Ian750 Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 Now that it's August is anyone shooting brown hares? Round here there are more hares than rabbits and the farmer on one of my permissions has lost patience and asked me to shoot a few. Being honest I've always left them alone, but now I've been asked (told!) I guess there'll be some jugged hare for tea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster123 Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 nah i ve always liked watching them to much to shoot them .then again i dont see that many on my permissions.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 More to the point I'm shooting them because I can see them now. What's with this "now that it's August" business? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colster Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 Don't shoot hare very often but avoid the summer months and always take them for the pot when I do shoot them. Nice meat on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvbus Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 Saw a young one this afternoon driving out of Cropton/Gale Rigg this evening and it looked like it had 'mixi'. I didn't think hares got it! I don't suppose there is any reason why they wouldn't but I have never seen one with it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 A farmer has requested this week that I clear half of how many I see on his land at any time, given I'm not there very often now his poults are in the pens I need to pass to get to the bit he needs thinning out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 We leave 'em alone at the moment;landowner is in for stewardships plus other grants,so he doesn't want any shooting 'til further notice.Must admit there are a lot about;we had a hare drive some years ago and got 27 in less than 300 acres in an afternoon.There must be more than that around now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyb Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 We clear a few down Keeps the gyppo's off... sad state really, I don't enjoy it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesbach Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 dont see many round my way..dont think ive seen more than 5 in about 7yrs!! how do you mean it keep the 'gyppos' off gary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 dont see many round my way..dont think ive seen more than 5 in about 7yrs!! how do you mean it keep the 'gyppos' off gary? think he just means it keeps the traveling folk from using the land for sporting dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyb Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 Just that. They are shot on sight, in order to keep the ***** interest at bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Now that it's August is anyone shooting brown hares? Round here there are more hares than rabbits and the farmer on one of my permissions has lost patience and asked me to shoot a few. Being honest I've always left them alone, but now I've been asked (told!) I guess there'll be some jugged hare for tea! the young are no longer dependant on parents and a fair size so if asked its fine, shoot a few though they can't be sold at the moment so keep them for your and friends consumption. My main shoot we very rarely shoot any and numbers are healthy but not over run on a few neighbouring shoots we do have hare drives and shoot a lot as our ground seems pretty good for them, bit sobering seeing 400 hung up but its humane and pest control and that many hares eat a lot of crop. I like shooting them on vermin days as they are pretty sporting but use at least 4's if you are using a shotgun, rifle HMR upwards will be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiss.tony Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Counted 31 in three feilds last night out lamping shoot odd ones just for pot but they dont really do much damage nice to see them ..........swiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David BASC Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 I love Hare, As an animal I think it is magical and watch in wonder when I see them on our shoot and the meat is fantastic! However, we are not exactly over run with them on our shoot so we tend to leave them alone David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Nah, only see a handful on the farm, we leave them be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fendrover90 Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 south lincolnshire /fens are crawling with hares since the dogs packed up my hmr's doing its bit to keep them under control though !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby63 Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 North Yorkshire fields are lifting with hares !! Great watching a dog on a hare total bliss and takes a good dog on its own to catch one ( them days ) But a sod just the same shoot it !! lol :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve29 Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 I see plenty on certain fields on one permission, but none on the other and they're not very far apart. Populations seem to be concentrated even locally. I leave them well alone, unless i'm asked to shoot them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicykillgaz Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 i hate shooting hare as there a beautiful creature but if asked i will shoot them, i had 14 out of one beat field just walking up and down the rows with my sisters lab (he was a bit insecure so never strayed more than 5-10ft away and never really gave chase so ideal for shooting over) i snapped my old game bag carrying 4 of the beggers! i've just left them as fox food since, my old man use to give them to the travellers who was passing by, they always use to park up on a track in the middle of our land, he got bacon butties back in return so there not all bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegleg31 Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 i hate shooting hare as there a beautiful creature but if asked i will shoot them, i had 14 out of one beat field just walking up and down the rows with my sisters lab (he was a bit insecure so never strayed more than 5-10ft away and never really gave chase so ideal for shooting over) i snapped my old game bag carrying 4 of the beggers! i've just left them as fox food since, my old man use to give them to the travellers who was passing by, they always use to park up on a track in the middle of our land, he got bacon butties back in return so there not all bad i'm working in gainsborough at the moment and i've noticed a shed load of *****'s is there a big camp near by? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian750 Posted August 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Must admit Fendrover90 I agree, they seem to be more in numbers this year than any time I remember. Don't know whether its anything to do with the bout of mixy that reared it's ugly head again last year that has severely dented the bunny population this year and the hares have simply moved in to an otherwise vacant spot. Just thinking aloud here, that's the only reason I can come up with! Anyway I've been asked to shoot a few so that's what I'll have to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ91 Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 (edited) we shoot a big number on my permissions, they are every where, after a good few months of hedge planting last year the farmers wanted them thinning out, didnt realise how many there was until we had a walk about day! i know of a couple big shoots nearby that have hare days, they have 1000s of acres on the wolds and below, last shoots there produced well over 250 hares a day between 20 guns they do a hec of alot of damage so i shoot them as i have been asked to, testing shots sometimes oh and always shoot them at the end of the day...they are a fair lump to cart about!! Edited August 8, 2010 by TJ91 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 not many down here,so dont shoot them,i like to see them about and so do the farms i shoot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 I was asked to shoot them on one permission because they were doing a lot of damage.I have seen it somewhere that three hares can eat as much as a sheep can in a day.On another permisssion they want them left alone because they have a hare shoot after harvest.You do what keeps the owner happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redgum Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Most of the farmers I know in Gloucestershire seem to like to see the hares about and do not want them shot. I have had to shoot a few pesky ones with the hmr that have ring barked young apple trees on one of my permissions. I like to see them running about though and only shoot them if I have to. They have no close season, apart from not being able to sell em between April and September ( I think ) an olde daft law to attempt mass slaughter in the breeding season. Personally I would'nt shoot them until September. As for Myxy, I doupt if they get it as they may look like big rabbits but they are about as closely related to a rabbit as a frog is to a cow, surprising but true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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