Two Days to Shoot Pigeons!
- Thread starter kfpben
- Start date
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
£150 acre? Be interesting to see figures as to how anyone can make money at that.
If there was suddenly a large amount of grassland available the price would drop to £35 acre!
YorkshireAndrew
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- Location
- West / North Yorks border
I think you missed the gist of my comment , pest control is one thing but raising pheasants to shoot for fun is another matter . There’s absolutely no justification for pheasant shooting , it’s serves no purpose whatsoever .
- Location
- northumberland
Nearly 22,000 now
Pieces_of_Eight
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Don't do it then?
Why try to impose your beliefs & opinions onto the people who enjoy doing it?
This GL issue is more of the wedge that has been nibbled away at for the last 20 years. If the various organisations don't get their teams together and start cooperating in the same direction, all of hunting, shooting and fishing will be gone in the next 20 years.
[This probably needs moving, as a drift off topic...]
NorthEastLad
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Not sure if this is general knowledge, but his long term partner is the owner of the Isle of Wight Zoo.
Only slightly hypocritical.
Only slightly hypocritical.
TheTallGuy
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- Location
- Cambridgeshire
That bunch of twunts are experts in chasing technicalities for the sake of it.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
From 3,000 - 4,000 this morning!
- Location
- West Somerset
Certainly doesn't make that money in this end of Somerset!
But it's just rough old hill ground here.!
Yes I hear of stupid money rates down in the Vale though,
Those boys must know what their doing?
.If you dont like it keep away from it , game meat is probably the most ethically raised meat you can buy , I`d wager you are a vegan or buy your chicken from the supermarket.,
- Location
- West Somerset
I disagree, we shoot every Saturday during the season, never put a bird down! Fed up of pheasants everywhere thanks to the big shoots here in the hills, we justify it as it's vermin control, pheasants are an invasive species that shouldn't be here.
Happily stop tomorrow if it's banned!
Least we eat what we kill.
The local keepers love us
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- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Sitting where I am right now Ollie, facing a third ultra dry and prolonged Spring, I'm not sure this side of Britain is viable for grassland either
It's on that site where the petition to get that tosser Cwis packem out started the bird ban !https://www.change.org/p/natural-en...ldGl0aW9uAIDiygAAAAAAXMAxhlNwPbVlNTc0ZTRlNw==
I am going to have to vote for the Brexit Party, just absolutely fed up up with 'snowflake politics'.
Rural crime going through the roof, fly tipping and then they ban vermin bird control, as if we haven't got enough to deal with. Never see a policeman, only 50% of crime investigated. No deterant etc etc
I did hear of some fly tippers somewhere in the country who got caught, believe they got a good hiding and the van tipped over and crushed by the folk lift. Apologies off topic and just having a rant.
Rural crime going through the roof, fly tipping and then they ban vermin bird control, as if we haven't got enough to deal with. Never see a policeman, only 50% of crime investigated. No deterant etc etc
I did hear of some fly tippers somewhere in the country who got caught, believe they got a good hiding and the van tipped over and crushed by the folk lift. Apologies off topic and just having a rant.
Old McDonald
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- Location
- Harray, Orkney
Perhaps you might like to reply to the question I put out generally yesterday, although specifically aimed at @gone up the hill, how do you justify fishing with the sole intention of releasing the fish after you have exhausted it to the point where you can land it? I repeat whatI said yesterday - I am not on the side of stopping people from doing so, although I could not do it myself. I eat what I set out to catch.
Grassman247
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I might be being a bit thick but what will that petition actually do?
Old McDonald
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- Location
- Harray, Orkney
Same as all other petitions - nothing. However, as I have just replied on another thread about this particular petition, I signed with a false name and email address, just to see if I could do so. That is why petitions are generally complied with by those who give consideration to them.
I was tempted to try it on the one that acquired over 6m signatures recently but I did not want to add to the numbers.
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
Rearing and shooting birds for eating is good. And if some enjoy the shooting fair enough. At least the birds live wild in their life.
But just shooting for fun with no use of the meat is wrong in my opinion.
It can’t be ideal if world record wheat yields can be grown here can it? It certainly won’t be ideal when we are prevented from controlling any pest, weed or fungus!
Landy Nick
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Chris Packham crowdfunded and launched a legal challenge to the way the licences are issued to revoke the general licence.
Maybe farmers, land owners, keepers etc can crowd fund a legal challenge too. Plus with the threat of suing for damaged crops due to not being able to control pigeons at such a crucial growth stage.
Maybe farmers, land owners, keepers etc can crowd fund a legal challenge too. Plus with the threat of suing for damaged crops due to not being able to control pigeons at such a crucial growth stage.