Think Australia and I would have fit hand in glove in so many ways
Helping nature by controlling predators.
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John Gryphon
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Is that like pork in purse?Think Australia and I would have fit hand in glove in so many ways
John Gryphon
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same thing bolter lolYes, or pork in pouch
Still see gamekeepers' gibbets from time to time, so those days aren't so long gone as you might think.
To be honest, I've never seen a keeper's gibbet around here. Only moles on the fences, but that's nothing to do with the shoot.Was In your neck of the woods about 3 years ago, granted off the beaten track, but still on public footpath.... The dogs and kids took a keen interest in the various offerings on one fence
I know of a few elsewhere though.
John Gryphon
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Heres a tale,or should that be a tail or two?
enfieldspares
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In the UK a gamekeeper's gibbet of mostly stoats, weasels but also could include magpies, jays, crows and...once...little owls and etc...was a visible show to his employer that the man was doing his job. I think it is now fifty years plus since I saw one.
in 1976 my then head keeper still ran a vermin gibbet ( he was 70 ish at the time) which was located on a private drive to a shooting lodge, it was a thing of pride to add various rascals to it and not unlike decorating a Christmas tree and done with great glee.
Unfortunately the owner acquired a new wife who thought it barbaric so it had to be moved to a more discreet location, now frowned upon by the majority obviously.
Some very interesting pictures of Edwardian vermin gibbits exist where no “hook bills” were exempt and had pride of place, very different times indeed.
Interestingly the general public seems to be more tolerant of moles on a fence and even find it interesting in some places.
Unfortunately the owner acquired a new wife who thought it barbaric so it had to be moved to a more discreet location, now frowned upon by the majority obviously.
Some very interesting pictures of Edwardian vermin gibbits exist where no “hook bills” were exempt and had pride of place, very different times indeed.
Interestingly the general public seems to be more tolerant of moles on a fence and even find it interesting in some places.
another imo fine and useful tradition was hanging dead carrion or hoodies under the nest where killed, as it simply said Job done. Those were the times when many farmers in rural uk played a part and many roamed with permission in nesting season to destroy nests. Also deer stalking and availability a very elitist thing for the most part unlike today
Freedom of expression and nothing illegal, those that don’t like, jog on!Heres a tale,or should that be a tail or two?
John Gryphon
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That's it!
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