be that big a problem, as it stands u can still hunt a full pack of hounds in scotland for fox as long as flushing to guns, so strictly speaking not a problem.
The problem may be with the wording as it will be for foxes, althou it won't exclude or even mention wild boar/feral pigs as they never really existed when legislation would be written, so wether that is a good or bad thing i don't know

 

[foxdropper]

Dosnt the hunting act cover mammals and not specific .

 

[countrryboy]

Dosnt the hunting act cover mammals and not specific .

To be honest not 100% sure but i know hunting deer/stags has been illegal for a long time before the hunting with dogs acts.
Wether that is to do with deer acts i don't know.
Plus think hare are off the list too, so it can't be just mammals

I just know quite a few english gun/foot packs come up across the border as they can essentially hunt as normal as they have always shot the fox

 

[foxdropper]

English act covers mink and deer ,fox and hare .Only exemptions are rabbits and rats .

 

[countrryboy]

English act covers mink and deer ,fox and hare .Only exemptions are rabbits and rats .

Pretty sure u can still hunt mink too if ur shooting them, was a local lad who used to run a small pack on mink, not seen him for a while thou.
Althou not so many mink about now, river boys trapped hard in past and now so many otters about really keeping them out

 

[Roebuck]

Tell the wee kranky.

Perhaps they’ll eat her!

 

[Mick9abf]

The hunting with dogs act might not be that big a problem, as it stands u can still hunt a full pack of hounds in scotland for fox as long as flushing to guns, so strictly speaking not a problem.
The problem may be with the wording as it will be for foxes, althou it won't exclude or even mention wild boar/feral pigs as they never really existed when legislation would be written, so wether that is a good or bad thing i don't know

As an aside the wording may be moot as I think that very shortly we will be losing that as well.

I suspect (sadly), that I went to my last day at the hounds as they are run in Scotland last week. It’s part of the death by a thousand cuts and a ban on snaring will no doubt be next.

 

[starr shot]

Trouble is who is going to want to pay £ 100s if not £ 1000s to go to Scotland on the off chance of shooting boar that are starting to get out of hand.Those that are selling boar shooting won’t like it for a start and you can’t blame them if that’s how they make a living.People that have permissions guard them so how you will get to shoot for free will be interesting.Friend and I picked up a permission in the F.O.D few years ago only for it to be stopped before it started as the farmer was asked hope those boys can get over if there’s any trouble like barn fires or such.

 

[BearStalker]

I have heard they are as far north as Drumnadrocket(sp), and hoping there is enough of an increase, in their population, to warrent the oppertunity for us to be able to partake in their population reduction, real soon. I don't mind driving somewhere to hunt them, but Deans Forest is a bit too far, when you live north of Inverness. A wee bit closer would suite me just fine.

 

[sauer]

You have close to you
Fort William there is small population
….a friend stalks up that way and keepers have plenty trailcam of them and see the evidence markings etc but tight to count on one hand amount of times physically set eyes on em

Paul

 

[Heym SR20]

As usual - folk gotta get killed before the severity of the situation hits home.

To be honest what is the harm in that? Mankind has since the dawn of time been prey for all sorts of bugs and beasties, indeed pretty much all of us will ultimately perish when we can no longer fend disease. In the UK we really have forgotten our place in nature (about on a par with a walking McDonalds burger) - nothing like being in the woods with beasties that might quite like to eat you, and yes boar are quite partial to good protein.

In many ways it would be very helpful to let it be known that their are such beasts about and their favourite food is bobbled hatted neds with a side order of pitbulls (sorry Staffordshire bull terriers).

 

[BearStalker]

'Wet Barley' (Barley mixed with molasses) is what we used in Germany. As soon as I have my rifles, from Germany, I will be ready , willing, and able to devote full time on harvesting them, I only need to know where they are and have the permission to harvest them. I have been itching to get back into them for the past 2 decades.

 

[EMcC]

Back in the early eighties there was the opportunity to take part in Driven Boar hunts organized by Peter Carr.
There was quite an uproar at the time and reported in the Media under the heading 'The Big Guns Return to Scotland'
It would seem there were so many pigs released into a certain area just before the hunt took place and it wasn't quite the same as driven wild boar in Europe.
It was advertised mostly by word of mouth but the press got hold of it and shortly after that exposure it died down.