COLINSRI Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 I was thinking, say you go shooting and get 10 pigeons, 5 squirell, 4 rats, 2 jackdaw, 3 diseased rabbits, and a fox. How do you get rid of them after you have shot them? farmers generally want the vermin shot and removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Likes of Rabbits etc most people toss em in a hedge same with feral pigeons etc Non diseased Rabbits and woodies come home with me As for Fox a black binbag and in the bin most likely?? LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COLINSRI Posted April 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Likes of Rabbits etc most people toss em in a hedge same with feral pigeons etc Would that not attract other fox and rats onto the farm though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COLINSRI Posted April 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 As for Fox a black binbag and in the bin most likely?? LG Would the refuse collectors not have something to say about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 How many refuse people do you know open black bags to check the contents? It's not illegal from what i can gather??? LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Would that not attract other fox and rats onto the farm though? oh yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 I presume you have shot these things with the correct tool for the job?? Or are we speaking hypothetically?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancs Lad Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Eat em................................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 If it can be eaten then eat it. If you are shooting for pure pest control you may have an excuse but if it is just for "fun" then if you can't use it don't shoot it! As for non eatable vermin then double bag it and toss it away f you can't find a suitable hedge where the land owner or member of the public is not going to find it. There is the option of setting up feeding posts for foxes to bait them in but unless you have live rounds this is not really relevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P03 Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Pigeons and Squirrels go in the pot (squirrel is a very under utilised form of protein and its yummy ). Rats, Jackdaws and Bunnies in the hedge (though I'd be well ****#d off to have shot 3 Conies and they were ALL diseased) and the fox gets buried at the bottom of the garden (they ARE good for something.....Roses ) P03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il cacciatore Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Some Italians eat fox. I dont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P03 Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Some Italians eat fox. I dont. Dirty, horrible, smelly things......Foxes not Italians P03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davrian Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 Surely it's best to eat what you've shot! I see no sense in wasting good meat, especially after seeing the recently pinned squirrel preparation My discarded crows and jackdaws wind up in the composter. Wouldn't it be better for Foxes and anything else to be disposed of to be left more in the open and not thrown in a hedge? In the open it should attract Rooks, Crows, Magpies ect that will peck away at it and all birds of prey will scavenge given the opportunity, this way the carcass will eventually go whereas in hedge its just going to stink for weeks to come? Just my thoughts, never had to get rid of a Fox! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COLINSRI Posted April 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 I presume you have shot these things with the correct tool for the job??Or are we speaking hypothetically?? I am just interested into how to safely dispose of animals which may cause a health hazard if left on the farm. As with Fox's, at the moment hypothetically but you never no........someday I may need to know how to dispose of one that i have had to despatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Squirrel Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 well, there's actually guidelines for this sort of thing. Any dead carcass is a potential biohazard, so the best thing to do is incinerate them. Arrange with the landowner for an area of turf to be dug out (maybe 3ft diameter, 3ft deep) and lined with bricks, rocks or other hardcore. Line the bottom with dry, loose scrub or old fence timber, then throw the bodies in. Liberal application of kerosene, then a match. Stand well back and inhale that heady hydrocarbon goodness, then when it's gone out (I mean out, no smouldering), fill the hole back in and returf it. Carcasses are now safely disposed of and unlikely to pose a health risk or attract other vermin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flytie Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Anything you can't eat or make flies out of, bury! Ft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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