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  1. comanche
    Did a gentleman by the name of Hanibal Lecter happen past ?
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    The youngens getting caught now are from late litters(mated in October ,kindled November ,weaned December) not early ones .It's quite normal .Rabbit tend to come into breeding condition after the shortest day (Dec21/22) as the light levels rise ,go out of condition during the long days and the heat of summer and then have a brief flurry of mating activity in the late summer early autumn. While rabbits will mate at this time of year many litters will not go full term and may be reabsorbed back into the mother if there are bad weather conditions ,lack of food or stress of any sort. Some of
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    is it deep enuff? The law specifies a "tunnel" ,something that any reasonable person will recognize as having a far more substantial overhang than some of the pathetic little "archways " that some folk claim satisfies the criteria. As Matt the Rat ,Rolfe and others have mentioned the tunnels aid the proper functioning of the traps as well as acting as an attractant for target species by their very design . Part of trapping is about setting traps in a way that non-target catches are minimalized as far as possible. The Law does recognise this need and any trapper who does'nt
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    Had stroll between Chanctonbury and Cissbury Rings this afternoon. Both ancient earthworks on the South Downs that i last visited on a school trip 35or 36 years ago. Had'nt changed much . Got me wondering about the whereabouts of the delectable Miss Paisley the geology teacher who bravely herded us uncouth ,hormonal teenagers up the slopes, across the embankments and back to the mini-bus without a single loss and even succeded in goading us into doing a few field scketches. If I remember the scetch that Johhney Wolfe drew had little to do with Neolithic hill forts and flint mines but a l
  5. comanche
    is it deep enuff? The law specifies a "tunnel" ,something that any reasonable person will recognize as having a far more substantial overhang than some of the pathetic little "archways " that some folk claim satisfies the criteria. As Matt the Rat ,Rolfe and others have mentioned the tunnels aid the proper functioning of the traps as well as acting as an attractant for target species by their very design . Part of trapping is about setting traps in a way that non-target catches are minimalized as far as possible. The Law does recognise this need and any trapper who does'nt
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    Lot of people spouting a lot of bollocks about a third hand story they know f*ck all about. Bearing in mind that a farmer can shoot dogs under certain circumstances ,that it is illegal to have a dog loose in a field of sheep without permission anyway and that if the owner really cared for his dogs he would not have let em keep straying onto someone else's land over a period of hours let alone chase stock it seems the dog-owner had no respect for the land ,livestock or even his own dogs . Sadly the dogs not the owner ,paid the price. If you go into the countryside you should know n
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    dog as a dinner

    comanche replied to a topic in General Talk

    Respect the fact that you don't like the idea of eating dogs or horses but the truth is that most evidence indicates that both horses and dogs were at first hunted for food and even when domesticated were regarded as meat on the hoof as well as for their ability to drag or carry loads . It is only our very strange bi-polar British sensitivities that reject the killing of certain animals for food yet has seen horses slaughtered en mass in the name of warfare as something quite glorious.
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    dog as a dinner

    comanche replied to a topic in General Talk

    I have eaten fox.Casseroled was ok , cut small and fried was actually much better. It sounds pretty similar to the above. Sort of strong liver/pigeon/hare sort of taste. I only did it because I'd read that fox remains along with those of red deer appeared in large numbers in the middens of our ancestors and were ,from the evidence ,very important parts of their diet. Seems dog was a very special dish to the American tribes.Read about the custom of some tribes of killing and serving-up their very best dogs to honour a special guest and then crying and lamenting the loss of the f
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    never had to suck an egg but how much difference does the depth vary by the collar being to the side rather underneath? an inch perhaps? Y.I.S Leeview ps glad I stuck with the MK1's No it's a lot more than that because the signal is directional - i.e. it is not circular. If the collar is on it's edge the reading will be significantly more than the distance. You need to be at 90 degrees to get the perfect reading - i.e. right above it. Every Mk 3 I've come across has over estimated the depth of dig but once you realise that an indicated 2foot dig is more likely to be 18 inches
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    Thank you so much OTC and Netter. Could'nt have a more positive identification than the above pictures .
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    Well OTC (or indeed lots of other folk )are better qualified to explain but here goes. You are certainly not a numpty for asking but my explanation may well put me in that class Imagine both halves of the trap covered in fine netting. Then imagine the thing layed out with a piece of bait fixed to the centre of the trap. I've seen these with little treadles not ot unlike the trigger plates of some mousetraps. On a mouse-trap a bar flips over when the bait is touched and hits the mouse but on this bird trap the bar would've flicked over and trapped the bird under the netting. The bird
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    On one of the waters near here a warning went out a few years ago because jack-pike had been laying-up under the bank and biting anglers as they rinsed their hands. Apparently it was'nt just an isolated incident .Several people were bitten including one chap who had to have hospital treatment after pulling out a 4pounder that had probably mistaken his splashing fingers for a shoal of playfull little roach!
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    I've got some of this Let me know if its any good Thanks for the help/advice Netter and OTC. That linen thread looks like something my Mum has ,or at least had .I shall investgate .
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    Big problem is that a lot of people think that pest control ,even rural pest control is just about guns ,ferrets ,dogs and traps and that they are going to get paid for basicly going shooting and ferreting . It's a bit like the folk who think that all Keepers do is throw corn out of landrover windows and go shooting a lot. Pest control with ferrets is'nt just about "creaming off" big catches from easy burrows. It is about shifting buns from the places you really don't want to tackle to really knock the breeding nucleus down. That sounds harsh and pessimistic but you are like it o
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    Nice trap Comanche! What size is it?? OTC just had a measure . When the bars are open (as in the picture ) it is 19 inches across. Any info gratefully accepted as while i have a child-like appreciation of such things I'm not a serious collector . I would like to knit some new netting for it and have plenty of spare hemp but what size mesh? Or would you leave it as it is?
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    Nowt wrong with second hand stuff, you should see my wardrobe i look quite trendy when i see repeats of the good life on uk gold Know the feeling well. You can't beat a woolly jumper with a bit of provinence . Also as i tend to keep my few "best clothes " for special occasions they don't have a chance to wear-out so at every wedding or funeral I attend I appear like some aging 70's throwback with a hint of moth-balls.
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    My bestest present this year . Apparently I was like child all day .I did'nt put it down. Nobody (cept the person who gave it to me ) could understand my pleasure at being given a couple of bits of bent metal and a spring.
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    I had a load of second- hand stuff ( sort of thing that turns up at boot fairs n tat sales) given to me. Was I pee'd off? Not a bit! Ok, so my brother gave me an old Tarzan annual for a laugh but he'd also picked up bee-keepers hat from somewhere. See the picture below to see why I was so pleased with my second-hand pressies!
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    Had a quick look and came up with three cases Ist case involved the pigeon fancier who despite wounding a cat when it was attacking his birds was cleared of any offence (on appeal mind .So it was close.) 2nd involved a retired Major who's house was continually being wrecked by a nasty old Tom-cat that kept creeping in any available gap. The old soldier had his curtains and cushions ripped and pee'd on and he ended up living under siege with his doors and windows shut at all times. He ,after three years of hell, was driven to shoot the cat . He was arrested but a Judge decided that he
  20. comanche
    Merry Christmas to all those who've put up with my sillyness on this site and been so kind with their help in introducing me to the world of forums and computers .
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    looks like you both had a good day out. I've a few years to train -up the son-in law and a grandson so that when I'm 70 I can still be sure of a few days out. Failing that my daughter would probably love to get her own back for all the times she was dragged out as a toddler ferreting ,beating and so on. Merry Christmas and good holiday hunting
  22. comanche
    If the cats are owned by someone they are property hence cannot be destroyed. There is though a legal defence to a Crime or Tort that one acted in a" reasonable manner". A judge or magistrate would have to decide this on the merits of each individual case. Caged poults (but not free-living poults or poults being encouraged to leave a release pen) are measurable property. The owner of a cat that damaged them might still be held liable for Civil damages even if the magistrate agreed that the damage was unavoidable due to the wild nature of the cat. Feral cats are specimens of the dom
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    Also it was the time of year when the excess or weak livestock that could'nt be fed through until spring were slaughtered .Hence feast time! Yep hijacked by Christians .Easter was the same. The old festival of rebirth ,homage to the spring fertility godess and the sprightly and mystic hare. Christians decided that it was an ideal time to slip in the story of Jesus' rebirth (resurrection) so like it or not the peasants started celebrating Christian icons and the poor old godess Eostre became represented by a choclate egg and the wonderous pagan spirit of the hare became a laughable
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    A genuine feral cat or one that has been given up as lost (ie abandoned after a reasonable period of searching,presumed gone ,missing ,dead etc )can be humanely killed by approved methods ie cage trapped or shot.It is neither property nor a protected species. A domestic cat can be legally bought ,sold or illegally damaged or destroyed or stolen .It has a measurable value ,hence is property and is protected by law. It is also protected by various animal wellfare laws. One cannot smash-up or dispose of a car found illegally parked on one's land and one equally has no right to damag
  25. comanche
    Excellent advice fromS 58. Don't let anyone tell you that molecatching is some black art that requires wierd initiation rites or selling your soul to Beezulbub. Watch the video,read a book (free from any library),ask questions and think carefully about the way you set your' traps.Remember you are trying to fool a wild animal on its own ground and kill it cleanly. Have confidence. i caught my first mole after i came across a trap in an old farm-building and without the supposedly essential guiding hand of some ancient and gnarled old Molecatcher I dared to think to myself ,"Hm, I'm goin
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