declining brown hare

[scothunter 12,609]

no shortage of long ears where i am

[Sam H 80]

The 17 HMR is there hares biggest problem were i live, know of one place were there shot and left. All to stop running dogs. Its bad for the hare either way.

[Richie10 345]

All I hear is that they shoot them to stop people running them, complete rubbish, it's just an excuse to shoot them.

There is no skill involved shooting a Hare, whether running or stationary. Lamping hares with a rifle is the most pointless act.

 

People running hares off permission has happened for years and there wasn't a decline. It's the increase in people shooting and farming practices like spraying and taking down hedges. Shooting hares and leaving them is the new band of shooters that think that they know what they are doing.

 

Even the Shooting Times had a article about shooting hares in summer, no wonder they have no chance.

[hullhunter 219]

up my way there is more than ever on most of the land i go on. im not into coursing so i leave them be. some fields you can see 20+ then 6/7 on the joining fields when lamping and these are not huge fields.

Edited October 18, 2011 by hullhunter

[whin 463]

hares should have game laws like any other animal , sep till march ,or in some places oct to feb . in areas were there scarce, in us a they have laws for game and if to scarce they dont hunt them to death like silly eejits over here do

[dougall 98]

plenty where i am and far to many roe canny walk the dogs with out seeing roe atb

[the big chief 3,099]

keepers and people who have permission to shoot maybe shooting them to keep poachers of the land aswell

[forest of dean redneck 11,643]

aye and the lads that go out lamping loads that dogs couldnt touch in daytime and taking leverets doesnt help.

[rocky1 942]

some places vary ,my shared permsion down yorkshire is on the up with hares and their just as many as rabbits in some fields ,local is on the decline ,same when we went somewere in the midlands the other week we bag a large amount quarry within 3 fields very surprized they was about 15/20 + leverets/hares in 1 field ,it be a number of reason going from climate change,farming,more people getting in hunting game

[jayjay 264]

talkin about hares who actauly enjoys a hare caserole with dumplings etc or hare pasoly a mexican dish , as all i hear is hunt kil but fech all getting eaten etc

i've got to be honest, i'm not a big fan of eating hare's, tried them cooked up a few different ways over the years....... and they just aint my cuppa tea so to speak.

 

cheers,

jay.

[trigger2 3,145]

theres only one thing thats f*****g the hare population up and thats the same thing thats f*****g the deer and fox population up, GUNS. i remember when the ban came in and hunting with dogs changed to rats and rabbits the local butchers and game dealers had more head shot hares in them than i can ever remember seeing.

[Country Joe 1,411]

Having returned to the game after a fifteen year break, I have noticed a big decline, on my permission, years ago I could regularly put up five hares in the one field, I have been over my ground a few times recently, and all I have seen is one Hare,

The thing I have noticed, in my area is the big rise in the Buzzard population, years ago they were rare but not any more, I don't know to much about them, but would they kill Leverets? if yes, then this may be the cause in my back of the woods.

Does anyone else think that Buzzards are a part of the problem?

Edited October 18, 2011 by Country Joe

[graham4877 1,181]

the big hare drives and shoots on estates doesnt help when they are shot in theyre hundreds.

 

shooter's/wankers running leverets, farming to day, the hunting act, as farmers don't need or want them on their land anymore as they are not getting the money in from coursing clubs, then the big hare shoots every year..,,

 

But read any paper and it all down to us with dogs, got f**k all to do with some fat c**ts standing in a line shooting 300-500 a day!!

[Lab 10,979]

theres only one thing thats f*****g the hare population up and thats the same thing thats f*****g the deer and fox population up, GUNS. i remember when the ban came in and hunting with dogs changed to rats and rabbits the local butchers and game dealers had more head shot hares in them than i can ever remember seeing.

Was the gun invented when the ban came in like????....Do you think that every lurcherman when the ban came in got rid of there dogs and bought a gun?? I'd imagine a change in the farming industry and weather have had a bigger impact. Just as it has on the Grey partridge.....

[toby1066 413]

yes buzzards will take leverets