peejay Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 can anyone tell me where i can get a fair price for the hares? im in Derbyshire and the local dealer,Bestwicks, say they will give a paltry £1.25 for a full size and 70p for a smaller one.(no matter if there the same size as a racehorse, they allways class them as a "smaller"one). cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaza Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 i live in leicestershire and at my local cattle market ( melton mowbray ) hares sell for around £3/4 each. however this is from the local game dealer and are sold straight to the general public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Pieman Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 Peejay, what numbers are you talking about? I have a dealer that pays around £2-50 each and will collect - if there are enough to warrant the journey. Let me know and I'll PM you the details. PP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 Our game dealer pays £4 and collects, bit too far down to you though. We only really shoot them when their on the veg fields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quercus Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Hare price here varies. From October until Christmas we get £5 for a large hare (weighed) and a pound less for smaller ones, the rest of the year they are about £1.50. Frozen hares are worth about a pound in August. Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 I cant see the point in shooting Brown Hare Is he really an Agricultural pest? or just a soft target..? Also you guys are obviously unaware that it is afforded some protection under the Hares Protection act of 1911 and Ground Game Act of 1880 And should not be offered for sale between the dates of 1st March and 31st July. Moral; Research and know your Quarry. FM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Fisherman Mike, I can understand your concerns, I like seeing Hares about so only shoot them when they are in the Colli/Broccolli fields. Before we got the shooting on one of our veg farms the farmer claims to have shot 71 the year before with his .22rf. I personally have seen as many as 8 hares in a single plot of Broccolli, so as you can imagine their is the claim for them to be labled an agricultural pest. Remember, there only has to be a small nibble, peck or blemish on the plant and thats 40p waisted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Point taken FM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quercus Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 I cant see the point in shooting Brown Hare Pest control, sporting quarry, good eating. Is he really an Agricultural pest? Yes, not everywhere but they can have a serious impact in some areas as M ROBSON has already said. They can also be particularly damaging in sugar beet. Here, if numbers are allowed to become too high in some of the woodland they can seriously limit broadleaf regeneration. And should not be offered for sale between the dates of 1st March and 31st July. Thats why I freeze any shot through the summer until August. Our hares have benefited greatly from the habitat/farming improvements and predator control that are done for the shoot. We manage the population as a sustainable resource, generally we only cull mature hares in the late Autumn when the price is good and there are unlikely to be dependant young. We do cull a lot harder on fields that are visible from roads just to dicourage the ####s. The rest of the year we only cull where there is a specific problem or high risk area. Moral; Don't make uninformed assumptions Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Point taken again Quercus. I consider myself suitably chastised :*) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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