NatureBoy Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 There were still a few in Suffolk in the late 70's. Remember seeing them when fishing along the river Deben at Crettingham and Brandeston. Huge holes distroying the banks. They used to live trap them and always baited with cucumber. My Uncle had one raiding his allotment so set a trap and caught it. The coypu bit him bad. But he knew he had got the right one because it had beetroot stained teeth/mouth. NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 Great Predictor Award 2020. In years to come the same will happen with the Beavers that some idiots are releasing at the moment. You heard it here first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted April 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 1 hour ago, London Best said: Great Predictor Award 2020. In years to come the same will happen with the Beavers that some idiots are releasing at the moment. You heard it here first! I think you may well be right 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Old Boggy said: Having eaten all or most of the waders once on the quarry list, there was me thinking that I`d eaten some weird and wonderful things, but coypu Hi Chris ...... We could nearly start another thread with the different species of fish and fowl people have eaten over the years , I can start with Mud Butts ( similar to Dabs but a slightly muddy taste ) , Smelts ( We called them Cucumber Fish as they tasted exactly like a Cucumber ) and with our feathered friends , Coots , you skin them and have got a nice gamey taste , Cygnet , very similar to geese , How did I get hold of one ? , It hit the telegraph wires in foggy weather , well this was about 50 years ago and I do remember it was foggy . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 Very disappointed with this little guy. It should have been a marlin or sailfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 4 hours ago, London Best said: Great Predictor Award 2020. In years to come the same will happen with the Beavers that some idiots are releasing at the moment. You heard it here first! but that is not a problem because Beavers are supposed to be here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 17 minutes ago, scolopax said: but that is not a problem because Beavers are supposed to be here As in ‘used to be here’? Like bears and wolves? We don’t need those either, but some loonies would like to re-introduce them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konor Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 (edited) When in Florence I spotted what I thought was a huge rat but turned out to be a coypu on the River Arno ,they are quite a problem and in the Lombardy region alone it’s estimated there are about 1.3 million of them. I don’t have any exotic bags but below is probably one of my best bags for a days walk up and flight with my lab. Pink foot ,,mallard ,teal and pheasant not a big bag by others standards but great memories. My usual bag for the day would be 3 or 4. Edited April 16, 2020 by Konor Addition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted April 16, 2020 Report Share Posted April 16, 2020 3 hours ago, Grandalf said: Very disappointed with this little guy. It should have been a marlin or sailfish. Great picture - a barracuda? 38 minutes ago, Konor said: When in Florence I spotted what I thought was a huge rat but turned out to be a coypu on the River Arno ,they are quite a problem and in the Lombardy region alone it’s estimated there are about 1.3 million of them. I don’t have any exotic bags but below is probably one of my best bags for a days walk up and flight with my lab. Pink foot ,,mallard ,teal and pheasant not a big bag by others standards but great memories. My usual bag for the day would be 3 or 4. 16 head of game is a pretty impressive bag for one man walked up shooting! Carrying the birds and gun eventually limits being able to shoot more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konor Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 6 hours ago, WalkedUp said: Great picture - a barracuda? 16 head of game is a pretty impressive bag for one man walked up shooting! Carrying the birds and gun eventually limits being able to shoot more. Walked up and flight in the evening ,the pinkfoot mallard and pheasants were taken during the day and hung up in the game bag while I walked the gorse for woodcock. The teal were taken on an inland pond at evening flight after the rest of the bag were in an outbuilding for pick up later. My game bag or legs wouldn’t have handled walk and shoot with more than two pheasants easier to do circuits and drop and pick up the game bag . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 I don’t think anyone has yet mentioned Stock Doves. They were on the shooting list until 1981. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konor Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 hour ago, London Best said: I don’t think anyone has yet mentioned Stock Doves. They were on the shooting list until 1981. I have a very early memory around age 11 going out with a slightly older cousin near Sandhead to shoot what he called rock doves with an old folding .410 not many shot but an adventure and my first experience of shotgun shooting ,no pictures unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Konor said: I have a very early memory around age 11 going out with a slightly older cousin near Sandhead to shoot what he called rock doves with an old folding .410 not many shot but an adventure and my first experience of shotgun shooting ,no pictures unfortunately. Yeah, many people erroneously called them rock doves round here. Totally different species. Actually, with your location being West Scotland you could well have been shooting Rock Doves on the coast?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konor Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, London Best said: Yeah, many people erroneously called them rock doves round here. Totally different species. Actually, with your location being West Scotland you could well have been shooting Rock Doves on the coast?? It was on the coast in South West Scotland they looked much like feral pigeons but my cousin referred to them as rock doves but I don’t know how accurate that was. Edited April 17, 2020 by Konor Addition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted April 17, 2020 Report Share Posted April 17, 2020 Well done! Another species for the list. I remember reading in a very old book about shooting them from a boat off the cliffs. Never shot one myself, no opportunity. Did shoot Stock Doves though, prior to W&C Act 1981. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted April 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Any more fish pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 In to days news. Beaver see for the first time in centuries in Norfolk. That'l be where Ditchmans gone then.😉 I think he will be disappointed tho. NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 My mate reckons he’s seen a few around Norwich before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted April 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 4 hours ago, NatureBoy said: In to days news. Beaver see for the first time in centuries in Norfolk. That'l be where Ditchmans gone then.😉 I think he will be disappointed tho. NB I thought they had been released in Scotland and Devon , maybe there are other secret locations as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 6 released on a 60 acre site Snettisham/Heacham way. Link to it on GWCT site. All about funding and publicity with them schemes. Why Norfolk. bit strange. NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shufti Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Some at Finchingfield Essex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 Received a circular from Derbyshire Wildlife Trust 2 weeks ago saying they were planning to release Beavers at Willington, Derbyshire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southeastpete Posted April 20, 2020 Report Share Posted April 20, 2020 There’s been beavers in kent for years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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