Gadge-it Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Theres 140 good day out with few of the lads helping out the keeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickanles Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 a sad sight in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunny_blaster Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Why is it a sad sight? Theres obviously a high number of hares in the area and must be causing a hell of a lot of damage to crops etc. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewluke Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) slaughter andrew Edited February 24, 2012 by andrewluke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadge-it Posted February 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Why is it a sad sight? Theres obviously a high number of hares in the area and must be causing a hell of a lot of damage to crops etc. Ben Thats right someone who no,s what there talking about cheers fella slaughter andrew CROP DAMAGE does that that ring a bell you no what pigeons do rabbits do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker3 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 thats sum bag buddy personally think it a bit too many buteach to there own and i wasnt there and dont know what numbers that are on the ground so cant realy comment think a would have stopped at 50 odds my self even if there were hundreds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad1 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Well done lads That is pest control ( some people forget one of the reasons for gaining a fac or sgc ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 In my view something to keep to one's friends and not post. For those who see few hares its sad. As always for those who shoot in the flat lands its not unusual - what percentage of shooters or the general public live in the flat lands and really understand??? Best not posted in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebarrels Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Here we go again lets all jump on the band wagon,its a shooting forum hes shot a few Hares,no different to shooting big bags of phezzies or pigeons,get a grip chaps might not be your thing,but clearly theres no shortage so whats the problem BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les gedge Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 you could proberly got 5 quid each if you had used longnets to release were there is very few.were did they go dog food lurcher lads will be in pain when they see this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy220 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Yawn. Very impressive bag mate keep it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decoying mad Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Im sure you had a great day pal good bag. Should keep the lurcher lads off the fields for a while welldone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 That's a good bag Hares do a great deal of damage to young trees,new hedge planting etc.Very few around here so they are left in peace The keeper must have wanted them culled and they probably went to a game dealer.So ok I.M.O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Gould Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 i knew there was going to be coments against the shooting off all these hares before i evern scrolled down. imagen how much corn that lot could eat in a year ! well done great bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 If it was a pic of rabbits nobody would care less but hares seem to be held on some sort of pedestal by some. There is obviously a sustainable population on that ground to be able to shoot those numbers. Im sure that the local landowners dont mind an annual cull of Lepus to keep the population in check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labstaff Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Personally I don't shoot the hares on my permissions because there are very few and I like to watch them, BUT, if there are large numbers causing damage then they should be controlled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Why is it a sad sight? Theres obviously a high number of hares in the area and must be causing a hell of a lot of damage to crops etc. Ben What crops ? A hares staple is young grass shoots...admittedly they do take cereal crops but are recognised as a minor agricultural pest in most areas. Its an immotive one this as Haress are in decline nationally and alarmingly so due to intensive farming primarily and also to ineffective predator control. If there are only 1000 hares left in England but 95% of them were in Northumberland would you still shoot them ? Im not saying its wrong but I think the OP knew he would be stirring up a hornets nest by posting up the picture. Personally i think there is little skill or sport involved in Hare shooting.. you can get close enough to pick them up most of the time. so I dont bother...each to his own though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewluke Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Thats right someone who no,s what there talking about cheers fella CROP DAMAGE does that that ring a bell you no what pigeons do rabbits do there must be 20-30million pigeons in this country and even more rabbits,how many hares are there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdog Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 4 hares can eat as much as one sheep in a night!! plus the lucher boys and ####s start coming on the land and then items start going missing etc. Well done mate, a good bag and some good sport!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 4 hares can eat as much as one sheep in a night!! plus the lucher boys and ####s start coming on the land and then items start going missing etc. Well done mate, a good bag and some good sport!! Really? I would be very surprised if that us correct, where did you get that info? Not many hares around here any more, would like to see some more especially over the next few weeks, but clearly plenty in other places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 What crops ? A hares staple is young grass shoots...admittedly they do take cereal crops but are recognised as a minor agricultural pest in most areas. Its an immotive one this as Haress are in decline nationally and alarmingly so due to intensive farming primarily and also to ineffective predator control. If there are only 1000 hares left in England but 95% of them were in Northumberland would you still shoot them ? Im not saying its wrong but I think the OP knew he would be stirring up a hornets nest by posting up the picture. Personally i think there is little skill or sport involved in Hare shooting.. you can get close enough to pick them up most of the time. so I dont bother...each to his own though... You don't know that much about hares do you now- Try planting new trees and ground cover (important for the new Biodevercity catchword) Hares will reck them. I like hares but i also shoot them were required, indeed i have visited this area and its lifting with them. Something these scientist don't know is leave Hares alone and breeding sucess reduces. You just dont see many half growns were there are but a few hares - because older animals are less sucessful breeders yet hold areas from younger ones. First thing i should do on a lot of this land were nobody shoots hares as "there are only a few" is shoot as many big ones as you can in a control area then watch the numbers build over the next two to three years. I have visited this area of the country and there realy are stacks of Hares there BTW- strange as they shoot them and have coursing men traveling from all over to go after them- been that way for years I dont like the photo though neither do i like to see the same with woodies, rabbits etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samyw Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 If this was a bag of pigeons or rabbits everyone would be praising him so y question him about hares obviously got a lot of hares about they du a lot ov damage in my own experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samyw Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 What crops ? A hares staple is young grass shoots...admittedly they do take cereal crops but are recognised as a minor agricultural pest in most areas. Its an immotive one this as Haress are in decline nationally and alarmingly so due to intensive farming primarily and also to ineffective predator control. They take young cabbage plants and other greens like kale etc I've seen young cabbages planted as fast as they was planted hated jut chew them of totaly distroying a young plant big money for the farmers If there are only 1000 hares left in England but 95% of them were in Northumberland would you still shoot them ? Im not saying its wrong but I think the OP knew he would be stirring up a hornets nest by posting up the picture. Personally i think there is little skill or sport involved in Hare shooting.. you can get close enough to pick them up most of the time. so I dont bother...each to his own though... I've seen young cabbages planted and fast as they were planted hares chew them off big money for farmers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Nice shooting, what people don't get is this happens once a year where there are tOo many. Its before they breed so the best time to do it. Odds are they will all go to the continent to be eaten as that lot are worth a few quid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 4 hares can eat as much as one sheep in a night!! plus the lucher boys and ####s start coming on the land and then items start going missing etc. Well done mate, a good bag and some good sport!! Quite right sheep eat grass which in the main is what hares do too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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