Maidment78 Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 Afternoon all, Here is a odd one, just read an article here about someone who shot a couple oh hares, heres the thing. I never shoot them, have some sort of stange respect for the beasts and leave them alone all season. Is this just me being a tad odd? Just thought I would ask the question really then wonder off in to my own strange contradiction of a world killing one thng and not another....... Best be off, cooking kitten for tea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampire Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 Same here,i dont shoot hares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 We don't shoot them round here either, not many around, but in some parts of the country they are present in great numbers, so must be controlled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniel Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 Never shot one the farmer on our permission like to see them, BUT if I was asked to shoot one for the sake of pest control then i would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Fox Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 We have a lot around here, have shot the odd one "Jugged hare ", but mostly leave them alone, love too watch them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 Not at all strange. Lots of people don't like the taste of Hare. I happen to like it and I usually take two or three a year. I often see Hares that would be an easy shot but I often leave them to go about their business whilst slotting every Rabbit that I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulABF Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 I was pigeon shooting the other month and spent an enjoyable half hour or so watching three hares playing in the field and enjoying the sun. Even if I'd had my rifle I wouldn't have taken a shot. Shot one only about 3 years ago. Wouldn't shoot another. Don't see them very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobfish Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 used to go on hare drives 30 years ago, but their numbers declined around that time. We were told that their numbers were being knocked down by some form of disease. Stopped shooting them then to let them build up...... not shot one since I guess if they were carpeting the fields I'd start again but still rarely see them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayfly36 Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 (edited) And a definite NO NO here in N.I on my permissions anyway, by personal choice, and there anre plenty to trip over. Edited June 30, 2010 by mayfly36 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy111 Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 We used to have 2 shoot days, in Sept, for "long eared Snipe", since the dog ban. Problem was, not many were taken and I had to take them home. So, now, I have kicked the 2 drives into touch. When we meet up for a shoot day, question asked..............Who wants one? If no reply, NONE are ordered to be shot I like to see them when out feeding up and until the landowners complain, let them be Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 I only take leverets in August to October. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripey999 Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 We used to shoot them a lot 20 years ago when I lived in Norfolk but can't remember when I last saw one now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 And a definite NO NO here in N.I on my permissions anyway, by personal choice, and there anre plenty to trip over. Same here. Sadly you get the odd ***** that shoot them with air rifles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 It all depends on your ground I have one farm where we leave them as they aren't present in numbers yet another local estate where we shot 800 over two days on Hare drives. That estate is very well keepered, the ****** with dogs have been stopped from gaining access to the ground and obviously predator control is top notch. They didn't have a Hare drive last year but did the year before and that is because their tenant farmers were sustaining too much crop damage. I'm fairly sure we'll shoot the same number next year as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 we used to shoot a couple when we had our own little shoot put some ducks;partridges;pheasant on the land and whilst walking up the game; hares bolted and we shot a few but they were plentyfull on the ground then could see as many as 20 on any given day.but we had problems with dogmen and lampers taking them at will and numbers fell dramatically so we never shot another on that particular piece of land;so kind of stuck and don;t shoot them on any land at all now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I sometimes shoot the white ones. Very rarely take a brown hare. Could have had one the other day but there isn't enough to do any damage and I wasn't chancing it incase it had young. Need a hand shooting a few Alex? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 depends what estate we are on, some like them some dont as they attract the wrong sort of ppl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest1957 Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Ultimately, like any quarry species it really depends on local conditions. If they are plentiful enough to be a pest there is no moral objection to shooting them, if theu are rarer than hens' teeth then it takes more justification. But I think there are many people much more experienced here who can make the judgement on their own ground without getting knocked for doing so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSS Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I thinned some out last year with the .22lr, but wont shoot another unless I am asked to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colster Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I quite like the taste of hare but also agree with the OP and have a strange liking for them so rarely shoot them unless asked but then always lamped so not this time of year. I'd agree with Dazza and say that an air-rifle (non-FAC) is not the tool for the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT1 Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I have a couple on the farm, never touch them as I dont regard them as pests, and find them a very elegant and enigmatic creature that I prefer to watch rather than shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 No Hares around here but in some parts of the country I get invites to they are everywhere! Needs, situations and personal choice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 not this thread again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie10 Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Hares should be run in Daytime by dogs, more sporting and is better for the population. Hare drives are massacres. Sad day the Hunting ban. Had some brilliant days in the eighties with a vet and a coursing club in Norfolk. There were women, children and people from all walks of life. A real shame those days are gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 why is it better for the population? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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