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Pheasant poults

Jerry

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Devon
As far as I'm concerned, if you are running a shoot, you are obliged to provide feed or do things that feed all year round. That's you, committed. If not, you aren't doing the job properly.

And if you're a big commercial shoot that so much as dumps a single pheasant ever you're an arsh bringing the sport into disrepute. If you're a gun on one of them you're a double arsh as well.

Used to love being on the farm and seeing pheasants and partridge all year round flourishing.

Big shoot next door.

Too many bloody pheasants around.

Far more than nature can support and when they stop feeding them they spread far and wide.

They can be a real pest but at least they feed the foxes and badgers rather than them taking my lambs.
 

hollister

Member
Location
Alcester, warks
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Maybe I should have caught these
 

ajcc

Member
Livestock Farmer
Check the dates too. Some of those late birds would likely never be ready to shoot.
Be alright for Christmas/January days. Let’s just try and digest the fact that game shooting is under the cosh this year but commercial shooting while needing some form of limiting of excess does result in employment and pleasure for a great many good country folk.
This auction will be interesting but dangerous step. Gamebirds today, fertiliser tomorrow?
 
Big shoot next door.

Too many bloody pheasants around.

Far more than nature can support and when they stop feeding them they spread far and wide.

They can be a real pest but at least they feed the foxes and badgers rather than them taking my lambs.

Buy some blue drums quick and make some feeders. Fill em up with wheat... wink wink.
 

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