Hare coursing . It’s started already

[sam triple]

Well no sooner have the crops been cut the “travelling “ community have started hare coursing, a mate text me yesterday evening saying they’d been up on the farm where he works , now not wanted a repeat of last year where almost every weekend people were running dogs across his bosses land , ( one Sunday afternoon we had a hare run between us followed by 2 dogs and 5 “ travellers” in pursuit very nearly turned ugly ), the police were brilliant in the way they responded but as usual by the time they’d arrived the #holes  had gone , now his boss has told my mate to shoot all the hares , so there’s nothing for them to come onto his land for , which I kind of understand but I’m also a bit sad it’s had to come to this as I like seeing them when I’m up there !

[Scully]

That’s exactly the reason we are sometimes asked to shoot any hares we see. Very sad state of affairs. 

[jall25]

Very sad indeed

[TIGHTCHOKE]

It has been done before and it will be done again because it is the one thing that works and keeps the scum off other peoples land.

[ShootingEgg]

It's a shame that it has to come to removing the hare population for this to stop. I know of pockets of land with hare on but I don't talk to anyone other than the land owners about it. Atleast then there is a chance they won't be found.

[yates]

I think that this so sad. The hare is very evocative and very much a big part of the countryside. I wonder why the antis don’t protest against this in the travelling communities camps😏

[oldypigeonpopper]

Hello, thanks Sam, it happens a lot in the vale and along the Ridgeway, there's so many 1000s of acres it's difficult to catch them, there are very few hares on my friends farm this year, we had 2 visits last year but they disappeared before police arrived,  police  caught some a few years ago and went to court but got their own back by burning out a huge straw bale stack on my friends farm, lucky it was sold, 

Just now, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, thanks Sam, it happens a lot in the vale and along the Ridgeway, there's so many 1000s of acres it's difficult to catch them, there are very few hares on my friends farm this year, we had 2 visits last year but they disappeared before police arrived,  police  caught some a few years ago and went to court but got their own back by burning out a huge straw bale stack on my friends farm, lucky it was sold, 

How many PW members know if you have a dedicated police country watch team in your area,??

[sam triple]

4 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, thanks Sam, it happens a lot in the vale and along the Ridgeway, there's so many 1000s of acres it's difficult to catch them, there are very few hares on my friends farm this year, we had 2 visits last year but they disappeared before police arrived,  police  caught some a few years ago and went to court but got their own back by burning out a huge straw bale stack on my friends farm, lucky it was sold, 

How many PW members know if you have a dedicated police country watch team in your area,??

Hi Gordon, We have , with its own operational  name , just  dial 999 quote name and we’re through , as said earlier they did brilliantly last year and had some good results with gangs being caught , but I think they’ll have their work cut out this year 

[oldypigeonpopper]

1 hour ago, sam triple said:

Hi Gordon, We have , with its own operational  name , just  dial 999 quote name and we’re through , as said earlier they did brilliantly last year and had some good results with gangs being caught , but I think they’ll have their work cut out this year 

Hello, that sounds very good Sam , not sure what TVP have like that but we do get a response if there is occasion to phone them, it's up on the Ridgeway with such a vast area to cover and only the farmers and staff to watch out for hare coursers or their vehicles 

[sam triple]

42 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, that sounds very good Sam , not sure what TVP have like that but we do get a response if there is occasion to phone them, it's up on the Ridgeway with such a vast area to cover and only the farmers and staff to watch out for hare coursers or their vehicles 

Yes Hampshire isn’t a small county they had the helicopter up last year and got 2 groups in the same evening, seizing dogs , motors etc 

 

[Bigbob]

They have started posting picts on some sights the minute the first field was cut they where out lamping leverets and the minute you post anything condemning them they and there stupid mates  just post your a anti 

[mel b3]

7 hours ago, sam triple said:

Well no sooner have the crops been cut the “travelling “ community have started hare coursing, a mate text me yesterday evening saying they’d been up on the farm where he works , now not wanted a repeat of last year where almost every weekend people were running dogs across his bosses land , ( one Sunday afternoon we had a hare run between us followed by 2 dogs and 5 “ travellers” in pursuit very nearly turned ugly ), the police were brilliant in the way they responded but as usual by the time they’d arrived the #holes  had gone , now his boss has told my mate to shoot all the hares , so there’s nothing for them to come onto his land for , which I kind of understand but I’m also a bit sad it’s had to come to this as I like seeing them when I’m up there !

I clear most of the hares from one of my permissions,  I only really clear them from fields that are visible from the roads . Shooting them gives me no pleasure,  but it's the only way to stop the travellers from damaging fields with 4x4 .

A have a mate that has a permission in Nottingham.  That farm is crawling with hares . The farmer has two travellers that have been paying him very generously for years , to be able to run their dogs on his land . The main benefit , is that other travellers stay away from that farm.

[sam triple]

Bloke on neighbouring estate tried to pay of them seemed to make things worse . So that’s not an option here