Ferret vs Mink

[Guest tewkesferreter]

 

Don't shoot unless you can accurately identify your quarry.

Quite Right.

 

Please identify this pest and tell me whether I can or can't

 

definate pest swampy,kill it as inhumanely as poss.

[chasethebunny 0]

i dont think its up to you meerihunter, you cant say what has the right to live or not, are you like the polecatpolice?

[Guest tewkesferreter]

i dont think its up to you meerihunter, you cant say what has the right to live or not, are you like the polecatpolice?

 

if hes holding the gun id say hes got the right to say what lives or dies. do you actually hunt?

[Meerihunter 7]

i dont think its up to you meerihunter, you cant say what has the right to live or not, are you like the polecatpolice?

 

Are you for real this is a hunting forum what do you think we all do every time we hunt?

[droid 11]

i dont think its up to you meerihunter, you cant say what has the right to live or not, are you like the polecatpolice?

 

Are you for real this is a hunting forum what do you think we all do every time we hunt?

 

I'm with meerihunter on this one.

 

If I saw a Saluki worrying sheep I'd shoot it without a second thought.

[chasethebunny 0]

yeah I am for real, you could Shoot me if you have the gun in your Hand, it Doesn't make you right and it doesnt make it Legal

 

its one thing working with Permission, its another Blowing somethings Head of that scared you, it was 2 foot long if that for f**k sake i do not think it posed immediate danger to him

[Guest tewkesferreter]

yeah I am for real, you could Shoot me if you have the gun in your Hand, it Doesn't make you right and it doesnt make it Legal

 

its one thing working with Permission, its another Blowing somethings Head of that scared you, it was 2 foot long if that for f**k sake i do not think it posed immediate danger to him

 

chase the bunny,do you hunt?

[Mistyka 0]

There is a difference between a responsible hunter and a irresponsible hunter. And there is law/rules in place to try to ensure that hunting is done responsibly. In my opinion there was nothing in rabbit hole that was so awful and dangerous that it required the shotgun to be aimed into the hole and fired without even knowing what the animal was. You never know what you might find in an animal hole.

 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...ticle668198.ece

 

And before anyone asks, yes, I have probably hunted more variety of animals than most here.

[droid 11]

yeah I am for real, you could Shoot me if you have the gun in your Hand, it Doesn't make you right and it doesnt make it Legal

 

its one thing working with Permission, its another Blowing somethings Head of that scared you, it was 2 foot long if that for f**k sake i do not think it posed immediate danger to him

 

chase the bunny,do you hunt?

 

C'mon Caz.

 

Answer the man's question

[Meerihunter 7]

I'm reminded again why I don't post on the ferret section, it's full of anti hunting pet ferret owners.

 

Droid, if a Saluki went feral and was worrying stock there is probably very little you could do other than shoot it.

[droid 11]

Glad to hear you say that.

 

My objection to the shooting of the animal in this thread isn't that it was shot. If it was positively identified as a mink then that's the best thing to do with it. It was the fact that the shooter didn't have a clue what it was, but shot it anyway.

 

Hence my comment about 'amateur' being a good name for Corky. As far as I'm aware, polecats (pure or hybrids) don't pose the problem to local wildlife that mink do. And you can't generally tell a hybrid from pure polecat just by looking at it.

[The one 8,467]

Its not the fact he shot a feral ferret/polecat .He didn't identify what he was shooting the onus is on who ever pulls the trigger to identify there quarry

[chasethebunny 0]

Its not the fact he shot a feral ferret/polecat .He didn't identify what he was shooting the onus is on who ever pulls the trigger to identify there quarry

 

Exactly, and Yes I do Work with permission, not That it matters

[Meerihunter 7]

Well know diferent I've had countless poults kill by Feral Ferrets and not to mention the effect of feral ferrets on birds in the western isles, I'm sure that these are not isolated cases where ever there are feral ferrets they will have a detrimental effect effect on ground nesting birds, poultry and reared gamebirds.

[droid 11]

Well know diferent I've had countless poults kill by Feral Ferrets and not to mention the effect of feral ferrets on birds in the western isles, I'm sure that these are not isolated cases where ever there are feral ferrets they will have a detrimental effect effect on ground nesting birds, poultry and reared gamebirds.

 

Point taken.

 

But you also have a problem with hedgehogs, which aren't a problem in my part of the world.

I've not seen any evidence that feral ferret colonies are any worse than polecat populations here. Which is where I was thinking of when I made the comment.