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fairclaire wrote: »

I have only run over a pheasant once when I lived in NE Scotland. I was doing a fair bit of speed not only did it take my number plate off (in the days when number plates hung down :rotfl::rotfl: )

But I learned you should never run over a pheasant on your way home when you've done a 12 hour shift and you're hungry some parts will get stuck on your engine and start to 'cook' on the remainder of the journey and your car will be smelling not unlike fried chicken by the time you get home :cool:

When I was a student in the far north, pheasant was freely available and was sold door-to-door in many parts of the city including far-from-salubrious student neighbourhoods by shall we say "entrepreneurial" individuals.

George Cole's character Flash Harry springs to mind when I recall it.

davemorton wrote: »

:whistle: they do too!

You probably don't want to know what lives in your eyelashes!

vanilla_twist

davemorton wrote: »

I do think a lot of the 'do-gooders' would not mind so much if it was done more humanly, and not as a sport causing the fox as much distress as possible. And lets be fair, there has to be more efficient ways to kill a fox than chasing it for miles with dogs.

There is a far more humane way of disposing of foxes. Lamping.
The beaters from my old shoot go out at night with a huge light and long range rifle.
Something to do with shining light, catches a foxes eyes they pause when light first goes on the it is shot.
I lived in a country park a few years ago and the Lord of manor kept his land as a shoot. Oh at the time was heavily involved as his dad was the game keeper. The baby pheasants and partridges will have been put in the woods by now surrounded by electric wire. I use to love watching them emerge from the sawdust, or just bubble around underneath it. By about 1 week in the woods they soon learn to to jump up to branches womble and fall off. To me the best bit of shooting season.
This is land that doesn't have a hunt on it as lamping far more effective.

V x

davemorton

vanilla_twist wrote: »

There is a far more humane way of disposing of foxes. Lamping.
The beaters from my old shoot go out at night with a huge light and long range rifle.
Something to do with shining light, catches a foxes eyes they pause when light first goes on the it is shot.
I lived in a country park a few years ago and the Lord of manor kept his land as a shoot. Oh at the time was heavily involved as his dad was the game keeper. The baby pheasants and partridges will have been put in the woods by now surrounded by electric wire. I use to love watching them emerge from the sawdust, or just bubble around underneath it. By about 1 week in the woods they soon learn to to jump up to branches womble and fall off. To me the best bit of shooting season.
This is land that doesn't have a hunt on it as lamping far more effective.

V x

A similar 'sport' is done with dogs and rabbits (illegal I believe but you can still see it happening on the hills here). But yes, totally agree, that is a much more effective and human method when using a rifle. Guess it just does not provide the 'fun' that a hunt can. *sigh*

aau1

vanilla_twist wrote: »

There is a far more humane way of disposing of foxes. Lamping.
The beaters from my old shoot go out at night with a huge light and long range rifle.
Something to do with shining light, catches a foxes eyes they pause when light first goes on the it is shot.
I lived in a country park a few years ago and the Lord of manor kept his land as a shoot. Oh at the time was heavily involved as his dad was the game keeper. The baby pheasants and partridges will have been put in the woods by now surrounded by electric wire. I use to love watching them emerge from the sawdust, or just bubble around underneath it. By about 1 week in the woods they soon learn to to jump up to branches womble and fall off. To me the best bit of shooting season.
This is land that doesn't have a hunt on it as lamping far more effective.

V x

Clever birdies :rotfl:

vanilla_twist

fairclaire wrote: »

I daren't go shopping! All last weeks hoards of school stuff is still lying here in the bags it came in Everything needs name labelling and DS2 clothes need Velcro-ing. I've just been ignoring it, and making the pile of carrier bags look tidy when I walk past :rotfl:

I did order some stuff this afternoon whilst I was sat outside enjoying the sun and ignoring the dis-array indoors. I don't want to go overboard. We're only going for 5 days......I'm trying to be sensible

Please get the labelling done before you go away so you don't have a mad panic as you see away just before the schools go back. How gruelling is it to do, could a production line be set up where everyone does a bit while you get on with the velcroing:eek:

V x

vanilla_twist

rhosynbach wrote: »

Oh said the same thing recently we went along a stretch of road and saw 6 oin a few miles all the same side of the road at the edge.very very odd,



We have sevral shoots locally that breed pheasants. And sometimes its lethal.espeacily with motorbikes. Even cylclists have collided into them.
Though ds best mate loves it as he has harris hawks and ferrets and fills the freezer up. He can get 20 a day when they have a big shoot:rotfl:

And some poor gundog gets told off for not bringing anything back:rotfl:
End of shoot it is a big deal to line the haul along the estate drive. Guns take first pick of what they want, then the beaters. Anything good enough gets sent to a place in France to get shot take out and be cleaned then back to UK to be sold to restaurants. Not allowed to do it here for some reason. So not very environmentally friendly. It does also make its way directly to a few places.
Had to get use to pheasant stir fry ect. Was a treat to get partridge for a change but I don't like rabbit.
To see the gundog working is quite a sight. Such loyal dogs. Oh father made a fortune in dog training too as takes a good 18 months and a pedigree dog trained by him was worth a fortune as land owners have no time to train. Beaters train their own dogs.
It was a lovely atmosphere to live in. A good community.

V x

vanilla_twist

rhosynbach wrote: »

We Have a badger set on some of our rough land.but dont tell.anyone its a secret
Oh does not want anyone.to.know.



That really made me giggle.

First year of law degree I studied badger laws in great detail. Very strict. Then the tories wanted a cull because protecting badgers meant we had too many. Not sure of the law on them now. Such a strange subject but came in handy one or 2 times:rotfl:

V x

Nannylala

Good morning :)bit overcast today

Morgy9

Good morning everyone - raining in this bit of Yorkshire - fingers crossed it brightens up. Got loads to do so shouldn't be on here really but catching up over a cup of tea before writing my to do list.

streetlights

Good morning everybody. I hope you are well and have a great Tuesday.

Happy shopping.