deka 7 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 my mate swears blind that he saw one run across a road near where i live , had a quick search on the net and most people seem to think that there are none in this country. this animal ran onto some land where i have permission. now my question is if this turns out to be true , would it be legal to shoot it ? from what i can gather they live in burrows and i don't really want to encounter one with my ferrets ! has anyone else ever encountered these animals ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cornio 0 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 It's quite feasible, they were brought over here and bred for their fur and inevitably escaped. I think East Anglia is the only place where they can be seen, is that where your mate was? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deka 7 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 no mate it was in welshpool , next to the severn . have showed my mate some pics of coypu and he is convinced that he saw one Quote Link to post Share on other sites
victor 10 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 what the f#@k?? never heard of them lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
claybusers al 9 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 what the f#@k?? never heard of them lol do a google vic Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chimp 299 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 quite a few round here a few years ago but i havent gone out of my way to look for them since . yes im in east anglia Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leeview 788 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 There were some on the fens but have been considered extinct in this country for quite a while now Y.I.S Leeview Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ghillies 209 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 yup, theyre big... even bigger on a lamp lol, he must have fluked a spotting because theyre very warey aparently. declaired exstict from britain a few years before regular spotting's i beleive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deka 7 Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 will go and have a look over the weekend and see if i can find where they are living Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AKA-BRINDLE 879 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 quite a few round here a few years ago but i havent gone out of my way to look for them since . yes im in east anglia They where a common sight where i grew up...but they all gone now...the thing with coypu is they breed like f**k you would soon know if they was about...you wont find any now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waz 4,249 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Ive never seen them further than a 200 metres from water (runnin or still), the place to look for them is banksides when theres been a dry spell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
billybunter 72 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 shot and trapped plenty of them in the early 80s on the river waveney on the norfolk/suffolk border Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,452 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Thought there was loads about in the 70/80s,but the hard weather killed them off Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waz 4,249 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Well it goes down to -12 here and the fuckers are all over,. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fish 148 Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Thought there was loads about in the 70/80s,but the hard weather killed them offdont think it was the weather bud we get it hard here andit dont do them any harm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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