MagiKelly

This keeps coming up. Who is trapping foxes without having the means to dispatch them? I asked the question. As of yet no trap has even been bought or constructed. I am making sure that the means of dispatch are sorted out in advance in line withe the law and I hope best practice. I have asked on this forum to ensure the chosen method is humane. Now as I asked a while ago. Does a 12 gauge not ruin the trap?

A mentioned the couple are not particularly familiar with guns but not squeamish. I had initially thought there may me a tech nice for pinning the fox down with a forked stick etc them using some form of spike to dispatch it but it seems guns of one form or another are the favoured route. If I am to just use my 12 gauge will it not damage the trap?

I am a member of BASC, have been for a few years now. I did not know that having only a few posts on here so far meant there was questions I should not ask.. In what way would the answers differ if I had 1000 posts?

Nothing, which is why I have not linked to one.

You need to include it. https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q562.htm You all seem to be clinging to this bit. and forgetting about this bit. Your application is exempt from the act and so your caution must be listed even though it is a spent.

They have not trapped a fox yet and would not without a way of dispatching it sorted out. They are in a rural location and it may be the answer is getting the nearby farmer to dispatch it or me coming over to do it. I was just wondering if there was an accepted alternative. They have kept hens for years without issue and never lost any but over the last couple of months lost two batches. So chances are this will be one or two foxes to be dealt with. Snaring is not an option and so far there has not been any luck waiting with the gun.

A friend is having trouble with foxes taking his hens. It is an intermittent problem and for a few reasons a live trap is the best solution. They do not have a gun in the house and I don't fancy having to go over every time they get a fox. So as the thread title. What is the best way for them to dispatch the fox once it is trapped? And they have no worries about preserving the pelt in good condition if that is a factor.

Worth noting that the Photostream ones are resized so if you want full size versions use one of the apps that will do it by bluetooth or wifi.

You can use any video camera that takes A standard SD card. Just get an Eye Fi card for it. It is a standard SD card but has a mini wifi zone built in that transfers pictures and video to your PC or Iphone or Ipad. I have them in all my cameras so i can transfer pictures in the field and post them online or whatever. It also means i can use my waterproof camera when the weather is dodgy rather than trying to take picture with my phone. They are not even expensive. I think my 4gb one was just over £20. More info http://www.eye.fi/

Sam has used the igloo since she was a puppy. I had it in the house when she was a puppy and her bed was in it. So by the time it went in the garden she was used to it as a place to sleep. She uses it any time the weather is poor but she is getting a bit big for it. And she has had a chew at it as well.

Sam my Rotty is a year and a half now and the original plastic outdoor house / kennel I got her is getting past its best. A bit chewed and just not up to the job. Sam is in the garden during the day when I am at work so I don't need a run as such, just a place for her to shelter from the rain and cold. I looked at a lot of solutions and was really taken with the K9 Kondo idea http://www.k-9kondo.com/ of a barrel converted into a kennel. Now since I am in Scotland my mind did not take long to turn to the idea of a whiskey barrel. A few minutes on google and a couple of phone calls got me in touch with a cooperage less than a mile from my work in Glasgow. Used barrels are £25 for a normal and £40 for a large. I went for a large one. Getting it home needed the help of a friend with a van. Converting to a kennel was easy. I used a chainsaw to cut the opening. I drilled holes at the back to allow some through ventilation. I used some zinc roof ridge to make a porch overhang and I had foam kennel flooring just the right size for the inside. The wood of the barrel itself is at least and inch and a half thick so well insulated on its own. I have the barrel up on some stumps and have painted the front. So all in it cost me just the £40 and it will last a lifetime. Sam loves it although I have left her old house out for the moment as the new one still smells pretty strongly of whiskey. Not sure I want to come home to a drunk Rotty . In the winter I may add a swing door to help hold the heat a little but it really is not needed and I want to let it air as much as possible at the moment. Some pictures. From the front showing the inside and insulation. The string in the middle is tied through the bung hole to hold the floor insulation in place. From a slight angle. The barrel is about 4 foot long and three foot diameter at the middle. and with Sam inside. Note she could be quite a bit further back into it if she wanted.

See that's what I want to avoid is a FAO giving me some made up figure and me having to abide by it. If I had to be 75 yards from the road thereis nowhere I could safely shoot this field without shot falling on roads or other properties.

Thanks. That seems unanimous. So I can crack on.

There are two areas on my permission. One well away from any roads but another is bounded by roads on two sides. The best place for decoying this bit and to provide 300 yards plus of safe drop for the shot is at the hedge bounding the road. I seem to remember something about not shooting within 50 yards of a road but have never seen anything referring to this when looking. I know I can't have shot falling onto land I do not have permission which is part of why I want to shoot with the road at my back. So my question is it legal to shoot a shotgun within 50 yards of a road on land you have permission? I am shooting in Scotland if that makes a difference.

It's www.SongofthePaddle.co.uk aimed at canoeists as opposed to kayakers, although all are welcome.