long dogs 580 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 the farm we hunt on has more than 25 active setts at the moment. they are every where. even now as i am typeing this i am looking at two out my kitchen across the field. j. what badgers or setts lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jetro 5,349 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 the farm we hunt on has more than 25 active setts at the moment. they are every where. even now as i am typeing this i am looking at two out my kitchen across the field. j. what badgers or setts lol lol setts mate. j. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
craigyboy 1,274 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 theyre everywhere mate,the country is full o the fecking things but saying that im noticing the same thing with deers,im starting seeing them everywhere i go and in some very unlikely places mind you im not complaining Quote Link to post Share on other sites
long dogs 580 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 be nice if i were seing more deers plenty of big ears Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FightTheBan 1,147 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Leave the badgers alone there doing no one any harm! FTB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxing machine 144 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Leave the badgers alone there doing no one any harm! FTB lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,474 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Hi everyone, just out of curiosity, how many badger setts are within your general area? I know of nine active setts within three miles radius of my house. There may be more. Would this be an above or below average amount of setts for a normal rural area in Ireland or UK? None its fecking brill, don't have to worry about bumping into them or being accused of being out after them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithie 2,443 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 theres loads around here. theres a man made set whats watched and some more on land the local badger expert looks after.. got to think they will be here for good now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fellman 116 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 wow i didnt even know there were badgers in the british isles................. there you go learn somthing new everyday..............yis fellman 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfie 106 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 the most potected animal in europe like a lot of species thay are protested against be ing taken killed or injured a by sec 1 of the act and thay are protetced against anyone attempting to kill injure or take them so you are presumed to be guilty unless u can show you are innocent bit f****d up that Badgers can can be controlled in most of europe thats why they dont have the problems we have here in the uk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
christian71 3,187 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Hi everyone, just out of curiosity, how many badger setts are within your general area? I know of nine active setts within three miles radius of my house. There may be more. Would this be an above or below average amount of setts for a normal rural area in Ireland or UK? None its fecking brill, don't have to worry about bumping into them or being accused of being out after them Thats it mate Not many areas like are's that aint got them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
byron 1,179 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 the uk,s most protected unendangered species.. totally agree with craigyboys deer job aswell................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldNog 432 Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 i shoot and ferret 10 places within 2 mile of me, and there is badgers sets on all of them. can walk wright up to them at night when shooting, to with in 10 yards. one of the farmers said they have see 23 in the field all together playing , they just no there safe at moment. still think there can spread mixy from farm to farm. Rabbits are the only animal that can get mixy. It is a man made disease that was made purely to control the rabbit population! The only way Billy could spread it is if it was to collect a sack of infected rabbits and move them to a different area. Not very likely Far to many of them down my way, they cause more grief for the keepers than foxes do! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kenny14 656 Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 (edited) i shoot and ferret 10 places within 2 mile of me, and there is badgers sets on all of them. can walk wright up to them at night when shooting, to with in 10 yards. one of the farmers said they have see 23 in the field all together playing , they just no there safe at moment. still think there can spread mixy from farm to farm. Rabbits are the only animal that can get mixy. It is a man made disease that was made purely to control the rabbit population! The only way Billy could spread it is if it was to collect a sack of infected rabbits and move them to a different area. Not very likely Far to many of them down my way, they cause more grief for the keepers than foxes do! That's not strictly correct. Myxi is spread by fleas and other blood sucking parasites, so for example, if a flea has fed from an infected Rabbit, then later jumps onto a Badger, it could 'hitch a lift' a considerable distance. Badgers travel much greater distances than Rabbits, and as Rabbits regularly occupy Badger Setts, Badgers could quite possibly be a big contributor to the spread of Myxi. I'm not aware of any research having been done on this, but I suspect that any accurate results might be hard to find . Edited September 29, 2011 by kenny14 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neal 1,869 Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 There are a few on my bit of permission and one of the rabbit buries has just been "extended" into a sett too so will have to give one whole section of hedgerow a wide birth this season. However, they used the same spot four years ago until it flooded in the winter and then left it alone...until this fresh blood moved in. Incidentally, I thought I'd add this as the BBC are usually so anti: I was watching "Escape To The Country" last night, based in West Sussex, and they were talking to a farmer who'd set aside some of his land to farm lavender. He said that one of the reason for the nationwide decline in bumble bees is the over protection of badgers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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