Wxm 1,638 Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Just out of interest if you could release any sort of animal in the uk as game, what would you release?? (nothing that cant be done like big cats, bears or anything that could put people in danger). i thought some thing like guinea pigs, as i've seen a few vids on youtube and the look nasty little buggers on there, cant really think what else you could introduce . (sorry if this has been covered before) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Simoman 110 Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 I'd like to see coypu back in our countryside.............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 49,428 Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 groundhogs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest thebigdog Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 honey badger 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
craigyboy 1,274 Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 raccoons Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trappa 518 Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 I tried guinea pigs!! lol We had a couple that escaped from a neighbours hutch and were living in our back gardens quite succesfully for a few months (summer). Anyway i goes to the local pet place and buy a couple more and let them go. Lo and behold about 6 months later a lass was calling for my daughter and says to me she has seen this thing down the road and didnt know what it was, i went down and it was 1 of the pigs but one of its eyes was missing and full of maggots so i shot it. Anyway back to thread i would introduce boars to northern england and scotland and wolves to scotland. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wxm 1,638 Posted September 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 would you be breaking any laws if you released say 100+ guinea pigs??? and would it generate sport for the hunting man / woman?? or would you say we have enough sport with what we already have? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,737 Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Hardly fecking sporting catching a bloody guinea pig is it I'd get pine martins on the go, not for hunting just everywhere where there are grey squirrels to try and get a bit of a balance going because the little b*****ds are obviously here to stay now. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Simoman 110 Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Why would you want to release the most testing of quarry, the killer guinea pig, and how would you hunt it, a .177 or a ferret would be overkill for a guinea pig.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jt750 Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 The grey kangaroo for me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wxm 1,638 Posted September 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Why would you want to release the most testing of quarry, the killer guinea pig, and how would you hunt it, a .177 or a ferret would be overkill for a guinea pig.......... i understand where your coming from but im using it as an example, what else could breed as quick and you have a colloney within afew months?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob190364 2,594 Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 I tried guinea pigs!! lol We had a couple that escaped from a neighbours hutch and were living in our back gardens quite succesfully for a few months (summer).Anyway i goes to the local pet place and buy a couple more and let them go. Lo and behold about 6 months later a lass was calling for my daughter and says to me she has seen this thing down the road and didnt know what it was, i went down and it was 1 of the pigs but one of its eyes was missing and full of maggots so i shot it. Anyway back to thread i would introduce boars to northern england and scotland and wolves to scotland. WTF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irishnut 297 Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 are you going to eat the guinea pigs???? gotta be something that you would want to hunt for the purposes of eating, something like a small, fast cow. like a lean dexter 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
unlacedgecko 1,467 Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Guinea pigs are a domestic species and releasing them into the 'wild' would be cruel and should not be done. They probably wouldn't survive long enough to establish a breeding colony due to predation. They are especially suspectible for respiratory disease and would not cope well with the wet UK weather. I would like to see racoon on the quarry list for species to be hunted with dogs. I have hunted them with terriers in the US and found it very exciting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lonedigga 23 Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Bulletproof Foxes 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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