bothbarrels Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 I recentely went out lamping with a chap I met through Pigeon watch. He has a ton of land on which to shoot a lovely gun and a newish 4x4, everything you could want really.. We set off around 10.30 at night, to start with he shot and I lamped, he was using a rimfire, wich was dead accurate, and made a clean kill every time, but to my horror and disgust, he simply left the rabbits where they were shot and wasn't the least bit interested in picking them up. I then took my turn, whilst he drove and lamped, and he was most disgruntled because I insisted on retrieving everything I'd bagged. needless to say I won't be going out with him again, I recon the least you can do for your quarry, is have the decency to either eat it or give it to someone who will. What do you recon, is he in his rights to do this or a **** like I think? BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankeedoodlepigeon Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Well it is pest control. I use what I can but thats just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy130 Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 unfortunatly some people just shoot for fun and call it pest control. Our farmers wouldn't be happy to find rabbit carcasses everywhere. And what do they attract? other pests!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttab Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) Your their to do a job of pest control but if your to kill vermin you should put the meat to good use if you can . Edited September 13, 2011 by ttab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Many years ago I recall meeting the farmer on whos land the majority of my rabbit shooting exists. "Shoot the rabbits, do ne shoot me beasts" "Shoot the rabbits, do ne shoot me sheep" "Pick up what ye can use; leave the rest" "The crows will eat the rabbits............ shoot the crows" "The foxes will eat the rabbits............ Shoot the foxes" "Do ne shoot me beasts, do ne shoot me sheep" I agree that it is good to utilise as much as possible, but there are limits as to what the game dealer / butcher can or will take, or you can use yourself. Its important to establish what the landowners wishes are. On land where game is reared for shooting, a number of dead rabbits around the estate will provide diversionary feeding and reduce the keepers losses. Dead bunnies all over the shop doesn't look good at first, but nature is quick to recycle. Its a pity that you've decided to sevre your contact with the chap who was happy to take you shooting; maybe it would have been better to go with the flow. I've shot with a number of PW members over the years, always enjoyed their company and hospitality, and been happy to comply with their wishes. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckyshot Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Depending on what ground Im on I have no problem leaving rabbits where they are shot. My land owners are not bothered as they can't eat his grass when they are dead. If I can use them I will but there are only so many rabbits you can use and not many people want them these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 He is doing a job and just because you dont agree with him think your post is a bit harsh, job is to remove rabbits if you want to eat them or give them away good on you, (and the best outcome) but he isnt doing anything I wouldnt if I had to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 as others have said, its his permission, if the landowner wasent happy, he wouldent be shooting it, at a PW'members permission that I get invited too, its easy to shoot 60 rabbits a night, we mostly pick them up and use them, but on occassions we have left them where they lay, the farmer dont mind as he see's a good job is being done, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Galore! Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 What Webber said, it's their shoot not yours, personally i use what i can but just lately they've been full of mixy, some are rotten with it, what would i possibly do with them? i always leave the odd one for the foxes anyway, only fair really considering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
here iam Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 I recentely went out lamping with a chap I met through Pigeon watch. He has a ton of land on which to shoot a lovely gun and a newish 4x4, everything you could want really.. We set off around 10.30 at night, to start with he shot and I lamped, he was using a rimfire, wich was dead accurate, and made a clean kill every time, but to my horror and disgust, he simply left the rabbits where they were shot and wasn't the least bit interested in picking them up. I then took my turn, whilst he drove and lamped, and he was most disgruntled because I insisted on retrieving everything I'd bagged. needless to say I won't be going out with him again, I recon the least you can do for your quarry, is have the decency to either eat it or give it to someone who will. What do you recon, is he in his rights to do this or a **** like I think? BB Well i agree with you mate yes land owners want rid but the least you should do is remove them i give a lot away to people and eat them :good:and also put them round Farm shops he is probabley too lazy to clean them leaving dead animals all over the place does not present the sport very well i have come across piles of dead pigeons in hedge rows dead Hares and Foxes god Knows what walkers and land owners thing also antis : Folk like him probabley leave piles of used cartridges about as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 We shoot rabbits - best night somewhere between 150 and 200 in one night. We don't pick them up; it takes too long and most have mixy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 regardless of ur point of view, when he reads this i dont think he will be inviting u back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 regardless of ur point of view, when he reads this i dont think he will be inviting u back. There are chaps on here screaming out for a chance to get out shooting, congratulations on the foot bullet you have produced! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 I cannot think of a single good reason to leave them all behind. Personally i feel it gives us all a bad name and fuels the anti. If it were me i wouldn't have not shot just spent the evening picking up, there is always a market for rabbits if you look. It sickens me too, life is too short to associate with such people - shame on you whoever you are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artschool Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 judge not lest ye be judged yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 i just cant wait to find out who took him lamping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy130 Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Rabbits with mixey shoulld be incenerated......otherwise your just putting it back into the soil..... :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bothbarrels Posted September 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 You'll never know, but i tell you what you'd make a good pair! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark the hat Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 each to there own..... atb mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) I cannot think of a single good reason to leave them all behind. 1. it's pest control - we don't head shoot, it's about getting the job done 2. it really would take too long to pick them up - we would be forever in and out of the truck. Say you shoot 120 rabbits in a night and it takes just 1 single minute to stop the truck, locate, jump down, collect and retrieve. That's 2 hours. It's pest control, not a poetic strole through the countryside. Moreover, the farmer would think I was crackers - aside from everything else I couldn't stand an evening of **** taking. 3. most have mixy - why would I want to collect a rabbit with mixy? I don't pick foxes up either. Mind you, I am still dedicating my fox shooting to Morrisey, but I'm happy to post anyone a dead fox if that floats your boat. EDIT: Rabbits with mixey shoulld be incenerated......otherwise your just putting it back into the soil..... :blink: Believe it or not, the farmers actually like mixy I'm not sure if it was a man made virus but I recal reading somewhere it was deliberately released here and in Australia to knock out the bunnies. Edited September 13, 2011 by Mungler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bothbarrels Posted September 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 1. it's pest control - we don't head shoot, it's about getting the job done 2. it really would take too long to pick them up - we would be forever in and out of the truck. Say you shoot 120 rabbits in a night and it takes just 1 single minute to stop the truck, locate, jump down, collect and retrieve. That's 2 hours. It's pest control, not a poetic strole through the countryside. Moreover, the farmer would think I was crackers - aside from everything else I couldn't stand an evening of **** taking. 3. most have mixy - why would I want to collect a rabbit with mixy? I don't pick foxes up either. Mind you, I am still dedicating my fox shooting to Morrisey, but I'm happy to post anyone a dead fox if that floats your boat. EDIT: Believe it or not, the farmers actually like mixy I'm not sure if it was a man made virus but I recal reading somewhere it was deliberately released here and in Australia to knock out the bunnies. Originally, myxomatosis was imported from Brazil (where it was first discovered in the 1930's) to Australia in 1950. This was to control the massive populations of rabbits that sub-continent. In Brazil, the Cotton Tailed rabbit (Sylvilagus) is affected by the disease to a minor degree as only tiny lumps are produced by this self limiting disease. However, in Australia the disease was devastating and markedly reduced the rabbit population. Just found this -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How did the disease get to Britain? The disease was transmitted from Australia by a French Physician, Dr A Delille, who wished to control the rabbit population on his country estate near Paris. The disease rapidly spread into the wild population in France and then was brought, entirely by accident, from France in 1953. There is no evidence that the disease was intentionally brought into Britain but there is no doubt that some farmers moved the disease around using diseased rabbits to control the population of the rabbits locally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 You'll never know, but i tell you what you'd make a good pair! i think we would by the sounds of it. me and him are real shooters, not people who moan about picking up dead rabbits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bothbarrels Posted September 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 i think we would by the sounds of it. me and him are real shooters, not people who moan about picking up dead rabbits. yea I can tell you're a 'real' countryman aint ya? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 All depends, I have taken them home and left them behind too. Round our way even reasonable numbers will get picked by Kites in no time flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) I recentely went out lamping with a chap I met through Pigeon watch. He has a ton of land on which to shoot a lovely gun and a newish 4x4, everything you could want really.. We set off around 10.30 at night, to start with he shot and I lamped, he was using a rimfire, wich was dead accurate, and made a clean kill every time, but to my horror and disgust, he simply left the rabbits where they were shot and wasn't the least bit interested in picking them up. I then took my turn, whilst he drove and lamped, and he was most disgruntled because I insisted on retrieving everything I'd bagged. needless to say I won't be going out with him again, I recon the least you can do for your quarry, is have the decency to either eat it or give it to someone who will. What do you recon, is he in his rights to do this or a **** like I think? BB Did you ever wonder why he has so much land ? Bet you wont Edited September 13, 2011 by magman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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