One for Stu ...... taken from another Forum
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but we have them all around where we live in France, in the front wood which is part of our garden ......... They are big "buggers" but usually keep away from you ....... and I keep away from them ..... they have ruined some of my bird scouting sessions when they have "grunted" at me from the under growth
https://nypost.com/video/ferocious-wild-boar-attack-kills-an-elderly-man/
Bill ,lovely to hear from you. The link is a hard core it might be worth slapping an advisory in your post kiddo. While the video is desparate it's heartbreaking that the old guy being attacked lost his life,it does show exactly how powerful these boar can be and also how aggressive, I'd love to know the back story to this incident surely there must have been a trigger for this behaviour
A few folks might benefit from this,but sadly one isn't going to educate our population.
You good bro we don't see you so much now??
cheers for this although it makes very very hard viewing
stu
I live near the Forest of Dean and have seen the damage the boar have caused. They are being pursued by photographers, disturbed in situ, as well as tourists trying to feed them. The numbers are going to be unmanageable. It will end in tears one way or another.
I live near the Forest of Dean and have seen the damage the boar have caused. They are being pursued by photographers, disturbed in situ, as well as tourists trying to feed them. The numbers are going to be unmanageable. It will end in tears one way or another.
There is a multi million ££ business built up around pigeon proofing / culling.I and many others get fed up with all the bird crap all over thier cars, but how many people are calling for all birds to be culled?
Is that correct (about pheasants) ... I was always under the impression that you can take a dead pheasant off the road legally, but if you had knocked it down / killed it; then legally you would be poaching it. Same is true of dear; so I would assume wild pigs would be the same - if its dead / you didn't kill it you can take it.A road kill pheasant belongs to the landowner a joining the road ,one can't pick it up tis illegal,I wonder on a pig??
I tend not to believe it without a reference. It is also in conflict with the generally accepted practice that pheasants (even if bred by the landowner) that stray onto neighbouring land and shoots are the “property” of the new landowner. Anyway I’ve always collected pheasants that are in good nick whether I’ve killed them with my car or someone else has and I must confess that when I read about the boar that was my first thoughtIs that correct (about pheasants) ... I was always under the impression that you can take a dead pheasant off the road legally, but if you had knocked it down / killed it; then legally you would be poaching it. Same is true of dear; so I would assume wild pigs would be the same - if its dead / you didn't kill it you can take it.
The problems raised are purely and simply down to one factor FACEBOOK 10 years ago most peeps posted pics of bird or animal sightings on Flickr or forums where access was limited and the news spread slowly .
These days a rarity or a good place to see a rarity is posted ( usually innocently) on FB and within hours the place is swarming with Wannasee’s .i can only see it get worse .
A man after my own heart ( or should that be stomach? )Anyway I’ve always collected pheasants that are in good nick whether I’ve killed them with my car or someone else has
I got curious about this, as that is what I always understood too.I was always under the impression that you can take a dead pheasant off the road legally, but if you had knocked it down / killed it; then legally you would be poaching it.
Last week I was very tempted by an unsquashed dead badger just up the road from me but since I was on my way to hospital visit I decided against it, the laws about badgers being somewhat more precise than those for roadkill pheasantsA man after my own heart ( or should that be stomach? )
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Indeed they are, besides they taste like s*** anywaythe laws about badgers being somewhat more precise than those for roadkill pheasants
Is that correct (about pheasants) ... I was always under the impression that you can take a dead pheasant off the road legally, but if you had knocked it down / killed it; then legally you would be poaching it. Same is true of dear; so I would assume wild pigs would be the same - if its dead / you didn't kill it you can take it.
Hamster jam, ah yes, that's good for growing tulipsSo you and Chris will have never eaten badger ham
Hamster jam, ah yes, that's good for growing tulips
(Well so sung Max Bygraves, so it must be true )
Recent non-anecdotal evidence of mustelophagy by the president of the RSPB http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/10375201/Eat-roadkill-says-new-face-of-the-RSPB.html though it’s badger chausseur rather than hams.Rich not conflict phess moves to another bit of land tis their's,or mine right side of road it's mine. It actually seems logical to me.
So you and Chris will have never eaten badger ham then,neither have I actually and personally don't fancy it any more than a clay baked hedgehog. But ya might be wrong bro Badger ham comes from an old Cornish guy Chris,sure again anecdotal,but I had no reason to not believe him.
stu
Well, you are a bit of a wordsmith yourself aren’t you?Blummin heck Rich,how am I, me of all, meant to cope with words like that can't we just share some of Chris' jam please
As you eluded to up the page a little, Badgers are ( or at least were) highly protected. And that included the road kill.Recent non-anecdotal evidence of mustelophagy
I think you are the only oneYou've always struck me as a real clever guy Chris,
I fairly sure it’s legal to possess road kill badgers but the problem is that you would have to prove that is what they were and that presents difficulties if you were challengedAs you eluded to up the page a little, Badgers are ( or at least were) highly protected. And that included the road kill
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As you seem to be a man in the know, what is the position regarding culling the dammed wood pigeons that trash my garden in winter and my fruit and veg patch in summer?There is a multi million ££ business built up around pigeon proofing / culling.
And therein lies the problem eh?I fairly sure it’s legal to possess road kill badgers but the problem is that you would have to prove that is what they were and that presents difficulties if you were challenged
what is the position regarding culling the dammed wood pigeons
I like that. Thank you.Wood pigeons and feral pigeons are classed as vermin, you can shoot & trap but NOT poison them.
Of course local by-laws regarding shooting apply.
ie discharging a firearm in a built up area will get you noticed by the local constabulary, but a silenced air rifle won't
They are classed as edibleAs you seem to be a man in the know, what is the position regarding culling the dammed wood pigeons that trash my garden in winter and my fruit and veg patch in summer?
Are they classed as vermin?
Once you've caught them!!!They are classed as edible
Indeed they are, besides they taste like s*** anyway
Hamster jam, ah yes, that's good for growing tulips
(Well so sung Max Bygraves, so it must be true )
Recent non-anecdotal evidence of mustelophagy by the president of the RSPB http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/10375201/Eat-roadkill-says-new-face-of-the-RSPB.html though it’s badger chausseur rather than hams.
Yes, I know, but it’s recent compared to 1890 etc from which a lot of similar “recipes” date, so yes, recentRecent? That article's dated 2013.