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A bit of a daft one and will probably get lots of different views on this but here goes..

 

I've recently been given a wood to shoot in pigeon and vermin etc by my local keeper , i walked through the other day and knocked a huge hare up now hares around sheffield/Rotherham are rarely seen and I love to see hares in the field , the keeper would have shot it as he says it encourages dog men to come on the land the question is would you have shot it and have I gone soft ..

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A bit of a daft one and will probably get lots of different views on this but here goes..

 

I've recently been given a wood to shoot in pigeon and vermin etc by my local keeper , i walked through the other day and knocked a huge hare up now hares around sheffield/Rotherham are rarely seen and I love to see hares in the field , the keeper would have shot it as he says it encourages dog men to come on the land the question is would you have shot it and have I gone soft ..

No, they don't fly well...

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I stopped shooting hares a few years back, we haven't got that many on the marshes and the ones that are there are safe ,we know its wrong to shoot them in the breeding season, but is it wrong to shoot pigeons when there breeding as well , in my case I do shoot pigeons all the year round but will the day come when they have a closed season on pigeons ? I think there will be one in the not to distance future........What is your thoughts on a close season ?

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I stopped shooting hares a few years back, we haven't got that many on the marshes and the ones that are there are safe ,we know its wrong to shoot them in the breeding season, but is it wrong to shoot pigeons when there breeding as well , in my case I do shoot pigeons all the year round but will the day come when they have a closed season on pigeons ? I think there will be one in the not to distance future........What is your thoughts on a close season ?

Pigeons breed all through the year. At least they do in my garden. No point in a close season for something that doesn't have a certain breeding season.

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The answer to that question is no . I have a farm where i regularly see up to six hares on the fields and i have caught hare courses on there . I've given them the chance to remove the dogs from the field and to not return . It is a problem for game keepers to stop this happening . In my mind hares are a game animal and only shot in game season . I would only shoot one if it was for a very good reason.

 

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One estate I worked on had lots of hares and we did have some problems with poachers so hares were controlled fairly hard which did discourage them. It would be nothing to see 30+ in a single field and we used to shoot 100+ driven hares most seasons and quite a few with the rifle so it didn't have a dramatic effect on there numbers. I'm not keen on taking hares where numbers are low and it is nice to see them. If I remember correct 3 hares (and 5 rabbits) will eat the same amount as 1 sheep so where numbers are high they are just as problematic as rabbits although the numbers don't escalate as quick.

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One of the best ways to deter hare courses is someone shooting in the fields. We get them around us but they won't run dogs when we are there shooting. I love to see those mad March hares boxing and chasing around on the early wheat fields. I used to go on big hare shoots but not been on one for many years and would decline the chance to go if they started up again.

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Abundant around here and we do get problems with the dog men from time to time. I shot my second hare, since i started shooting ( shot one a couple of years ago ), a couple of weeks back. I was passed on a amazing sounding recipe, junipers, forcemeat inside cavity then slow cooked in cider with root vegetables, when the perfect candidate passed within range of the muzzle loader i pulled the trigger, big old buck hare. I don't regret it but i don't shoot them often.

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How is it part of his job. ? Shoot hairs to stop people with dogs killing them, that makes sense.

I didn't say it was part of his job just pointing out that people such as gamekeepers have obligations to control them when they are causing problems on the land they are looking after, they can do considerable damage to crops when in abundance. The fact that it deters dogmen means you haven't got them poaching, leaving gates open, possibly stealing etc. Working all hours on a rearing field, maintaining woodland/habitats and controlling vermin is time consuming enough without running about chasing poachers into the small hours.

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