A few snares out.

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

Farmer asked me to thin a few hares out,so up to the field with a few peg snares and fence snares,found some cracking runs.Set some snares at the top of the hill then walked down the bottom of the hill to set some more as i was walking down i pushed a hare out of the long grass watched it run up the hill then heard it squealing walked back up the hill and it was in one of my snares only been set 10 mins before .

Went back just as it was getting dark to check them and had another 3 hares .

 

A few pics.

Hare caught on a run going under a gate,you can just see the gate in the back ground.

 

Hare caught in a peg snare.

 

 

 

One from the fence

 

 

End of day bag.

[shotgunny 39]

Good going mate nice bag .

 

Atb

 

sg

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

Cheers mate

[peeps_76 17]

great work! mine get left untill the end of the year when we can sell them! get a decent price for them but decem/jan time!

 

sp from me for one in 10 min!

 

regards P

[cumbrianrabbiter 0]

Cracking job there MR TEA POT well done

regards Gaz

[stubby 175]

is that where the saying comes from

 

hare today, gone tomorrow

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

Get your coat STUBBY that was terrible .

Thanks for the replies folks

[craigyboy 1,274]

as ian dury and the blockheads used to sing "WHAT A WASTE"

[stealthy1 3,964]

A bit of happy hooping there Mr Darth Teapot

[Ideation 8,217]

Out of interest why do they need thinning out . . . . i wasn't aware that hares caused much damage???

[micky 3,325]

Out of interest why do they need thinning out . . . . i wasn't aware that hares caused much damage???

Its because they eat, and where you have land where a lot of hares are eating,you have to thin them out.

[Ideation 8,217]

Out of interest why do they need thinning out . . . . i wasn't aware that hares caused much damage???

Its because they eat, and where you have land where a lot of hares are eating,you have to thin them out.

 

 

You have to have a hell of a lot of hares for them to be damaging crops etc as their feeding pattern is different to rabbits. Whereas rabbits will munch forward in a line clearing land, hares pick at odd bits here and there. I'd be really surprised if those couple were doing that much damage, it was probably the rabbits. The only reason people seem to really have for getting rid of the hares out of season, is so that they don't get folk with dogs coming on their land in the winter.

[micky 3,325]

Out of interest why do they need thinning out . . . . i wasn't aware that hares caused much damage???

Its because they eat, and where you have land where a lot of hares are eating,you have to thin them out.

 

 

You have to have a hell of a lot of hares for them to be damaging crops etc as their feeding pattern is different to rabbits. Whereas rabbits will munch forward in a line clearing land, hares pick at odd bits here and there. I'd be really surprised if those couple were doing that much damage, it was probably the rabbits. The only reason people seem to really have for getting rid of the hares out of season, is so that they don't get folk with dogs coming on their land in the winter.

It appears you have asked a question,then quickly provided an answer The man was asked to thin out the hares ,and this is what he as started to do,the fact that he snared four so quickly , tells me, that there dos seem to be good numbers on that land ,and they need thinning out

[danman 27]

what is the average height to be setting snares for hares and do you just use six strand cheers danman

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

as ian dury and the blockheads used to sing "WHAT A WASTE"

 

Why is it a waste the hares will get ate by me and my family.

 

If you dont like the fact that the hares are snared why look at this post when the title says "A FEW SNARES OUT,HARES." bit of a give away what the topics about dont you think ffs