mallet Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 What are the legal ways to dispose of crows etc after shooting as they don't enter the food chain. I've been asked to shoot them and I'd imagine it would be a bag of 15-30. Not commercial just doing a friend a favour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polester Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 We just leave them in the hedge for the badgers to eat. they're always gone in a coupe of days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 What are the legal ways to dispose of crows etc after shooting as they don't enter the food chain. I've been asked to shoot them and I'd imagine it would be a bag of 15-30. Not commercial just doing a friend a favour. Ask yourself the question ...where do all the bodies of all the birds, rats, fox, deer, badger, etc, etc, etc that die every day naturally go?? If you want to arrange appropriate waste disposal, talk to a reputable Pest Control Company or your local council. In reality, as long as you are not doing this on any sort of a commercial basis then you have lots of options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 You could try eating them and no ,I am not joking . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 (edited) You could try eating them and no ,I am not joking . Harnser . I have heard that before although I have never tried it. They used to eat rooks a lot and there was an article in one of the shooting mags about a year or so back on how to cook them. Apparantly the old nursery rhyme "Four and twenty black birds baked in a pie....." was a reference to rook pie Edited June 29, 2010 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 I leave them in the ditches out of the way from the public, they will soon disappear with foxes, cats, badgers and rats. Also at this time of the year the maggoots will soon clear them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1979 Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 tie them to a length of string...find a nice quiet stretch of river...canal etc...attach some wood to the string then throw them to a bush..hedge..tree on the oppssite bank,hoping the wood will snag on a branch leaving them dangling over the water. ...after a while the maggrots will drop off and you will have a nicely pre baited swim!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeh Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 Sell them to falconers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 tie them to a length of string...find a nice quiet stretch of river...canal etc...attach some wood to the string then throw them to a bush..hedge..tree on the oppssite bank,hoping the wood will snag on a branch leaving them dangling over the water. ...after a while the maggrots will drop off and you will have a nicely pre baited swim!!!! That is the best idea I think I have ever heard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabbitbosher Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) We dig a two foot hole on the farm and bury them The worms do the rest Good furtilizer LOL we dont want the risk of kites and buzzards getting lead poisening Eh ! Wb Edited March 10, 2011 by wabbitbosher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRamsay Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 You could try eating them and no ,I am not joking . Harnser . Ive ate then before,crows,rooks,magpies,and i,m not joking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat g Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 I knew a guy years ago that used to make Crow pie with the ones he shot! Hmm something i would'nt fancy but it never seemed to do him any harm. We just normally leave the carcases in the hedgerows but the farmer has asked before to leave a couple hanging from fences around crops that they have been attacking. Apparently it helps to keep crows away. Anybody else heard of that? . ATB Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berties Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 A mate of mine is a taxidermist and he gets rid of his waste for £5 a black bag straight in the incinerator,that is used by vets etc he used to dump them in a quarry but as waste transfer laws are tightened he is the only chap in the area that produces such waste,so would be easy to track down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Mule Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 I knew a guy years ago that used to make Crow pie with the ones he shot! Hmm something i would'nt fancy but it never seemed to do him any harm. We just normally leave the carcases in the hedgerows but the farmer has asked before to leave a couple hanging from fences around crops that they have been attacking. Apparently it helps to keep crows away. Anybody else heard of that? . ATB Pat I used to see it as a lad, back in Scotland, especially around lambing time. I've heard that it is now illegal though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 I used to see it as a lad, back in Scotland, especially around lambing time. I've heard that it is now illegal though. No i don't think it is - the giblet is usefull in the fact it lets the landowner know you aint just messing about, it doesnt seem to discourage others though crows are initially distressed by a dead companion it soon passes they are also good for training dogs though some dogs won't pick crows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 I have heard that before although I have never tried it. They used to eat rooks a lot and there was an article in one of the shooting mags about a year or so back on how to cook them. Apparantly the old nursery rhyme "Four and twenty black birds baked in a pie....." was a reference to rook pie been their done that rook is quite good but needs soaking in salt water for a day. crow is much the same but stronger, magpie is eerm like a funky tasting pigeon when you hungry you will eat any thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) No i don't think it is - the giblet is usefull in the fact it lets the landowner know you aint just messing about, it doesnt seem to discourage others though crows are initially distressed by a dead companion it soon passes they are also good for training dogs though some dogs won't pick crows its gibbet not giblet lol their just not the dont thing any more shame realy i like to se every thing strung up.. Edited March 10, 2011 by highseas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon123 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Just throw them in the hedge or down a valley out of sight and then let nature take it's place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 its gibbet not giblet lol their just not the dont thing any more shame realy i like to se every thing strung up.. my dispaxia again! humbug to "the done thing" they stink so much that it keeps those walkers on the right path route Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoTshoT-16 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 zoos would take them for the birds of prey etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 or you could cut the wings of at the body and send them to me and jackdaw heads too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 zoos would take them for the birds of prey etc Only if shot with steel though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duncan Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 sell crows feet etc on ebay to pagans (and a lot of stylistic wannabees too) for silly money. Im going to give rook pie a go in may - doing brancher day (may 12th) with my 10 year old, Jake and a couple of air rifles, naturally we're after the branchers just before they leave the nest and they should be pretty tender I think, in a sauce with lots of red wine and shallot. Fingers crossed we get a decent bag. A couple of pics from the other year - alone this time: Conditions were very sunny (as you can see) but also very windy and gusty up to about 30 mph. I picked 9 but lost more than the same number to birds either snagged in trees on the way to the ground: Obviously I retrieved that one :o Not this one though: Some were just in deep undergrowth and unfindable: more snacks for the incumbent badger - a sett is in the same spinney. Looking forward to this years Brancher day - is anyone else partaking? Duncan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 you cant beat rook pie, we dont seem to have rookeries up hear we had shooting over 1 awsome one when i was at home the old bsa and webly airguns with open sights killed many a brancher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardo Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Gamekeepers gibbets whilst not illegal are advised against by BASC, they don't discourage other birds and they certainly don't help the image of the shooting community in the eyes of the general public Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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