Hare Shoots On Estates.

[stonewall 1,913]

just want to know we often hear about driven hare shoots and 100s of hares being shot on estates in a season over in england.has any legal irish coursing club or clubs or any one indivudal ever tried to catch these hares for release in ireland.would they survive.i know they are a different breed of hare to whats here in ireland. it just seems to be an awful waste of beautiful running machine.

[markdog 18]

Invited on a hare shoot once, never again absolute murder no sport, gun after gun lined walking across field almost impossible for hare to get away.

Like a bit of shooting but give the quarry a sporting chance.

[Dan25 87]

That's what pisses me off there's no fair game in that when a dog is pursuit of it's game it has every chance of getting away but guns there's only 1 winner

[grompz 703]

bstards and jerks that indulge in this mass garnage of this truelly and magnificient sportingbeast need the guns turning on themselfs,sorry to offend any shooters on here but to me there is no better and humane way to control hares than coursing but we have tony bliar and his cronies to thank for that.

[bobby2 326]

Most of them that I no do it to keep lurcher lads off

[Tiercel 6,986]

bstards and jerks that indulge in this mass garnage of this truelly and magnificient sportingbeast need the guns turning on themselfs,sorry to offend any shooters on here but to me there is no better and humane way to control hares than coursing but we have tony bliar and his cronies to thank for that.

It's pest control plain and simple, have a look at the numbers shot each year, they will fluctuate but they keep the same numbers roughly of hares shot every year. If it did not work they would not have to do it every year.

 

Land can only support a given number of hares before it is to the detriment of the hare. The same estates have been having hare shoots for a long time and every year there is a surplice that they cull. Keeps the hares healthy, (well those that live that is) and plenty of room for this years crop to grow.

 

It is no coincidence that the hares are on highly keepered estates, hardly any predators and protected through the winter, no wonder there is a surplice to cull.

 

TC

[JAE B 513]

And the saddest part about it is there's 3 guns or more firing at one time so who knows who's hitting what no sport in it at all cruel fcukers

[Fieldsporthunter 1,864]

Heard of a couple thousand shot not so long ago to keep dog lads off.

Would not let a lad that offered to buy hares take to game dealers . . . just left them in a pile.

[Tiercel 6,986]

Most of them that I no do it to keep lurcher lads off

That is totally different to end of year hare shoots. What you have said no doubt goes on but it is to get rid of the hares not manage them.

 

TC

[slip lead 862]

All about money, people come from all over Europe,and pay top $ for the privilege.

 

On the gamekeepers section a few years back, a fella said every March they (mostly French) shoot 700-1000 every year.

[brambles 3,062]

I've seen Italian guns practically chase them through a wood firing at them, it certainly wasn't sporting

[zigzag dan 784]

i have shot foxes , killed all sorts with my lurchers ,,,,,,,,,,but i don't know why ,,,,,,,,,,,i just couldn't pull the trigger on a hare ,,,,,,,perhaps its down to respect for such an athlete who gave me such good times at Waterloo Cup , other days coursing , and the fact that you judge any lurcher you own by the way he tackles a hare .

[nans pat 2,575]

cxxts shooting em need shooting.

[Haiddheliwr 1,911]

Really wish that something could be done to end this madness. There is no justification for this slaughter, we can only watch as this continues and they ban what we did. Makes no f**kin sense at all! This country is fu**in totally in the s**t ignoring this appalling alternative to what was deemed so bad that we did. Sorry for the rant lads!

[keepitcovert 842]

Call it pest control, or sport, its sickening to watch, said it before its like being a member of a firing squad, something you should never do, and certainly something i would never do.