shovel leaner 7,648 Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 (edited) Absolutely bored with political discussions and terrorists and fires on the general talk forum, staying off all that for a while . Seeing as it's a hunting forum I'm going to post a few pics and hopefully generate a bit of hunting talk , let's see what happens? A fox I shot early in the morning, saw him jumping up and down "mousing " nailed him , when I got to him the little vole was still alive . Edited June 28, 2017 by shovel leaner 3 Quote Link to post
shovel leaner 7,648 Posted June 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 This chicken thief , got what was coming to him . I control the foxes on a mates free range egg unit . It's an absolute magnet for Charlie . Even though he has state of the art 12 strand electric fencing all the way around, they still get in . Anyone else got any "caught in the act photos"? 2 Quote Link to post
Underdog 2,337 Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 Inside the fence! U. 3 Quote Link to post
shovel leaner 7,648 Posted June 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 Inside the fence! U. Good going Underdog , once they start getting through the fence it's only going to end one way . Quote Link to post
shovel leaner 7,648 Posted June 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 I notice Underdog that the poultry unit is almost exactly the same as the one I look after . Is he signed up to the freedom food scheme? It's basically the RSPCA , it's a racket they get egg producers to pay into that means they are inspected every year/ 2 years. They have to prove that they treat the birds well , have access to the outside, enrichments blah blah blah . But also they have to be secure from vermin, so there is no "cruel bloke " like me and possibly you , going killing stuff. My mate was very keen not to have to do any vermin control and his wife is a bit of a bunny hugger . So he said I wasonly to shoot them if they were inside the fence . Well I used to turn up and wait , I'd see foxes on the outside all the time , and they were safe shots , and only rarely get a shot in the wire . Well I got fed up and told him I wasn't prepared to waste my time waiting for them to get inside , so I didn't go back . He started losing a lot of birds and he and his son tried shooting them , and failed. He rang me back up and now I shoot them as I see fit . And I kill a lot of foxes there 30-40 a year on that one unit . Quote Link to post
Underdog 2,337 Posted June 29, 2017 Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 I don't have the issues you report from the family on this unit. I noticed some one else has been working the area recently though. This place is near cheswardine. I have been working this area for near 25 years. U. Quote Link to post
Baldcoot 2,352 Posted June 29, 2017 Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 Here,s 1 from a pheasant shoot in Sussex ,the bird,s were flying up cartoon style as he patrolled through the cover crop 2 Quote Link to post
Underdog 2,337 Posted June 29, 2017 Report Share Posted June 29, 2017 Good photo. Pheasant are my best friend when it comes to locating a fox! U. Quote Link to post
shovel leaner 7,648 Posted June 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2017 Well done mate , bet the keeper was happy. Magpies and Jays , crows and also little owls are a good alarm . You can bet whenever that lot start up something is about . 1 Quote Link to post
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