WannaBKeeper

The standard dole for someone over 25 in ireland is 188 euro, not great when you consider the price of things over here, rent,food, fuel etc i think your eligible after X months residence, and you have less then 20,000 in the bank account, the hunting scene is strong depending on your location, some counties in my opinion are more affiliated with field sports, in general a "who you know" situation normally occurs with local gun/sporting clubs which can be difficult to get into, even harder for an englishman ? lol. Housing prices are low compared to 5-10 years ago but starting to rise again slo

Well aware of that mate,

Trapped a number of rats last season for a girl doing her research project on trying to isolate lepto, they had to be fairly fresh rats as the lepto which resides in the kidneys denatures after a short period following death, i had to disect the rat and store the kidneys for her to collect, she was also looking at lepto in other various rodents, mice, voles even got her a stoat or two, still awaiting her results and the recognition ? lol, it will be interesting to see if the rats i trapped where carrying the disease, i trapped 70+ rats last season so inevitably a number of them must have had

I can see the need for this type of technology( as stated earlier, great watch btw) for trapping large numbers of "hogs" as they become trap shy after seeing one of their own fall victim, or for urban pest controllers as a camera feed could save time, but for a working trap line or a keeper on his beat, id prefer to walk it, traps need to be maintained, tunnel entrances kept clear of vegetation, larsons fed and moved when needed, tripped snares re-set etc, replacing the basic husbandry tasks related to trapping in place of technology removes the effort and skill, trapping in my opinion is as

Ireland is missing a few species that England has, tawny's, weasels, adders, to name a few, thanks again for the reply's

Cheers again, tawny owl recorded in co. Down last year, a first for ireland i think or maybe just a rare migrant or possibly an escapee, would love to do something for the barn owl however the boss is concerned about anything with talons,

Cheers for the reply, i think a tawny or little owl would be a rarity in ireland unlike England, but barn owls are present but struggling in certain respects, id consider an eagle owl if someone could push one west ?plenty of buzzards here and ive been told they do not tolerate buzzards and even predate on them , thanks again

Just a thought, but has anyone any experiance of owls predating young poults?? What im really asking is would a healthy population of barn owls for example, have a detrimental effect on survival rates of wild broods through predation or would they benefit wild broods through predation on rats etc, i ask because i was considering erecting a number of owl boxes on land which holds wild partridge but would not do so if it was going to have a negative effect on recruitment into the population, any usefull replys would be greatly appreciated

Hello people, WannaBKeeper here. Looking to keep up with modern fieldsports and like minded people. Based in north Co. Dublin, Work seasonally as a wild partridge keeper and really enjoy every aspect of. A friend told me about the Hunting Life , had to sign up.