Before they built on it

[eastcoast 3,729]

Something came into work today that briefly dropped me out. The Nissan plant in Sunderland. I ran hares and tried to catch woodcock on the land that Nissan now stands. Ran the hares with mongrels so did not catch many and was not trying to shoot the woodcock, relying on my mongrels so never caught any. And of course did not strictly speaking have permission. But for some reason the dogs found woodcock scent irresistible. But that is a testament to the quality of that land as it was then. Rough boggy pasture. If the land holds hares and woodcock then it is clean and healthy.  

Anyway, anyone else hunted places that are now gone forever ?

[darbo 4,774]

Plenty a recent one a permission i had for over 20 years has had a big amazon depot built on it and other industrial units.

[dytkos 17,536]

3 minutes ago, darbo said:

Plenty a recent one a permission i had for over 20 years has had a big amazon depot built on it and other industrial units.

300 houses on the ground just up the road from me, always a last chance of a bunny on the way back in from lamping local.

Cheers, D.

[blackmaggie 3,375]

i a few one place i spent thousands of hours are local dockland that went to rack and ruin in the 70s 80s and early 90s is now all built up took everything on there from rat to deer but theres housing estates flying up all over another was my local golf course theres building starting on there shortly 

[Daniel cain 42,890]

 I can't complain as it keeps me in work, people need somewhere to live ... Around my way they seem to build on old factory ground and on what I would call flood plains..... I wouldn't personally buy a new build on these big new housing sites.... There's no community.... No f****r bothers talking to the neighbours it's unreal and you pay big bucks for your house and got to put up with the social housing lot, that are living there for pennys

[dogmad riley 1,337]

28 minutes ago, darbo said:

Plenty a recent one a permission i had for over 20 years has had a big amazon depot built on it and other industrial units.

Same here a big amazon depot and other units. Doncaster area

Used to be my regular local always guaranteed a few runs on hare, roe and occasional Charlie.  

Miss the land it's a mess now 

[darbo 4,774]

A pic of a section of the land now. It was all green belt land.

Edited December 20, 2019 by darbo

[Qbgrey 3,987]

Had a lovely bit of ground,next to a main rd with an industrial estate down one side and farmland the others.fox city it was,took loads.lamped it the last night before the housing company moved in.now got a school,aldi,toby carvery on it.sad times

[MickC 1,825]

1 hour ago, eastcoast said:

Something came into work today that briefly dropped me out. The Nissan plant in Sunderland. I ran hares and tried to catch woodcock on the land that Nissan now stands. Ran the hares with mongrels so did not catch many and was not trying to shoot the woodcock, relying on my mongrels so never caught any. And of course did not strictly speaking have permission. But for some reason the dogs found woodcock scent irresistible. But that is a testament to the quality of that land as it was then. Rough boggy pasture. If the land holds hares and woodcock then it is clean and healthy.  

Anyway, anyone else hunted places that are now gone forever ?

Apparently its heaving in the Nissan grounds with Hares and plenty Roe about.

[eastcoast 3,729]

6 minutes ago, MickC said:

Apparently its heaving in the Nissan grounds with Hares and plenty Roe about.

I still walk that land. Would question regarding hares. There was never Roe there but most defiantly are now. 

[low plains drifter 9,466]

1 hour ago, eastcoast said:

Something came into work today that briefly dropped me out. The Nissan plant in Sunderland. I ran hares and tried to catch woodcock on the land that Nissan now stands. Ran the hares with mongrels so did not catch many and was not trying to shoot the woodcock, relying on my mongrels so never caught any. And of course did not strictly speaking have permission. But for some reason the dogs found woodcock scent irresistible. But that is a testament to the quality of that land as it was then. Rough boggy pasture. If the land holds hares and woodcock then it is clean and healthy.  

Anyway, anyone else hunted places that are now gone forever ?

I work there mate, there's hares running about in the car parks, and sitting feeding on the grass verges

don't know the farmland around there, but it looks like it must have been a canny place with a few copses etc, they're doing some building on now, I hear it's going to be over 1000 houses

I watch the crows early morning they're like a murmuration of starlings massive flock of them, and nice view of penshaw monument, there used to be a coursing club there, the long inclined fields must have been hell for a greyhound

[low plains drifter 9,466]

23 minutes ago, MickC said:

Apparently its heaving in the Nissan grounds with Hares and plenty Roe about.

Hares always seem content living in and around industrial estates, and airports, get some good sized populations, well tended grass for constant grazing, and a bit of plantation to lie up in

[shaaark 10,136]

Where my current nearest tescos is. Was always plenty of woodcock on the land. No hares though

[eastcoast 3,729]

it was just a daft thing that popped into my head.

I still in live here and know what is available to hunt and what is not. What is still country and what is covered in concrete.

All the best, merry Christmas.

 

 

[jcm 2,326]

3 hours ago, darbo said:

Plenty a recent one a permission i had for over 20 years has had a big amazon depot built on it and other industrial units.

Beside a1??