TOMO 24,876 Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 1 hour ago, scothunter said: There f***ing huge things have watched a pair when out with the dog. Wonder what would win between a golden eagle and a Scottish wild cat lol im sure it was lee mcnally that wrote an article in the shooting times years ago....about witnessing a fight between a wild cat and an eagle...the eagle eventualy flew off with the cat....but then droped it from a hight....killing the cat....but later the eagle was found dead as well...died from injurys caused in the fight 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,837 Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 7 hours ago, Greyman said: So did I when I first read it, but it's to do with the offspring and how many they have, how many survive and how soon they start there own family if you had 2 rabbits in an enclosure and 2 cats in another the cat family would outgrow the rabbit family within a year, possibly to do with rabbits being a natural prey animal for everything and everyone to dine on and cats even domestic/ferals are still a decent preditor so would have a much higher survival rate, cats have a much longer lifespan than a rabbit so the one original cat can also still be pumping out kittens in ten years time when bugs bunny is long gone, feral cats are a massive nuisance to the ecology Based on that cats would have a greater population than rabbits and feral cats would be a local thing UK wide Link to post Share on other sites
BGD 6,385 Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 5 minutes ago, South hams hunter said: Based on that cats would have a greater population than rabbits and feral cats would be a local thing UK wide They probably would be a local thing UK wide if it wasn't for the trapping and neutering programs that go on up and down the country to be fair. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,207 Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 http://www.thejournal.ie/lions-poacher-3847303-Feb2018/ Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,207 Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 Just now, jiggy said: http://www.thejournal.ie/lions-poacher-3847303-Feb2018/ What do you think of that greyman? Be careful on your quest buddy. Even with a loaded gun he still got eaten.Them cats must be fast. Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 25,266 Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 They would,nt need to be fast mate I,m past legging it and thankfully the ones I'm after are solitary and smaller, so I,m confident between me my knife and my pack I,m in with a sporting chance might even get the body everyone craves and a few action man scars for good measure 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,220 Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 Wouldn’t you want it alive greyman Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,799 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 On 13/01/2018 at 15:11, Rusty_terrier said: Also took my drone out for a shot today will upload some pictures later. Getting a lend of my nephews drone tomorrow,going to have to get a loan of an I-phone as well,you clip the I-phone onto the controls,its got a range of over 4 miles,top speed of 40 mph?Should be interesting Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,799 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 Looks good mate,the one I am lending is a mavic pro,i will take a pic of it tomorrow,dont know how long it takes to learn to fly it,this is the one....... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,799 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 8 minutes ago, Rusty_terrier said: That looks really good . You got anywhere decent near you to fly it ? Have to practice with it first,might go to box hill in surrey?I will get a couple of pics of it tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites
wilbur foxhound 480 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 What size is the Scottish wildcat compared to a domestic cat Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 In general, the Scottish wildcat is larger than the domestic cat, with longer legs, a larger head and, overall, a more muscular or robust appearance. Males can have a total length, including their tail, of 823–981 millimetres and weigh 3.77–7.26 kilograms. Link to post Share on other sites
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Greyman 25,266 Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Sorry not great quality but my normal screen photo from laptop to iPad, but here is a pretty large feral that appears to live in a sett with a fox, have been looking at a few films on ferals in aus and it seems that they often live underground in rabbit bury,s I have several more of him going in and out the same sett and of the five cams in this area he only ever shows up near this one the fox also appears to have three legs so maybe a marriage of convenience certainly an odd couple, 3 Link to post Share on other sites
EDDIE B 3,120 Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 As a kid i seen many a ferral use rabbit burrows to have their kittens around our local dump. Man we had some fun in that place. Link to post Share on other sites
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