LeadWasp Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Just out of interest - prompted by events local to me - how aware are people about farm to farm contamination. I'm not just thinking about disease but also crop or weed seed (there are some funny moves afoot within Europe about crop assurance). If you shoot on more than one farm's land does anyone actively disinfect their wellies or vehicle between farms, especially if muck has been spread or slurry injected - does anyone think about this? If you're thinking about it http://disinfectants.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Module=ApprovalsList_SI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Just out of interest - prompted by events local to me - how aware are people about farm to farm contamination. I'm not just thinking about disease but also crop or weed seed (there are some funny moves afoot within Europe about crop assurance). If you shoot on more than one farm's land does anyone actively disinfect their wellies or vehicle between farms, especially if muck has been spread or slurry injected - does anyone think about this? If you're thinking about it http://disinfectants.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Module=ApprovalsList_SI I might think about it when farmers stop spilling gallons of slurry, drive their stock and generally go about their buisness driving muddy, dung covered tractors along miles of public roads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddler Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 I do all ny vermin control naked. My case comes up in court next month.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 A farmer local to us with a dairy herd of 800 has just recently been fined £52,000 (nothing to him) for moving stock around when restrictions were in place and for declaring that some cattle he had no passports for were dead, when subsequent enquiries found them to be alive and well. Given the above and in the logic of the post of Charlie T, I think our wellies are small fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeadWasp Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 I might think about it when farmers stop spilling gallons of slurry, drive their stock and generally go about their buisness driving muddy, dung covered tractors along miles of public roads. Wow - I always had you down as one of the more reasoned members of the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeadWasp Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 I do all ny vermin control naked. My case comes up in court next month.... Watch out for the stinging nettles............. Is there a link between naked shooting and levels of contentment amongst the ladies of East Lothian who live overlooking your permissions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Wow - I always had you down as one of the more reasoned members of the forum. I try to be, however perhaps I should have qualified my answer a little more, bearing in mind that I farm for a living ! If a farm operated a controled enviroment pig or poultry unit obviously one would make use of their disinfectant foot baths and not enter the sheds. Similarly if I knew that a particular farm had, say sheep scap, I would not enter or go onto another sheep farm having been on that one without thoroughly dissinfecting. However, on your average run of the mill arable or stock farm I see little point as far as the shooter is concerned. All manor of wildlife and farm operations are going to be roaming the fields, roads and woods to a far greater degree than someone shooting ever will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeadWasp Posted June 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Hi Charlie - yes I had got the impression that you farmed which is why I was perplexed by your answer, and a lovely area you are in to be able to do it, Exmoor is glorious. Agreed about poultry or pig, I was however thinking more about say TB and potential liability of the shooter. Agreed wildlife will roam and can be vectors. However if you shoot on one farm and then say travel 25 miles north to shoot on another, that is a huge geographic leap that wildlife-borne disease cannot necessarily make over night (birds excepted). We all remember foot and mouth's double appearance a decade or so ago, and the prevention methods employed then (my ex was a large animal vet in Somerset at the time). However do we consider the other less dramatic but equally economically devastating bugs? I was just wondering if people ever considered their impact and thought about it - -even if in the end they dismiss it as low risk. I was just interested in the discussion. There is a case here where TB has been brought in, it would appear, by cattle which are not commercially farmed. It is difficult to go into detail without making an accusation - even though the evidence makes it pretty clear who brought it in. For the very scenario I mention in the paragraph above it has given me cause to consider the effect I may have going from farm to farm shooting. See....I always knew I preferred arable for a reason! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 I move around a fair bit in the game season I try not to reuse clothes and clean all the mud off my boots between farms/estate and day to day it's not as good a disinfectant but it's the best I can do normally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 (edited) I am all for Biological security, Infact I do this every night! Clamber into bed and once comfy, let a few rip! Best security measure ever. She walks in the door, her face turn white then straight back out for a night on the sofa! Her face turns white because it is green by default. Bloody witch! Edited June 19, 2015 by Lord Geordie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 I jet wash my wellies every time without fail but don't use disinfectant. I frequently nock off dirt from my rubber floor mat in the car. I also do this to help avoid spreading Ash Die Back disease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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