grompz 703 Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 out for a walk this morning,with the dogs.and noticedthat quite a few hares were starting to box, and follow the females trail,is it just me or is this early or not,i know the seasons are changing but this is the earliest i have seen this,any of you lads noticed it in your areas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moseley 16 Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 yes they are here to lincoln based Quote Link to post Share on other sites
midnighthunter 78 Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 your spot on max but that will not happen more the pity Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,581 Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 We have a season for hare here in NI , 12th august till 31st January. .. but the boys will still run them all year and think theyve got a great mutt cause its catching pregnant hares or leverets.. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RossM 8,121 Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Say hunting licence 30 quid per year Million people hunting one form or another 30 million every year Decent chunk of money annually Then all the money re jobs ' suppliers' hospitality ect ect making hunting Legal once more would bring to the economy It makes sense. Hunting back under a hunting licence . With a quarry quota too . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cocpops 19 Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Far too many numpties hunting all year with dogs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jacknife 2,005 Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Far too many numpties hunting all year with dogs. Too many doing it without land owners permission So you get a unhappy land owner who want them shot on sight regardless of the month Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BIGLURKS 874 Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Say hunting licence 30 quid per year Million people hunting one form or another 30 million every year Decent chunk of money annually Then all the money re jobs ' suppliers' hospitality ect ect making hunting Legal once more would bring to the economy It makes sense. Hunting back under a hunting licence . With a quarry quota too . as much as I like the idea of a hunting licence a quota too I don't think it would work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lenmcharristar 9,841 Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 We have a season for hare here in NI , 12th august till 31st January. .. but the boys will still run them all year and think theyve got a great mutt cause its catching pregnant hares or leverets..the land we hunt up by you has a few on it but we never go near them, packed with rabbits too, again left alone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gamerooster 1,179 Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 What's f***ing things up is the idiots dumping them in the ditches..... and this has happened for years, why I began detecting today's competitive coursing, one for the pot does me 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,581 Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 We have a season for hare here in NI , 12th august till 31st January. .. but the boys will still run them all year and think theyve got a great mutt cause its catching pregnant hares or leverets..the land we hunt up by you has a few on it but we never go near them, packed with rabbits too, again left alone pm me where ill leave the foxes for you 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,783 Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) I'm curious Max, why should shooters pay for a national game licence again, in an effort to legitimise coursing, when only last March you were calling for hare shooting to be banned? Edited January 15, 2015 by Born Hunter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,783 Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 So, you want all other fieldsports to pay a licence fee just so you can legally course, while at the same time you would ban part of the sport that the shooters (who are supporting you in paying a licence in exchange for coursing to be legalised) enjoy. You'll have a hard job convincing the shooting community to scratch your back when all you're doing is pissing on theirs. Especially seeing as a licence would not benefit the majority of fieldsports at all. Even the 30M you quote is piss in the ocean to what shooting alone is worth to the British economy. I just don't get your reasoning here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,783 Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) I wasn't arguing coursing vs shooting. I wouldn't, I think both are valuable British fieldsports. I was arguing how you could justify enforcing a game licence on shooters, solely for the benefit of coursing men, when you would gladly stab shooters in the back. But if you insist, the example you gave is illogical. Going in a keepers pen to butcher his birds is mindless vandalism. Shooting hares on a shooting estate is of no concern for coursing men. The two aren't even similar. Now if you said, how would a keeper feel about a coursing man shooting pheasants on a coursing estate that had nothing to do with the keeper (which is the correct reverse of situation you gave), then I I imagine the keeper wouldn't give a f**k. Edited January 15, 2015 by Born Hunter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gamerooster 1,179 Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Not quite the same fella, coursing men think they have a god given right to hares, the example you have give is rubbish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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