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Control of stags eating hay fields
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Thanks for your thought folks, can we keep any further suggestions to non lethal deterrents please
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Presumably you mean "non lethal"?
enfieldspares
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Is a Portek bird scarer an answer? I have listed one in SD Classifieds. The one that uses calor gas and a battery either 12v externally placed leisure battery or its own internally housed battery to make a bang to scare off birds? After dusk it may be anti-social however.
Being that you’re based in Cumbria and if you were in Scotland it would be legal anyway as no close season on male deer it’s a bit of a moot point
enfieldspares
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Rake Aboot
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crow killer
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What about putting up some jackets on a cross, like scarecrows put a few up and maybe some scent on them, surely that should deter them, worth a try, how many deer are coming in, ? , must be very annoying,
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I’m baffled by the angst that develops in these situations.
As @VSS has shown, the law is fairly clear.
Moreover, even if it wasn’t, realistically, are the Police actually going to do anything? Farmer authorises licenced agent to shoot a pest causing demonstrable damage on his own land? No chance.
I would love to see the figures on prosecutions for out of season deer shooting. I would put money on it being in the low single figures, and even then only when associated with more serious offences.
And of course just up the road, there is no close season on males. While they’re separate jurisdictions, it does mean that in an era where police and CPS are having to make decisions about which cases to pursue, an out of season case goes straight in the bin.
I’d say fill your boots
As @VSS has shown, the law is fairly clear.
Moreover, even if it wasn’t, realistically, are the Police actually going to do anything? Farmer authorises licenced agent to shoot a pest causing demonstrable damage on his own land? No chance.
I would love to see the figures on prosecutions for out of season deer shooting. I would put money on it being in the low single figures, and even then only when associated with more serious offences.
And of course just up the road, there is no close season on males. While they’re separate jurisdictions, it does mean that in an era where police and CPS are having to make decisions about which cases to pursue, an out of season case goes straight in the bin.
I’d say fill your boots
I’ve one in 7mm and in .308
None of the deterrents advertised, sold, suggested work... be it lion poo, human hair in tights hung on the roses, weeing in your garden, acoustic repellents, olfactory repellent...etc
Deer are so wise that they work things out in a matter of hours and days if it's actually a threat or not and will stand there right next to the deterrent munching away on stuff after a relatively short space of time.
The only thing that works, provided you maintain it and it is of adequate spec, is deer fencing.
A rifle is great but it only works when the DM is on site...
Deer are so wise that they work things out in a matter of hours and days if it's actually a threat or not and will stand there right next to the deterrent munching away on stuff after a relatively short space of time.
The only thing that works, provided you maintain it and it is of adequate spec, is deer fencing.
A rifle is great but it only works when the DM is on site...
The chap who sells them said they work %100
It's true. I've never seen a deer in any shop that sells them.The chap who sells them said they work %100
Ronin
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Quite a political area
Prevalent and vocal antis in the immediate vicinity who have caused issues for a number of years on other areas where deer managment is legal in the county concerned
Is it worth subjecting yourself and your fac to an investigation and subsequent loss of weapons during said investigation if a compliant were made with added stress to oneself, family and landowner
Mitigation may have been tried but knowing the area concerned and people within it, it isn’t worth the hassle
Kill em in season and get a Night Licence to be doubly effective
Land owner needs to put some higher fencing in above the existing wallings or fences for area affected
Much like much the deer of SD members they are only spoken about in shops or at the range.It's true. I've never seen a deer in any shop that sells them.
tusker
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for what its worth, the place I hunt in Hungary when their neighbouring farmers have a problem with stags the hunt club just shoot at them with 12 bore loaded with 9 shot from quite a distance. The stags hear the bang and feel the shot but it doesnt penitrate and they dont like it so they eff off.
I know that the "experts" will be saying what if and what ever but they have been doing this for many years with no problems.
tusker
I know that the "experts" will be saying what if and what ever but they have been doing this for many years with no problems.
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