lurcherboy Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Hope this works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted July 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Here it is in close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled_cky Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 looks more like a wild boar. what was it killed with? did you have fun? Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiDogman Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Aled, Tried with my 22 magnum, but in the end a knife. Got to put the bullet in the right place (which I didn't) Have killed bigger with a 22 subsonic, but you have to get it in the right place to do the damage. KiwiDogman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled_cky Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 where abouts are you living kiwi ? i presume NZ. is it legal to kill badgers? Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxidermy dave Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 aled what is it with you and killing badgers??youll get caught out one day mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled_cky Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 i dont kill them, but i hope the law changes, its just if he was from NZ they may be able to kill badgers out there. Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxidermy dave Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 why?? itd be understanderble if they were a major pest but they aint.Cant see why youd want to kill one,ive only ever seen 3 and their amazing creatures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy the bull Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 aled it sound like you have an unhealthy appitite for badgers mate. i just hope you dont mess with them mate. and the law isnt likely to change for some time mate, you and me both will be long gone before that happens !! they have been humanised mate !! what with badgers and mashed potatoe and stuff...{cbbc} besides they do have a certain character of there own. not like old scaly tail, or bugs!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled_cky Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Chris, we have a pest, over 100 on the farm, fox's give no trouble to lambs but badgers do, they take the heads off like a knife takes melted butter apart. we lose more lambs from badgers in 1 lambing season than from fox's in about 5 years, and we can tell a fox killing and a badger killing. this year if we had lost more than 20lambs to badgers we were going to get the government to gas, but we only lost 13 and we lost 1 from a fox but that lamb was ill. i see about 2/3 a week on the roads and then about 2 on the farm, about one every time i go out at night. Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxidermy dave Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 alright mate,reason i was saying about it was the fact that if an anti opicked up on it you know what there like,didnt realise they were such a problem your way .Also just saying i could never shoot one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted July 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 I do, oops, I mean I would, that is if it was LEGAL. LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiDogman Posted July 30, 2004 Report Share Posted July 30, 2004 Yeh Aled, He is from New Zealand And no we have no Badgers, and couldn't be bothered shooting them if we had, am a dog man and not a shooter. Far more satisfying to watch dogs work and battle with the quarry once they have found it. KiwiDogman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon master Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 Hello guys, I would just like to comment on badgers and ask if anyone has ever killed one. These animals are our largest carnivore and are a very social animal, I have spent many years rebuilding and reinforcing sets that have been dug out by baiters because I have a real passion for these social docile animals. These people are the lowest scum on this earth and if I knew of anyone I would be calling the police immediately. I do understand that areas of the country do have large populations, as I worked with Oxford University and David Mcdonald, writer of the Velvet Claw series on TV. We studied these animals in large detail with many sets having 24hr surveillance to cover all aspects of there lives. The information gained was immense and some of footage was amazing. I do agree if they are out of control then areas do need to live trapped and these animals transported to areas that are free of badgers due to intense digging from terrier men, but to just kill them is insane. Most people in this country will go through live never seeing face to face our largest carnivore and to want to kill these animals is just the wrong way to go about it. My father has a large set just at the top of an orchard at his home and these badgers have 24 hr protection because of a surveillance system I installed, they were getting pestered by baiters so these are the lucky ones. So lets look at other means than to shoot or kill these social and spectacular creatures. The PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammergun Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 I do agree that badgers can be a real problem in some areas, and they can be a risk to cattle stocks due to TB. The reality is that badgers no longer have any natural predators, and I agree that in some areas they need to be controlled. However, it is illegal to shoot, and even to disturb them without a specific license from DEFRA. The government has agreed that control is required, yet have been dragging their heels over it. There are far more badgers about these days than there used to be. Relocating them is a bad idea as they are fiercely territorial. Don't misunderstand me. I like to see badgers about too, just in the same way I like to see a fox, or even a few rabbits about as well. However, all populations of wild animals need to be carefully managed. On the subject of the New Zealand pig hunting (which is what this thread is about after all). The pig is a non-native species over there and does a great deal of damage to the natural environment. It is my belief that all non-native species which upset the natural balance of the ecosystem must be hunted with impunity, and ideally be eradicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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