Axel Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 I was shooting pigeons on a pea field Tues & Wed and some were carried by the wind over a wide stream, into a strip of wood. I noted where the dead ones were and gave the walkers another barrel to stop them wandering off. When there was a lull, I went off on the long detour to get them. Coming up through the wood, both days, I nearly fell over what I took to be Muntjacs (dog size, brown with white short tail)?. I picked up my dead pigeons but on both days, 2 of the carcases had been attacked e.g. wing/head pulled off and bite marks on the chest. I'm assuming a fox did this but could it have been the 'deer' I saw? Most odd. Clipper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 There seems to have been a population explosion of stoats and weasels in the last couple of years, I have never seen so many about. They could be the culprits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 I think Cranfield could be right... Twice this year I have downed a rabbit only to see a stoat try and drag it off. Last year when walking around my rough shoot i shot a bunny and left it in the bow of a tree. When i went back for it it was 20 yards away on the ground being eaten by a stoat. I think that the population explosion is due to a lesser amount of trapping by dwindling numbers of gamekeepers. FM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul in North Lincs. Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 I think I would have to agree about the stoat and weasle population explosion. There are loads about!. I shot a bolting rabbit only the other week that was prancing and jumping about prior to the shot. Upon inspction there was a weasle hanging off its throat which unfortunately also fell to the no-6. I wouldnt have thought that the deer would have munched them unless they were seriouosly lacking in some vital vitimins. Paul in North Lincs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 a fox the size of a dog with a short tail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old rooster Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 a fox the size of a dog with a short tail? Think you may have misread what he wrote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 just kidding OR your all probably all correct, ive noticed alot of stoats and weasels around, hadn't ever really seen them around untill this year, and ive seen quite a few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 Yeah, Ive found dead, partially eaten pigeons around here as well but put it down to the large number of moggies we have hanging around. Come to think of it I saw a stoat dead by the roadside not so long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimescar-keeper Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Upon inspction there was a weasle hanging off its throat which unfortunately also fell to the no-6. Why is it unfortunate that you killed a weasel?? Surely this is a bonus. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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