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sort of new to this game and wunderd are the above legal to shoot??

 

cheers

dan

no there not i think. not much point in shooting them anyway i dont think. they dont do any harm and its not very sportmanlike to shoot something you can entice in with bread! lol. sam

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sort of new to this game and wunderd are the above legal to shoot??

 

cheers

dan

no there not i think. not much point in shooting them anyway i dont think. they dont do any harm and its not very sportmanlike to shoot something you can entice in with bread! lol. sam

 

 

it is illegal to shoot koots and moorhens at all times! :toast:

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Coots can be aggressive little sods if living close to other types of fowl. No need to shoot 'em though,or moorhens. As they only chug about the water very slowly,it would be a poor sportsman who felt any sense of achievement hitting one!

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thanks for the reply's fellas

 

all it is is that ive got permission on a local golf course to do rabbits squirrels and pest bird species and i just noticed that there are an absolute shed load of moorhens and theyre sh*itting all over the greens and rest of the course and just wounderd if it would be worth asking the people there if they wanted me to thin out the population.

 

cheers

dan

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I sometimes have to cull a few on my local fishing pond. These birds are found in high densities and persistantly eat anglers bait and even get caught on rod and line. They bully other birds. Its coots that cause the most damage but moorhens are ok.

When examined closely they are a very nice bird indeed... :thumbs:

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I sometimes have to cull a few on my local fishing pond. These birds are found in high densities and persistantly eat anglers bait and even get caught on rod and line. They bully other birds. Its coots that cause the most damage but moorhens are ok.

When examined closely they are a very nice bird indeed... :thumbs:

 

I can understand it if there's a fair old few knocking about :yes:

 

But on our lake you only see one or two at a time so i dont feel he need to controll them :no:

 

But on the stream down the bottom theres a few and i sometimes let the dogs have a bit of fun chasing them up and down the streams!!!

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We used to have an annual 'coot shoot' to thin them out, they used to eat the feed put out for the ducks and geese. There's not much to eat on them though, just a tiny bit of breast meat on each side. Skin one and you'll see - they are not exactly meaty things.

 

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We used to have an annual 'coot shoot' to thin them out, they used to eat the feed put out for the ducks and geese. There's not much to eat on them though, just a tiny bit of breast meat on each side. Skin one and you'll see - they are not exactly meaty things.

 

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And I've heard that they taste pretty horrendous! I know my ferrets won't eat them!

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