Erie Fred
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Some hunters go pretty far to enhance their area:
Some hunters go pretty far to enhance their area:
No that's absolute phantasy. The blighters can jump like you wouldn't believe and most would be so smashed up by the time they would get a bullet it would be cruel.If you really wanted to it wouldn't be beyond the realms of possibility to round up the dear and process them commercially. Round here some of the herds are heading into the hundreds. Would need to be a few adaptions to the processing lines to deal with the jumping but not impossible.
Never heard that before. Any idea why?Head shooting for the pot is my preferred method. Nice clean carcass but apparently it’s not good for the meat.
Can’t remember why, it was a reply on a post on the stalking directory.Never heard that before. Any idea why?
No that's absolute phantasy. The blighters can jump like you wouldn't believe and most would be so smashed up by the time they would get a bullet it would be cruel.
The best way to control the deer numbers would be to cull them from helicopters,in New Zealand pilot and shooter can drop 200 in a day if shooting to waste.
I grew up in NZ mate,watch the video I posted. I have a bit of experience yarding and drafting deer,which were semi domestic and they just don't muster.
Because those Deer are already on a farm in the first place mate.The big dear farm at warnham seems to manage. From memory most the handling system is in the dark which stops the problems.
That's got to be quite the change in scenery.....story behind the move ?I grew up in NZ mate,watch the video I posted. I have a bit of experience yarding and drafting deer,which were semi domestic and they just don't muster.
The problem you have over much of the country is that Deer have become urbanised. Here in south Essex I grew up in Benfleet near what is now Hadleigh country park. At that time it was alive with rabbits, so much so that at times the fields were like a moving grey carpet. This was despite regular myxy outbreaks.
Those days have long gone with the arrival of VHD rabbits have become scarce & now i hardly see any.
Instead they have been replaced with Muntjac & there are loads of them. Roe are moving in too.
But the problem is they are moving into a highly urbanised area with very fragmented land ownership, Most of the landowners simply wouldnt contenance any deer control due to Bambi syndrome, No feo would give permission to any stalker to use a rifle over 90% of the local land as its simply too crowded & not safe to use a rifle. So anti sensibilities coupled with safety concerns means practical deer control is effectively ruled out completely.
Now their only control is by road accident!
With Munties breeding all year round we will be over run with them soon.
Yes, i posted a link awhile back, it's heading north to my area.VHD or rabbit calcivirus disease (RCD) is always fatal.
But is there not? Some sort of Deer wasting disease in other countries - that we don't get in the UK (yet)....?
OMG, if you did , it'd be on the protected species list before you could say " Shoot !" .With regards to why the English dont eat much Venison,perhaps its because of the name?
Rebadge it "Highland Antelope?"
I used to run a rabbit farm so did six other friends , VHD / RHD is not always 100% fatal , some does get it at the right time and pass anti bodies on to the hours / day old's who sometimes survive after four weeks old .VHD or rabbit calcivirus disease (RCD) is always fatal.
But is there not? Some sort of Deer wasting disease in other countries - that we don't get in the UK (yet)....?