Na, should have been out on the rabbits last night, as much as I love rabbit shooting it’s not worth getting soaked for.Fair weather stalking then?, You could always shelter a bit down your tunnel
Anyone noticed a change since stripey numbers were reduced?
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We are a bit harder up here, tend give service no matter.
Not sure believe you, you swore blind you weren’t going out shooting and vilified those who were quite legally doing so, then a couple of years later tell us you were out all the time.We are a bit harder up here, tend give service no matter.
Either way, we have a bit more sense down here, wait one day and go out when it’s dry
You might get away with slack down there, Non runner up here.I have a bit more sense down here, wait one day and go out when it’s dry
You might get away with slack down there, Non runner up here.
Ah ok, so you’re out 24/7 then? Fair play. (Well that’s what you claim?)
Most of us have a life outside of shooting…
No not 24/7, sleep and a homelife have their place, but a shooting has the rest of the available.
foxdropper
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I’ve managed to get the Stalking Directory streamed to the pard top right hand corner so even when I’m out I can still put you messers right .
Heym SR20
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One day I suppose our powers that be will come to understand that wildlife management in the UK is not all about managing / eliminating one species just because it doesn’t fit the current thinking.
In the late 19th and early 20th we removed all the predators and raptors so that our game birds could flourish. Then they were fully protected and we have seen a rise in TB in cattle and wiping out of hedgehogs and ground nesting birds.
And up here we are now wiping out deer so that trees can regrow.
One day our powers that be will learn it all needs to be a compromise. Badgers, Eagles, Foxes, Deer, Hedgehogs, Songbirds, Gamebirds etc etc etc all have a place in nature, so do we, but we need a balance.
I would hate to live in a countryside were you never saw particular species.
We need a system were they can be kept in balance and at numbers that are acceptable in the particular place.
So when badger, deer, hedgehog,fox, buzzard or eagle numbers get too high and are causing detriment, then numbers should be reduced but not eliminated.
And to do this will require skilled and experienced people who can bring both local practical input and much more widespread input into this decision and balancing out all the vested interests.
In the late 19th and early 20th we removed all the predators and raptors so that our game birds could flourish. Then they were fully protected and we have seen a rise in TB in cattle and wiping out of hedgehogs and ground nesting birds.
And up here we are now wiping out deer so that trees can regrow.
One day our powers that be will learn it all needs to be a compromise. Badgers, Eagles, Foxes, Deer, Hedgehogs, Songbirds, Gamebirds etc etc etc all have a place in nature, so do we, but we need a balance.
I would hate to live in a countryside were you never saw particular species.
We need a system were they can be kept in balance and at numbers that are acceptable in the particular place.
So when badger, deer, hedgehog,fox, buzzard or eagle numbers get too high and are causing detriment, then numbers should be reduced but not eliminated.
And to do this will require skilled and experienced people who can bring both local practical input and much more widespread input into this decision and balancing out all the vested interests.
Squirrelbasher
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Saw on tv last week, hedgehog numbers are on the increase because of all the “hedgehog highways” in place now. Nothing to do with a reduction in badger numbers then?
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