Quest 97 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Is there such a thing over there and if there is do you have heavy fines for those that poach? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 This is going to be interesting.. lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quest 97 Posted December 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 I hope I didn't open a can of worms on here lol. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twelsh 345 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 No not in this country pal all the hunting lads are law abiding citizens lol 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 there a brave few on here couldnt poach an egg I wouldn't dream of poaching... It's fried all the way for me ? 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,608 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Can't afford to do it,if you get caught they transport you to Australia. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
big napper 3,591 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Im off poaching then to get the f*ck out of blighty, Too many forigners here for my liking 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j1985 1,984 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Can't afford to do it,if you get caught they transport you to Australia. I'm off out tonight wearing a high vis with my blitz!! Free Australia flights here I come ? 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithie 2,443 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 2 dog men got caught last year doing fields next to permission I use and they got £650 fine each. Another 1 waiting to appear in court at the minute. I am sure almost all land is walked by somebody not ment to.. just how it is Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,544 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Can't afford to do it,if you get caught they transport you to Australia. I'm off out tonight wearing a high vis with my blitz!! Free Australia flights here I come Good idea,i am opting for bushy park in a minute,high viz and bowhunting those reds,Oz for new year i hope?Is it business or cattle class and do we get to pick the city? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 The only people who poach over here are the real tough guys with massive nuts and bigger mouths. Everyone else just goes hunting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Is there such a thing over there and if there is do you have heavy fines for those that poach? Its only called poaching if they catch you ! You can receive a heavy fine (apparently !), dogs can be confiscated and woe betide anyone caught poaching with a weapon ! Punishments are nowhere near as harsh as they used to be, though...... The authorities introduced a variety of man-traps and spring-guns, the purpose of which was to kill, mutilate or break the poachers legs, this was mainly as a deterrent to poachers. Punishments for Poachers became worse. Poachers were sentenced to longer terms of imprisonment. The less fortunate were, from 1816, transported to places like New South Wales (Australia) for fourteen years. Between 1750 and 1820, more poachers than before were hanged, particularly those convicted of using a firearm or wounding a gamekeeper. During 1830s man-traps and spring-guns were made illegal, and a Act in 1883 allowed tenants to kill rabbits and hares on their own farms, so ending one of the most hated parts of the old game laws. On the other hand, the law remained heavily on poachers. Poachers could still be transported to penal colony, or imprisoned for up to seven years. By the Poaching Prevention Act of 1862 anyone suspected of carrying poaching implements could be stopped and searched by the police. poachers were treat more harshly than any other people accused of other types of theft in the 19th Century, this shows that the views on poaching changed more slowly than many other forms of theft on property since 1750. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 28,444 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 The only people who poach over here are the real tough guys with massive nuts and bigger mouths. Everyone else just goes hunting. i don't even do that mate, I'm just taking my dogs for a walk, in the countryside, and at the moment that's still legal, it's also not illegal to occasionally get lost and walk for miles across private land in an attempt to get back to the public footpath you were trying to follow, I,m quite a solitary person and very rarely take anyone out with me which I think is one of the biggest problems with poachers, they tend to work in groups of two or more, which makes landowners more likely to phone the police than just come over and tell you to feck off, I got in much more trouble pre ban going out with mates than I ever have since the ban and becoming a miserable anti social old b*****d, mates = liability 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 I was talking to someone here who said he knew a guy who would take up to 1000 birds off one of the estates, IF true that is some serious cash! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dai dogs 1,489 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 My first fine for poaching rabbits was £15 in 1980 my second was £16 fine and £20 court costs in 1989 Learnt my lesson I have not been poaching since 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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