fishfish 17 Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 reported in this weeks 'Horningsham times' : ".... sutch is the problem lately that the parish is considering asking for help from the county constabulary,and on occasion some disreputable types or poachers have been seen to 'seed' the roads of the parish with corn from the opened window of an automobile,and then seen to return after some minutes and deliberately run down the Game birds that feed upon the cast-said corn which belong to the Estate of his Grace the 17th Earl of Somerset. The Horningsham times can report that the local police community support officer ,Martin Dames actually witnessed one occasion,he stated "i was going about my routine patrol duties when i came accross what i believed was an RTA (road traffic accident),as it was on a nasty bend just up past Harries oak,i turned on my blue lights,when i got out my vehicle it became apparent that one gentle man had come around the corner and hit about 7 pheasants,and another gent was helping gather the badly injured and dying birds,he told me he was a local locum veterany surgeon and would take them streight to his surgery for emergency treatment. I helped load the said birds into the boot of his car mwhene he assured me they would be fine.The vet left at some speed,it was then that i noticed the corn all over the road,and it dawned on me that this clearly was a case of 'road seeding'." Clearly this band of poachers are ruthless and will stop at nothing to satisfy their appetite for public disobeidience. Frank Winters head game keeper on the Estate urges the readers to phone him or crime stoppers should they see any suspicious behaviour in or around the estate." whoed ever live in sutch a crime ridden area eh! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JordKil 0 Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Never! Seeding! Fish...tut tut Its funner using fools cap traps... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fishfish 17 Posted October 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 terrible behaviour eh! pretending to be a vet too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JordKil 0 Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Now that makes it ten times better!!! :laugh: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Onan 6 Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 local police community support officer ,Martin Dames later phoned the vet to ask how the birds are.. and the vet replied delicious Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swampy 147 Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 local police community support officer ,Martin Dames later phoned the vet to ask how the birds are..and the vet replied delicious "tasted better than the swan last week.." swampy Length? just long enough to ning Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 Shame on whoever perpetrated such a dastardly act.... ....good idea though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swampy 147 Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 Soak corn in vodka. Saves a lot of damage to cars. You can just pick them up staggering all over the place! Not that I would advocate such a heinous crime................. Swampy ning hic pluck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fishfish 17 Posted October 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 yes i agree its terrible! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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