There is a MOD ex-airfield near where i live, the tennant farmers that surround it used to have a hare shoot but stopped. For many years the hares seemed to decline, this happened at the same time as buzzards arrived in the early 1980's, but now they are a very common sight again. Even to the extent where the tennants are considering a hare shoot again.
, and the Hunting Act making coursing a criminal act has helped as well.
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I used to bunk off school to go beating for the hare coursing on Major Bell's estate in Thirsk. Those were the days
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