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[micky 3,325]

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had a few off of this wood over the last few days its about half a mile long and its clicking with rabbits

first snare had a rabbit then a couple of knocks

 

another rabbit and that was it , i set the snares yesterday in bright sunlight when i got there this morning i saw a completely different picture as there was much better runs that i had missed , still , all part of the game .

[micky 3,325]

 

that is the wood .

[EDDIE B 3,166]

Nice to see you've found a place with decent numbers micky. It's amazing how the runs show up better in duller weather. Did you stick in a few more snares?

[micky 3,325]

I set half a dozen then i watched the buzzards gliding over a big open field where there is a lot of rabbits , never saw one catch one but there not there for nowt .

[EDDIE B 3,166]

I set half a dozen then i watched the buzzards gliding over a big open field where there is a lot of rabbits , never saw one catch one but there not there for nowt .

O I recon rabbit, plays a major part of a buzzards diet.

[micky 3,325]

i have had them do damage to snared rabbits in the past and also seen them standing by them , there are a lot of pheasants left in this area and the keepers say that they are no bother but i am not so sure.

[Guest vin]

i have had them do damage to snared rabbits in the past and also seen them standing by them , there are a lot of pheasants left in this area and the keepers say that they are no bother but i am not so sure.

 

A buzzard is a scrounger more than owt else ..they will take a free meal if they can get it...but they are a poor excuse for a hunting bird..their weak feet are not best suited for even trying to kill a full grown bunny...maybe the odd daft young easy bunny.

[EDDIE B 3,166]

 

 

i have had them do damage to snared rabbits in the past and also seen them standing by them , there are a lot of pheasants left in this area and the keepers say that they are no bother but i am not so sure.

A buzzard is a scrounger more than owt else ..they will take a free meal if they can get it...but they are a poor excuse for a hunting bird..their weak feet are not best suited for even trying to kill a full grown bunny...maybe the odd daft young easy bunny.

Saw an fantastic YouTube video one time, showing a buzzard hunting. Showed amazing footage of one taking a rabbit. Sure, he took the rabbit by surprise, and wasn't chasing it with lightning speed and change of direction, but it did hit that bugger hard, and held on with those "weak tallons", and subdued the animal with ease.

 

I've read a lot of crap on the net about various animals. Studies done by various experts, half of which is pure nonsense, IMO.

Did anyone read the new one about Irish Pine marten? Seemingly, studies say that the Irish Pine marten is mainly vegetarian. Yes, you read that right.

 

We don't have as big a rodent/small mammal population as the rest of Europe, so marten are relying more so on fruits etc to survive. Well I never knew that!

 

That study was done by The Irish Wildlife Trust, and some "expert" from the University Of Galway, I think. It was in one of the national papers a few months back.

[micky 3,325]

 

i have had them do damage to snared rabbits in the past and also seen them standing by them , there are a lot of pheasants left in this area and the keepers say that they are no bother but i am not so sure.

 

A buzzard is a scrounger more than owt else ..they will take a free meal if they can get it...but they are a poor excuse for a hunting bird..their weak feet are not best suited for even trying to kill a full grown bunny...maybe the odd daft young easy bunny.

 

That is what buzzards do to rabbits i have had it a few times though i have never actually seen one kill a rabbit , as to having weak feet speak to a man who has taken one out of a bird trap

[Guest vin]

 

 

i have had them do damage to snared rabbits in the past and also seen them standing by them , there are a lot of pheasants left in this area and the keepers say that they are no bother but i am not so sure.

 

A buzzard is a scrounger more than owt else ..they will take a free meal if they can get it...but they are a poor excuse for a hunting bird..their weak feet are not best suited for even trying to kill a full grown bunny...maybe the odd daft young easy bunny.

 

That is what buzzards do to rabbits i have had it a few times though i have never actually seen one kill a rabbit , as to having weak feet speak to a man who has taken one out of a bird trap

 

 

its still only scrounged it though...it didn't kill it.. crows porbably started it off and buzzards,kites etc etc will always take a freebie. . . as for them having powerfull feet... Why do you think people use Harris hawks,Goshawks etc birds of similar size but with serious feet and power/speed for Hawking/falconry and not buzzards. . . in the grand scheme of things..they are a poor excuse for a hawk.

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

 

 

 

i have had them do damage to snared rabbits in the past and also seen them standing by them , there are a lot of pheasants left in this area and the keepers say that they are no bother but i am not so sure.

 

A buzzard is a scrounger more than owt else ..they will take a free meal if they can get it...but they are a poor excuse for a hunting bird..their weak feet are not best suited for even trying to kill a full grown bunny...maybe the odd daft young easy bunny.

 

 

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its still only scrounged it though...it didn't kill it.. crows porbably started it off and buzzards,kites etc etc will always take a freebie. . . as for them having powerfull feet... Why do you think people use Harris hawks,Goshawks etc birds of similar size but with serious feet and power/speed for Hawking/falconry and not buzzards. . . in the grand scheme of things..they are a poor excuse for a hawk.

 

 

Ooh,..you little Austringer you...

[micky 3,325]

 

 

 

i have had them do damage to snared rabbits in the past and also seen them standing by them , there are a lot of pheasants left in this area and the keepers say that they are no bother but i am not so sure.

 

A buzzard is a scrounger more than owt else ..they will take a free meal if they can get it...but they are a poor excuse for a hunting bird..their weak feet are not best suited for even trying to kill a full grown bunny...maybe the odd daft young easy bunny.

 

That is what buzzards do to rabbits i have had it a few times though i have never actually seen one kill a rabbit , as to having weak feet speak to a man who has taken one out of a bird trap

 

 

its still only scrounged it though...it didn't kill it.. crows porbably started it off and buzzards,kites etc etc will always take a freebie. . . as for them having powerfull feet... Why do you think people use Harris hawks,Goshawks etc birds of similar size but with serious feet and power/speed for Hawking/falconry and not buzzards. . . in the grand scheme of things..they are a poor excuse for a hawk.

 

What do you mean ;it didn't kill it ; how do you know ? crows do not start to break a rabbit up by the back legs they start further up the body not on bone , look at the eye of the rabbit , its clear and showing no sign of the trauma of dying of strangulation , look at the wire , it has not gone through the toes or around the leg and what you cannot look at is that that snare had a stop on . The buzzard killed that rabbit and its weak little tootsies held it ,while he et it.

[Guest vin]

 

 

 

 

i have had them do damage to snared rabbits in the past and also seen them standing by them , there are a lot of pheasants left in this area and the keepers say that they are no bother but i am not so sure.

 

A buzzard is a scrounger more than owt else ..they will take a free meal if they can get it...but they are a poor excuse for a hunting bird..their weak feet are not best suited for even trying to kill a full grown bunny...maybe the odd daft young easy bunny.

 

That is what buzzards do to rabbits i have had it a few times though i have never actually seen one kill a rabbit , as to having weak feet speak to a man who has taken one out of a bird trap

 

 

its still only scrounged it though...it didn't kill it.. crows porbably started it off and buzzards,kites etc etc will always take a freebie. . . as for them having powerfull feet... Why do you think people use Harris hawks,Goshawks etc birds of similar size but with serious feet and power/speed for Hawking/falconry and not buzzards. . . in the grand scheme of things..they are a poor excuse for a hawk.

 

What do you mean ;it didn't kill it ; how do you know ? crows do not start to break a rabbit up by the back legs they start further up the body not on bone , look at the eye of the rabbit , its clear and showing no sign of the trauma of dying of strangulation , look at the wire , it has not gone through the toes or around the leg and what you cannot look at is that that snare had a stop on . The buzzard killed that rabbit and its weak little tootsies held it ,while he et it.

 

 

comedy gold.. looks like a fox has been trying to drag it off...is it held in a snare or not ?

 

Put this picture up on the the falconry section and ask if anyone thinks a buzzards caught and done that.

[micky 3,325]

https://youtu.be/nPoK2l7WBNc

[micky 3,325]

https://youtu.be/nPoK2l7WBNc

I have had a look on the net and that was the first thing that came up , there was also numerous lies from various sources from all over the country stating Rabbits were a major part of the birds diet, accompanied obviously Photo-Shopped pictures, as for a Fox trying to drag that rabbit away, i doubt it ! No weak legged Leicestershire Fox would be capable of such a feat or inflicting those horrific injuries though some people [usually readers of the VIZ Book of Birds ] will tell you they will some times attack an elderly or weak chicken , these people can often be found dashing round the dales trying to kill weak legged rabbits with large amounts of gobbed out Bullshit