Paul Cat Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 Rabbits, food for people or animals (pets or scavengers) I suppose. Leave them out and they are gone in no time at all. Foxes though, what do you do with them? And while we're about it, are foxes really a pest? I know they can be a danger to lambs, chickens and game birds but they also keep the rabbits down, no? According to this article (okay, it's the BBC) they do some good. http://www.discoverwildlife.com/british-wildlife/do-we-really-need-control-foxes-uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moorlander Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 The fox population gets out of control without management , they do kill lambs, poultry and game birds , fact . I shoot foxes and so do a lot of people I know, none of us would want to see foxes eradicated , foxes are needed but not in the quantities they get to unmanaged, keeping the balance is the key. The way to dispose of them is in the bottom of a hedgerow or over the fence within woodland, hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 59 minutes ago, Paul Cat said: Rabbits, food for people or animals (pets or scavengers) I suppose. Leave them out and they are gone in no time at all. Foxes though, what do you do with them? And while we're about it, are foxes really a pest? I know they can be a danger to lambs, chickens and game birds but they also keep the rabbits down, no? According to this article (okay, it's the BBC) they do some good. http://www.discoverwildlife.com/british-wildlife/do-we-really-need-control-foxes-uk I responded to this article by telling them the RSPB are probably responsible for more fox control than any other single organisation in the UK. Virtually every RSPB nature reserve has one or more people contracted by the RSPB to shoot foxes in order to protect ground nesting birds. Cheers Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckhurstBen Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 Ask any gamekeeper this time of year their thoughts on foxes, personally I’d wipe the f**kers of the face of the planet. I might get some sleep then. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermincinerator Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 Chuck em in the hedge. Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No i deer Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 This time of year the carcase will be skin and bones in a week once the flies find them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weejohn Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 I either put them out of sight or leave them as they fall. 2 of the last Fox's I had left them out in the open , there was only fluff and bones left after 3 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montey Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 This seems like a leading question? Why are you gathering data?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miseryguts Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 9 hours ago, Montey said: This seems like a leading question? Why are you gathering data?? Exactly forums have been infiltrated before M (paranoid in sunny Monmouthshire) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Haha, singing like canaries in response to a leading question by the OP who has only 5 posts, has only been a member here for 3 weeks and hasn't logged in during the last 10 days ? I wonder if you could let me have the 1st and 3rd numbers of your pin while you're all at it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckhurstBen Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Thanks for the heads up Sherlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Maybe someone from the management might think it wise to remove this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 5 hours ago, BuckhurstBen said: Thanks for the heads up Sherlock I’m here for you Bro.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moorlander Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 10 hours ago, bradders said: Haha, singing like canaries in response to a leading question by the OP who has only 5 posts, has only been a member here for 3 weeks and hasn't logged in during the last 10 days ? I wonder if you could let me have the 1st and 3rd numbers of your pin while you're all at it!! Who cares , no one has claimed to be doing anything illegal , the information on how farmers/keepers / pest controllers operate is no secret , shooting magazines are full of it , I`m happy to discuss fox shooting face to face with anyone , if they are not educated enough to understand how the countryside ticks thats their look out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moorlander Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 4 hours ago, Big Al said: Maybe someone from the management might think it wise to remove this thread? Why? I`m not ashamed of my perfectly legal fox shooting activities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanonry Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 12 hours ago, Miseryguts said: infiltrated ? how did I get 'in' then ??? There is a guy in Cornwall that eats them - but normally limited himself to assorted roadkill. Keeps 'em in a freezer. Gets a lot in as much of it is 2 - dimensional. There was a documentary on him a few years back, the wife refused to be seen on camera for some reason. The biggest shock was that he had a wife... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT3_richy Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Chanonry said: There is a guy in Cornwall that eats them - but normally limited himself to assorted roadkill. Keeps 'em in a freezer. Gets a lot in as much of it is 2 - dimensional. There was a documentary on him a few years back, the wife refused to be seen on camera for some reason. The biggest shock was that he had a wife... Dunno if this is the chap; https://youtu.be/OQvt-gxbq5E Badger tongue...yum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckhurstBen Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 Ha ha ha! Classic, now that is rare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montey Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 So no denial or out raged comment from op what Bradders says ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaggletooth Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 On 7/18/2018 at 11:23 PM, GT3_richy said: Dunno if this is the chap; https://youtu.be/OQvt-gxbq5E Badger tongue...yum. He has a touch of the Hannibal Lecter about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cat Posted August 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2018 Thanks to those of you who gave sensible answers, much appreciated and apologies for the tardy reply. I've cleared all the rabbits from a new permission so eventually will have to start on the foxes which will be looking elsewhere for food. The nearest pheasant shoot is on adjoining land which means in the short term the foxes are someone else's problem but there'll be lambs on 'my' permission next Spring so now would be a good time to put in a variation and, if successful, get some practice. As for some of the others who replied, keep the tinfoil hats on boys. Next time I'm at the commune, sitting cross-legged in the yurt with Tamsin, and Swampy, sipping organic nettle tea, I'll table.........I mean carpet a motion that despite being murdering meat eaters you're pretty harmless. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruger7717 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 I just hedge them, that said its a private estate of 9000 acres, with very few public footpaths.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruger7717 Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 On 8/20/2018 at 12:01 AM, Paul Cat said: Thanks to those of you who gave sensible answers, much appreciated and apologies for the tardy reply. I've cleared all the rabbits from a new permission so eventually will have to start on the foxes which will be looking elsewhere for food. The nearest pheasant shoot is on adjoining land which means in the short term the foxes are someone else's problem but there'll be lambs on 'my' permission next Spring so now would be a good time to put in a variation and, if successful, get some practice. As for some of the others who replied, keep the tinfoil hats on boys. Next time I'm at the commune, sitting cross-legged in the yurt with Tamsin, and Swampy, sipping organic nettle tea, I'll table.........I mean carpet a motion that despite being murdering meat eaters you're pretty harmless. ? Nice reply to the scaremongering folk here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner223 Posted August 27, 2018 Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 I have a few footpaths on one of my permissions plus the hunt go on there , so i take them home and black bag them and into the freezer, then on dustbin day out they go, no smell as there still frozen, job done, and you may ask why not lay-bys and gateways, i shoot a lot of fox's and most of the gateways\ lay-bys are already full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cat Posted August 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2018 Now that's clever. Almost as cunning as ummmmm, something. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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