aris Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/11256128/Nine-thousand-rabbits-culled-on-tiny-Hebridean-island-and-sold-to-France.html That's one sweet permission! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 They want to try a different game dealer .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdsallpl Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Not a very pleasant job, but it had to be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyn2233 Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Sounds a good job to do when can I start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Hang on Edward Cooke has written about this in Sporting Gun i think! Cheers Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdsallpl Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Sounds a good job to do when can I start I would think even the most enthusiastic of us would be sick of it well before it got to a few hundred let alone 9000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyn2233 Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 I would think even the most enthusiastic of us would be sick of it well before it got to a few hundred let alone 9000nope id do it better than sat in house watching TV. Hang on Edward Cooke has written about this in Sporting Gun i think! Cheers Aled he has was a good read think it was a few month back now tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Hang on Edward Cooke has written about this in Sporting Gun i think! Cheers Aled Correct. It was a few issues ago, when he and his team just started on the island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdsallpl Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 nope id do it better than sat in house watching TV. Have to agree with that. Anything is better than sitting in doors watching TV. But I can think of many things I would rather do. Such as having a mooch around where I know are warrens and taking a couple of rabbits for the pot. Or sitting in a hedge under a flight line and hoping for a few pigeons. Or even just a casual walk with my dog through the fields with a pair of binos around my neck. As you can tell I am anti slaughter but recognise that it has to be done. I know we have to take the rough with the smooth. ATB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 119 rabbits in one night was my personal best - it got very mundane towards the end. It was a cull job with instructions to leave them there for other wildlife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arjimlad Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Ed wrote three articles, I think, about this .. made great reading. An important job which needed doing thoroughly & humanely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 (edited) I remember this, its an interesting story. (make of it what you will.) a team from NZ laid 20 tonnes of rat poison after removing 130 rare mice to rid the island of rats back in 2006, the rats had reached "plague" proportions, this lack of rats is now blamed for a rabbit explosion, strange things happen when species are introduced especially to a small island, other examples include Mink and Hedgehogs in the rest of the Hebrides. forgot to mention that the initial rat cull cost £580,000 Edited November 28, 2014 by islandgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted November 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Didnt someone release myxomatosis in Australia to try to eradicate rabbits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo86 Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Ed and his guys do the pest control on my ground. Actually must have been out this week with his silenced .410 as there are a few cartridges dotted about. Must seem quiet after dealing with that number! Very good at what he does, and it hasn't stopped me from shooting 200 rabbits in our horse paddocks where he won't go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Didnt someone release myxomatosis in Australia to try to eradicate rabbits? I think they developed myxie in Aus, they have enormous problems there, having introduced rabbits which quickly reached plague proportions due to extended breeding season, Brits introduced foxes to control the rabbits etc etc, I understand that in NZ when they want to eradicate an invasive spp they catch as many of the native spp as they can and keep them in a zoo, then poison everything else, invasive species eradication is big business worldwide, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srspower Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 I think id enjoy shooting them but gutting them would be a nightmare! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 119 rabbits in one night was my personal best - it got very mundane towards the end. It was a cull job with instructions to leave them there for other wildlife. I know exactly what you mean ..my PB is 213 and that was shooting for only half the night , if I had carried on all night would probably have shot 400 + but I stopped as I actually started getting bored with shooting them..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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