Spring watch fox numbers

[Dry Rot]

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.te...k-vaccine-is-killing-hundreds-of-british/amp/

That sounds exactly what I've got here. So maybe the cops did me a favour after all taking my guns, because I usually hammer them (rabbits) pretty hard!

 

[unlacedgecko]

Something killed the hares too. This area used to be famous for them, also grey partridges, but that was when there were more small farms.

Louping ill (tick Bourne disease) can effect hares. A lot of grouse keepers shoot out hares to reduce the chance of louping ill.

 

[holywell farmer]

Haven't seen a fox for years. used to be plagued with them.

See plenty of foxes in north wales

 

[bobk]

See plenty of foxes in north wales

Ah , went out with a welsh girl myself .

 

[unlacedgecko]

Ah , went out with a welsh girl myself .

A soft Welsh accent on a girl really does it for me.

 

[joe soapy]

I think the fallen stock ban has a great effect on numbers

Got a lot to do with it, back in the 80's several of us locally were topping 100 a year, seemed an endless supply.
Boxing day shoot often went over 100 in the 50's before the mixy came. Also had loads of Widgeon and Snipe, Golden Plover, Lapwings.
Loads of flatfish, mullet and bass and salmon in the estuart, used to be fun trying to catch limpits by surprise to get them off the rocks.
Nearly all gone now.
Thinking about it, local uni did some samples on the marsh last year, they found a layer of high lead from the 60's suggesting a big petrol pollution
incident affecting the Tamar/Tavy estuaries. This would tie in with the gradual disappearancees from that time

 

[Haysteve]

Had over 80 here in the last 12 months and still see loads

 

[wr.]

Had over 80 here in the last 12 months and still see loads

Welsh girls?

 

[Haysteve]

[emoji23]No had one Welsh girl that was bad enough

 

[wr.]

[emoji23]No had one Welsh girl that was bad enough

Must have been from the north

 

[Bobthebuilder]

It's a poor keeper that doesn't keep a few foxes in his patch to clear up any wounded birds or 1s that aren't picked, if you know where they are and keep them fed with any ket they won't bother your pens

 

[Wastexprt]

Not many rabbits round us this year, but a lot of Myxomatosis last year, my two Patterdales look most disgruntled.....

 

[Scaffolder1]

What's a farmers view on using for a dog to hunt foxes providing the fox is shot after witch is legal same with hares aslong as there is a maximum of 2 dogs and permission to use the land reason I ask is I've just bought a puppy bedlington x wheaten x greyhound cracking little dog and will be out looking for that ever golden yes!!! In the coming weeks for when he's a bit older I realy just want to course rabbits and take him ferreting but wouldn't mind fox aswell not interested in hares thanks john

 

[michael N123]

What's a farmers view on using for a dog to hunt foxes providing the fox is shot after witch is legal same with hares aslong as there is a maximum of 2 dogs and permission to use the land reason I ask is I've just bought a puppy bedlington x wheaten x greyhound cracking little dog and will be out looking for that ever golden yes!!! In the coming weeks for when he's a bit older I realy just want to course rabbits and take him ferreting but wouldn't mind fox aswell not interested in hares thanks john

You'll proberly get told to go away

 

[Scaffolder1]

You'll proberly get told to go away

So same as always then