Releasing non native species to hunt

[timbrayford]

I regret that yourself & most vegans can't appreciate how farmers feel about their livestock.

I don't agree with you I used to farm pigs

 

[timbrayford]

We have always allowed fish nothing but a bum deal . I stopped fishing for stocked fish years ago . That said I do eat what is allowed in the sea , rivers and lakes ( selectively for wild fish ) If the place has significant amounts of stocked fish , i dont go , Its really slowed down my fresh water fishing

The point is without stocked game, be it fish or fowl, all but the most privileged would be excluded from its pursuit and subsequent consumption. Look where that exclusiveness got the hound sports followers. It was all this "Tory party at play" nonsense that got it banned, nothing to do with wildlife management at all.

 

[Mike1979]

Guys, I appreciate we all have views that may differ, but I would suggest using "Packham" in any conversation is likely to be somewhat offensive.

Not sure as a shooting community that we need to be so quick to result to such language? I appreciate I like a rant but lets try and be civil

 

[Ratel]

I would quite happily take some "Grizz" to keep our footpaths and non footpath areas clear.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Woodchuck. To be found in numbers throughout our Lowland rolling meadows.

Rockchuck for the Highlands.

K

 

[Smellydog]

Nowt on telly tonight lads...

 

[Nickb]

Nowt on telly tonight lads...

Women's football ️ England got beat

 

[Bo Diddley]

Rainbow trout too in New Zealand.

Are the Brown trout native? I thought they had been introduced as well

 

[enfieldspares]

Are the Brown trout native? I thought they had been introduced as well

I don't know. There's for sure wallabies in the Peak District. You'd get a five minute slot every now and again on East Midlands regional television evening news programme when there was a slow news day.

 

[nun_hunter]

I'm not opposed to releasing previously native species IF the relevant impacts are predicted beforehand & if it's being done for the right reason (e.g. to try to restore the countryside back to a balance of times gone by). But IMO, releasing them, just so people can satisfy their desires to kill something new... That just sounds wrong. Especially at a time when shooting in this country is under so much scrutiny & criticism. We are always trying to promote the reasons we carry out vermin control for greater good etc - but threads like this do us no favours in the eyes of Joe public who thinks all shooters just like killing stuff,.any stuff they can.

If you'd read my post I said it was hypothetical for starters and would be beneficial if the species would fill a niche in our environment and enhance the ecosystem.

My suggestion of wild sheep would mean no hunting for many years and only very old mature rams initially. I'm not suggesting in the UK we'd be able to introduce predators or any serious mega fauna and specifically asked people to think about what they'd introduce and the reason why and not the typical "wolves/bears in Richmond Park".

 

[weblyish]

Anyone know if I can shoot parakeets?
There's a bloody million of them round me

All very nice seeing a tropical jungle bird hanging about in my back garden but big flocks of them must be pushing out native birds

Reckon they'd be a decent challenge as they are pretty quick fliers for a woodland bird and flocking so you could prob decoy them in

 

[VSS]

Anyone know if I can shoot parakeets?
There's a bloody million of them round me

All very nice seeing a tropical jungle bird hanging about in my back garden but big flocks of them must be pushing out native birds

Reckon they'd be a decent challenge as they are pretty quick fliers for a woodland bird and flocking so you could prob decoy them in

As far as I know, you can.
I have seen pics of them being shot over decoys in the UK.

 

[BenBhoy]

3 legal reasons.

 

[shakey jake]

Any one tried eating parakets?

 

[Bo Diddley]

Any one tried eating parakets?

Is this leading on to a "Two Ronnies" joke? I'm sure I remember one along a similar theme as "The Four Candles" sketch

 

[shakey jake]

Is this leading on to a "Two Ronnies" joke? I'm sure I remember one along a similar theme as "The Four Candles" sketch

It wasnt

 

[BryanDC]

I miss having rabbits to shoot. There are areas with them, but mostly islands and it is difficult and surprisingly expensive to get a chance to shoot them. (I talked to a guy that was going wild camping on one of the islands with a small group of guys and he was charged over £60 for 2 rabbits by the land owner)
I kind of miss having grey squirrels to shoot as well but I would rather see the reds we have.

 

[Dunwaters]

Amur leopard.
They’d thrive, they’re rare and could do with the population boost.

 

[Heym SR20]

Animals and birds move into new areas. Man is the prime example. Here in the UK our most common species to shoot is the pheasant. These are not native to the UK but have been part of our landscape for many hundreds of years.

Pretty much the only native deer we have a Red Deer. In England and much of Scotland roe were pretty much eradicated, and were, I think reintroduced from the continent. Fallow are from Asia Minor, Sika, Muntjac and CWD all from Asia.

There is a lot of fuss being made about wild boar. I think they would be a fantastic addition to our country side, and driven big game could easily take the place of driven phaesants shooting.

I have no real issue in releasing a few fish, phaesants etc to supplement wild stock, but they do need to be properly wild before they are shot.

I have read that in other parts of the world phaesants are taken in cages to the tops of towers and then thrown off to fly over the guns. Not sure that is proper sport.