A question

[mickyatch 37]

I know it is still legal to bolt foxes to the shotgun in aid of game bird protection but what is the situation for lamb protection ?

[J Darcy 5,871]

It is illegal to use a terrier to ground when protecting lambs. However, if the fox is shot and injured and a terrier is being used for humane retrieval/tracking and they both end up in an earth then you have got to dig down and rescue the terrier, if you believe he is stuck. Once the terrier is out of the earth then i believe it is legal to shoot the fox again to despatch it, and to end any un-nessesary suffering. That is my take on the law as it stands at present. But I could have misunderstood it. Hope this helps.

[gonetoearth 5,144]

I know it is still legal to bolt foxes to the shotgun in aid of game bird protection but what is the situation for lamb protection ?

pheasants live in the same field as lambs

[MOO 730]

All you need to do is put a pheasant feeder on your ground

[mickyatch 37]

Dont you find that silly lads that fair enough pheasants are what £3.50 a poult and maybe on the very best shooting estate £35 pound per bird put over a gun .... and a lamb what £10 pound when born and by a few months old mebe £50 to £60 pound findin a lamb more expensive you would have thourght that protection of lambs would be placed before protection of gamebirds

[gonetoearth 5,144]

Dont you find that silly lads that fair enough pheasants are what £3.50 a poult and maybe on the very best shooting estate £35 pound per bird put over a gun .... and a lamb what £10 pound when born and by a few months old mebe £50 to £60 pound findin a lamb more expensive you would have thourght that protection of lambs would be placed before protection of gamebirds

welcome to the hunting ban propossed by morons voted for by morons, little cuddley foxes dont kill lambs ask

kate the lamb expert lambs feching £95 at the mo

[ginga john 268]

I can vouch for the price of Lamb, i fancied a nice chump chop for me tea, so while i was in town

i popped into the butchers (bones and left overs as well) two decent chops were £3 each £6 for the two

i ask him where the rest of the Lamb was !!

Someone makes a lot of money from meat and it doesn't always seem to be the farmer, rant over sorry for the highjack

[mickyatch 37]

This ban is actuall utter shite ... keep hunting keep diggin lads all the best for next season and £95 pound feck me ....ive been doing a bit of lamb protection just not with the dogs