Ferretboy111 Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 I know this has been covered before, but need a confirmation. Catching up of game can happen when? is it illegal to catch up after the shooting season? The only reason i ask is that there are alot of mallard on my shoot and wouldnt mind catching up a few for collecting eggs for my incubator, i know of keepers who are still catchin up pheasants. Hence my confusion. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk shooter Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 My understanding is that the catching/trapping of game birds can only be done in season, hence why keepers do it in January (or are supposed to at least). With Duck I am not sure as technically not a game bird, but a wildfowl and therefore a true wild bird (regardless if reared and released). Therefore I would sa that you cannot take eggs from them at anytime, howveer how does one go about catching up ducks for that purpose and is it allowed now??? SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretboy111 Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 The catching up of ducks from my experience on larger shoots are done using a duck trap, intially with a use of a duck toller dog to pretend to be a predator for which they can follow into a funnel trap. However i would just use pen sections and catch them up as you do pheasants, surely they must be able to be caught up as where would all the mallard eggs come from, not a closed stock as many places catch up wild mallard and use them to improve the flying strain, as they tame very easily. Its a tricky one isnt it. Any ideas? Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 i was just reading an old shooting timess 2005 me thinks and it is leagal if its only for egg production on private ground bla bla bla but to kill of any for sunday roast will land you in deep poo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catroofel Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Alex, personally i would just catch up pheasants and see if you can trade a few hens for some duck eggs off a game dealer. Ducks are dirtry ******* and at the game farm i worked at, the boss wouldnt run duck eggs through his pheasant/partridge incubator. i'm with you on that one used to be a game farm hand and we only did ducks once in the 6 years i worked there... horribly messy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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