Badger cull

[Sausagedog 7,381]

7 minutes ago, Alsone said:

Never heard of them being harmful but I'm far from a badger expert. So far as I was aware they like worms, slugs and carrion. Thanks for clearing that up. Never knew they attacked lambs and nesting birds.

They do like worms and slugs....right up to when they find a nest of birds or rabbits, a chicken or lamb, a deer kid or hedgehog.

Throw the fairy tale books away mate!

[Stavross 17,945]

They are far worse than a fox, they will eat anything, I’ve seen them dragging a lamb away that would be to big for a fox to tackle, where as a fox tends to have set routes and works a lot on smell, badgers are foragers and cover a lot more ground eating everything they come across, they are top of the food chain, no matter what the like of Brian ( the badger tw*t ) May will have you believe 

[walshie 2,804]

13 minutes ago, Alsone said:

Never heard of them being harmful but I'm far from a badger expert. So far as I was aware they like worms, slugs and carrion. Thanks for clearing that up. Never knew they attacked lambs and nesting birds.

We have sheep here and have lost far more lambs to badgers than to foxes. Cuddly brock they are not. There's a reason they're referred to as pigs. They're eating machines and boar badgers are aggressive b*****ds.

[Sausagedog 7,381]

7 minutes ago, walshie said:

We have sheep here and have lost far more lambs to badgers than to foxes. Cuddly brock they are not. There's a reason they're referred to as pigs. They're eating machines and boar badgers are aggressive b*****ds.

Correct Dave.

[Stavross 17,945]

A little bit off topic but me and my mate mosh were once out running his bitch saluki on hares ( must of been pre ban ) and a brock boar broke cover and instead of running away it went straight for the bitch, the badger was fended off but it goes to show their killer instinct because it wasn’t bothered one bit about me and mosh, all it wanted was little Lola 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

And they can run as fast as a greyhound! I wondered about entering one down the local track!

[Stavross 17,945]

They can shift, they run like a fat bird collecting her bingo winnings 

[David.evans 5,323]

I think as far as there concerned, discretion is the way forward some times I find it hard to tell the difference between them and fox tho my NV

[shovel leaner 7,650]

The science takes time to be proven , but the initial findings are that where the cull has significantly reduced badger numbers the number of TB reactors has fallen . 
         You won’t find any information from participants of the cull on an open forum as there are strict social media rules . But the cull is so widespread now that the antis are too few in number to be anything more than a minor irritation . 
        When the cull first started they were a major pain , but not anymore. The only reason I can see now why anyone would get involved in culling is if the landowner of your permission wants to sign up . If you don’t do it , they will get someone who will . And then you lose your permission. There is little or no financial incentive. 

 

[Baldcoot 2,352]

Yep already posted on another issue about lambs being ripped to pieces on 1 of my perms by these wild stripey dogs ,they are omnivores and will eat anything .

The badger cull here brought 6 weeks of relief before fresh stock moved in ,along with anti,s ,protesters and rent a knob.

The culler,s kept their i,d hidden ,we were not allowed on the land and they removed all remains.The rise in rabbit and bird population was amazing to see but lockdown screwed this ,visiting "camper,s" ate well i guess .

I wouldn,t join the cull if you paid me double,you have to pass a shooting test but then deal with all the sh,, from the anti,s and that,s not pleasant .And yes they should be on the general licence ,Ireland did it in 1967 and T,,b is now rare as hen,s teeth over there.

[shovel leaner 7,650]

7 hours ago, Baldcoot said:

Yep already posted on another issue about lambs being ripped to pieces on 1 of my perms by these wild stripey dogs ,they are omnivores and will eat anything .

The badger cull here brought 6 weeks of relief before fresh stock moved in ,along with anti,s ,protesters and rent a knob.

The culler,s kept their i,d hidden ,we were not allowed on the land and they removed all remains.The rise in rabbit and bird population was amazing to see but lockdown screwed this ,visiting "camper,s" ate well i guess .

I wouldn,t join the cull if you paid me double,you have to pass a shooting test but then deal with all the sh,, from the anti,s and that,s not pleasant .And yes they should be on the general licence ,Ireland did it in 1967 and T,,b is now rare as hen,s teeth over there.

If the landowner for your best permission said that he wanted to sign up for the cull and wanted you to do the culling , what would you do ?

        Because the way it works by me is , if you said no then cull operatives will be assigned that particular parcel of land . The operatives then have a foothold on your permission and in many cases obtain the deer shooting and fox shooting on the land as means of payment from the landowner. That is what “ is “ happening. Guys doing the cull are getting access to massive amounts of permission, so it’s worth the hassle . And “ one for the pot “ hunters are given a “ f@ck off tablet “, from permissions that they have had for years .

[David.evans 5,323]

The answer is there but unprintable 

[Pirate 9000 676]

I've heard of a couple of estates that have caught badger contractors shooting deer and hares when out culling, and will definitely never be aloud on the estates ever again.ive been asked to do culling by loads of land owners and explained why I don't want to do it,90 percent can now see it's more trouble than its worth, never lost any permission over it quite the opposite.

[Baldcoot 2,352]

Was told contractors doing it end off,never asked to do it.And luckily my landowner doesn't like strangers. 

I would imagine it's been a nightmare for the pot shooter being treated like that.But a lot of managed places  view us as easily replaceable. 

Sad fact of modern farming life.

[shovel leaner 7,650]

33 minutes ago, Pirate 9000 said:

I've heard of a couple of estates that have caught badger contractors shooting deer and hares when out culling, and will definitely never be aloud on the estates ever again.ive been asked to do culling by loads of land owners and explained why I don't want to do it,90 percent can now see it's more trouble than its worth, never lost any permission over it quite the opposite.

You are one of the lucky ones . I could go on about it but “loose lips” and all that. 
        There is a lot to be said in favour of the cull , but ultimately the government could have saved the tax payers millions by just putting badgers on general license. Then the ones who had problems could sort them out and ones that didn’t would leave them alone . All this stems from well meaning activists and government meddling in countryside matters about which they have no understanding. End of rant !!!