killbilly 17 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 (edited) Equally large numbers of mountain hares are shot on Scottish grouse estates to stop them spreading parasites and protect the young heather for Grouse. Thats the excuse anyway...their not eaten and most are thrown in stink pits. Hare numbers are up here in the last few years and they can be hard on new saplings, but I leave them alone unless the damage is very bad Edited March 18, 2014 by killbilly 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 They were kept singly, in wicker racer crates, with hay in bottom. Iv searched google but can't find a pic, I'm sure iv seen some on YouTube a while ago but can't find clip now. Do they all live in purpose made crates? Or do you still get a few deaths ???? Very few. Can only think of two. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
perthshire keeper 1,239 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 What's Xmas trees got to do with slaughtering Hares on mass PK ? mot so much the "mass slaughtering" ( we really should stop useing that term!) hare are one of the biggest threats to christmas tree plantations and will not be tolerated on any level.... even fenced in plantations (of a larger size) they find a way in...and on EVERY place i know that grows trees.... hares and deer (of course subject to the right laws and paperwork) are shot on sight all year round... lamped...snared netted and dogged.... they nip the tops off young trees making them unharvestable and if they were to become 6-8ft trees in a few years time that could be 40 50 or more pounds worth of tree gone dead and has to be replaced... ive seen tracks in powder snow were a hare has gone down a row of trees and nipped the top off a hundred or more trees = the boss on the blower going fecking mental. we were paid to kill em on sight and to get them ONE hare was too many and had to be rousted out.... half a dozen was enugh to keep the boss awake at night having cold sweats.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,537 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Totaly shocking what a waste Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 22,643 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Totaly shocking what a waste of christmas trees? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 What's Xmas trees got to do with slaughtering Hares on mass PK ? mot so much the "mass slaughtering" ( we really should stop useing that term!) hare are one of the biggest threats to christmas tree plantations and will not be tolerated on any level.... even fenced in plantations (of a larger size) they find a way in...and on EVERY place i know that grows trees.... hares and deer (of course subject to the right laws and paperwork) are shot on sight all year round... lamped...snared netted and dogged.... they nip the tops off young trees making them unharvestable and if they were to become 6-8ft trees in a few years time that could be 40 50 or more pounds worth of tree gone dead and has to be replaced... ive seen tracks in powder snow were a hare has gone down a row of trees and nipped the top off a hundred or more trees = the boss on the blower going fecking mental. we were paid to kill em on sight and to get them ONE hare was too many and had to be rousted out.... half a dozen was enugh to keep the boss awake at night having cold sweats.. . You would have made a good prison gaurd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delboy_187 902 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 hate shooting . dogs for me atleast the quarry has chance he gets away or gets caught simple.with guns they die or take off injured over some fool with a bandy eye and die slowly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonetoearth 5,144 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 They were kept singly, in wicker racer crates, with hay in bottom. Iv searched google but can't find a pic, I'm sure iv seen some on YouTube a while ago but can't find clip now. Do they all live in purpose made crates? Or do you still get a few deaths ???? they brought them in pheasant crates two to a crate coverd in straw to keep em in the dark but that was back in the 70's no posh divider think i remember a few dead but not many. Couple of hundred were brought over in a big horse tranporter. Hush hush back then I think jacks and doe. Or two doe' s can not remember its that long ago lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
budharley 945 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 hate shooting . dogs for me atleast the quarry has chance he gets away or gets caught simple.with guns they die or take off injured over some fool with a bandy eye and die slowlyOr if your like me most things fly off laughing at my shit shooting Quote Link to post Share on other sites
delboy_187 902 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 why have you a bandy eye Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clipo 871 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 What pisses me off is that shooters CAN buy/rent land and do this legally while a lurcher man/club could buy the same land, kill one hare and every one in attendance gets locked up and lose there dogs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 What pisses me off is that shooters CAN buy/rent land and do this legally while a lurcher man/club could buy the same land, kill one hare and every one in attendance gets locked up and lose there dogs start a campaign to get the ban on hare coursing overturned then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clipo 871 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 What pisses me off is that shooters CAN buy/rent land and do this legally while a lurcher man/club could buy the same land, kill one hare and every one in attendance gets locked up and lose there dogs start a campaign to get the ban on hare coursing overturned then you should do it as a modertor on a hunting forum folk would really take notice....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithie 2,443 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 i bet they would ask the shooters to sign it even though some dog men in this thread would like to remove hare from the legal quarry of the shooter.. for the record i would sign.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clipo 871 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 i bet they would ask the shooters to sign it even though some dog men in this thread would like to remove hare from the legal quarry of the shooter.. for the record i would sign..i wouldnt remove hare shooting at all, some parts of country have more hares than rabbits lol its the law that pisses me off not shooters 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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