Cedric 132 Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Got some unwanted help this morning dressing some rabbits I'd shot. Got them with the night vision and left them out for an hour until it got light to go and pick them up and found them like this! They were right down to the backbone, the beaks on those crows must have some power ! Bit of a gory pic but never mind ! 1 Quote Link to post
shropshire dan 467 Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Haha nice one Cedric. I have one permission riddled with crow and magpie. Nothing like sitting back with the hmr and sniping them off lol. Quote Link to post
Alsone 789 Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 (edited) Magpie numbers are ridiculous and then the environmentalists are wondering where all the song birds have gone. Duh, maybe it's because you've cut back on shooting without really understanding that shooters actually care about and manage the environment, especially pest species, and keep the environment in balance, not just shoot everything in sight! In my own garden, I have a pond and I regularly have 5 magpies come down together to steal fish food off the surface to eat. Makes for some spectacular fights though! It's like having Fight Club in your own back garden. Edited July 9, 2014 by Alsone Quote Link to post
charlie caller 3,654 Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Get your airgun out pal 1 Quote Link to post
Alsone 789 Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Get your airgun out pal Don't have one. Sold my pre-charged some time ago now as I found it ineffective against rabbits. Quote Link to post
The one 8,595 Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Same here shot one at dawn and before I picked it up a huge blacked backed gull was circling it Quote Link to post
Cedric 132 Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 What's the best round to use on gulls ?? Quote Link to post
maktayla 50 Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Cedric. Have a look at the general licences, (apologies if you have). Lesser black-backed Gull. Not sure on the rounds. Not much body to a gull. Shotgun: I would imagine a No6 would do the job. Wish they would put them on the general licences for Wales so as we can kill them. Loads n loads of them where I work and live. They are on the Licences but only to 'damage or destroy the nests or to take or destroy the eggs'. Only three species though: Lesser Black-Backeed Gull, Greater Black-Backed Gull and Herring Gull. Dont fancy climbing buildings n stuff looking for eggs n nests. Quote Link to post
Rowan 308 Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 I did bird clearance on landfill sites for a while if everything else failed ,( Scaring them off, inc the use of falcons), 32grms of no6 drops them nicely. Quote Link to post
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