hare snaring

[moley 115]

i think this thread should be allowed to continue , as i find it interesting, what about snaring on a proffesional basis ?, i know not many lads on here are professionals , but i sometimes have no alternative but to snare , because :

its probably the most effective method for the ground being worked

everything on the ground is lamp shy

snares are easier to carry than cages

cages don,t work very well in rural area,s

its a very good method for reducing numbers quickly

i,m good at it

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

 

The BEST method to control any pest species is to utilise ANY method,...end of story....

 

What's FAIR got to do with it ?

Edited January 28, 2007 by CHALKWARREN

[bullsmilk 2]

GOOD ONE MOLEY..the thread was shut just as people were talking sence and a good debate was just surfacing..i myself have never snared its not that i dont want to i just dont know how the feck too lol

[DUCKWING 302]

AH CHALKIE ,

 

THERE YOU GO AGAIN ................... USING BIG WORDS THAT US POOR FELLAS CANNOT GET THE MEANING OF !!!!!

 

PLEASE REFRAIN FROM USING .......

 

SPORTING / COURSING

 

PEST CONTROL

 

HUNTING

 

AS SOME OF US LADS CANNOT GET A GRIP ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPORTING / COURSING AND PEST CONTROL HUNTING/ POT FILLING

 

WONDER HOW MANY COURSING / HUNTING MEN WERE SHOUTING FROM THE ROOF TOPS WHEN SOME FISHERMEN ETC WERE TURNING THEIR BACKS ON THE FIGHT TO STOP THE BAN ,

 

 

AGAIN ........... IMO ........

 

ANY HUNTER / SPORTSMAN WHO DERIDES ANOTHERS SPORT IS A JUDAS

 

SIMPLE AS THAT

 

 

DUCKWING

[Guest The Big Fish]

Personaly i think all hares should be chased by dogs into waiting snares and then shot

[poacherjim 0]

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[Rabbithunter 456]

i personally don't have a problem with snaring hare's. We can no longer use dogs to catch them, so something has to be done, weather its netting or snaring

[Guest houndblair]

I think the favoured method should be decided by the person in the position of controlling the hare. I personly would much rather the hare hunted by hounds/lurchers as it gives the hare (which is the most fantastic animal alive) more of a 'sporting chance' However with this BAN in place well have to stick with the snares

[Mitch 0]

Well I have been out with the pig dogs and this thread has had alot of attention. Its a different story out here, Hares can be a real pest and so are rabbits and foxes.

 

We need every method possible to control these animals. So i try to do it proffesionally and humainly. There is not problem with snaring hares, there are plenty around my way and they are far to good to be caught by anything down here. My lurcher is just a pup and has had a few runs but has been blown out of the water by the sheer speed of the hares.

 

The point is, Going out and snaring a few hares here and there is not going to make it any harder for me to find them and give my dog a chase. Its not like im going out to kill every hare in existance, Im not coming onto your land and snaring your hares so what are you worried about.

 

Snaring is a wonderful skill to know and too have so I will continue learning and doing. There are still plenty more for my dog to run, Plus alot of the hares down here live through the bush where a dog couldnt course one for more than 30 seconds. And you dont even see it,

[juckler123 707]

I dont mind taking hares any way as long as the hares get used for food winds me up when they just get chucked in the hedgebottom or left in the field where they were taken they deserve better than that

[TOMO 26,685]

well said juckler

 

out of intrest chalk warren. have you had owt else in those drop boxes, any hares? TOMO

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

Edited February 5, 2007 by CHALKWARREN

[OldTrapCollector 377]

Just a few rats mate,..oh,.and a wild Polecat,...which is now in with a pretty little silver bitch....

 

Have you tried crossing wild poley with a ferret before CW?

 

I did some years back. I had a jill polecat I caught in a single end cage when it was about 4 weeks old, the trap didn't actually fire but the poley was under the tread plate and couldn't find her way out when I came to it. I tried to tame it but you really cannot put generations of wild blood behind them and she was as quick as lightning and very nervous. She never bit me but I didn't give a lot of chance to, she held ok but was always eyeing up an escape route. I crossed her with a really docile white hob and hoped the half-breeds would be half as wild. Unforunately they were as mad as their mother and were like quicksilver to work, and inevitably killed every rabbit that was too slow off the block. I have to say though that they retained the dark mask markings and for looks they'd win any show, but for work not much use.

 

OTC

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

Edited February 5, 2007 by CHALKWARREN

[paulf 820]

That pic of the wild polecat is a cracker see a lot dead on the roads .