aye, and soon enough they'd be factory farming them till they're all fat, furless and disease ridden. then one day they break out and give us all squirrel flu.
i'm sending that one to george romero
i'm sending that one to george romero
I have met the enemy......
- Thread starter British Red
- Start date
-
Hey Guest, Early bird pricing on the Summer Moot (29th July - 10th August) available until April 6th, we'd love you to come. PLEASE CLICK HERE to early bird price and get more information.
True, true 
and have the poor wee beggars breeding all year round and living in concrete trees instead of the reality of the weather.
Might add value though if they could be claimed to be "wild caught", like wild gathered fungi
cheers,
M
and have the poor wee beggars breeding all year round and living in concrete trees instead of the reality of the weather.Might add value though if they could be claimed to be "wild caught", like wild gathered fungi
cheers,
M
We need to do the same for quite a bit around here - I've never seen such huge flocks of wood pigeon, rabbits and Roe as I have this last year. Be great to see more of it put to use. The new game prep laws have precluded most re-sale sadly - so a few shots eat their own but most are precluded from selling what they shot. Sadly if they could sell, the meat would not be wasted and the population better managed
Another example of "unintended consequences" I suspect
I would like to be able to hunt grey squirrels, to help keep the population down and to eat them. However, with nothing to actually hunt them with.. I guess it will stay on the 'I wish I could.. ' list .. I wonder how easy it is to hunt them round this way, with the ever increasingly bureaucratic hunting laws and required red tape..
I wonder how easy it is to hunt them round this way, with the ever increasingly bureaucratic hunting laws and required red tape..
I would like to be able to hunt grey squirrels, to help keep the population down and to eat them. However, with nothing to actually hunt them with.. I guess it will stay on the 'I wish I could.. ' list ..
Call yerself a bushcrafter?
Sling, slingshot, stonebow, snare, deadfall are all improvisable partially or completely in nature and are currently legal for taking greys. Landowners' permission on the other hand is a different kettle of fish...
I would like to be able to hunt grey squirrels, to help keep the population down and to eat them. However, with nothing to actually hunt them with.. I guess it will stay on the 'I wish I could.. ' list ..
Don't matter what ya got squizzers ain't never easy . Well, blasting dreys with a 12 bore being the one exception.
The Gov have a bounty on them too.
deep fat fryer, hot plate, on a piece of steel on a fire?
In foil on your exhaust pipe while driving to the meets, in a solar reflector, in sun creme on a spanish beach......on the slates of a Welsh cottage in a heat wave.....
We had "just the one" a few years back to see what it would taste like, even the little one tried and enjoyed it, next time it will need a few extra bodies chucked into the mix though.
I remember being shown how to prep one by British Red on a meet up, and someone commented "is that a tick", no said Red, i"t's a boy"
Really should have done the tutorial when we were all sober though, 14 around a camp-fire in the dark and a few sheets to the wind is not the best way to learn.
:You_Rock_
I remember being shown how to prep one by British Red on a meet up, and someone commented "is that a tick", no said Red, i"t's a boy"
Really should have done the tutorial when we were all sober though, 14 around a camp-fire in the dark and a few sheets to the wind is not the best way to learn.
:You_Rock_
They do? I knew there was talk about one, but as far as I was aware it never happened. Ya got a link so I can read up on it ? Would be interesting reading I think.
Cheers!
Theres a couple here, not searched much though, these just seem to be about wales. I have seen bbc ones for scotland. Can't find too much for the UK though. May not do it anymore, not sure. I know it has been on and off for nearly a century. Kind of weird situation. The same people who wanted the red squirrels back and the greys controlled are the same ones who opposed the bounty. They seem to think that the odd person can go around and do it. Not a bloody chance. I have never shot more than 4 in a day, they aint daft they play with you.
http://www.berwickshire-news.co.uk/news/Outrage-at-squirrel-bounty-hunters.1563310.jp
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/454114.stm
http://www.berwickshire-news.co.uk/news/Outrage-at-squirrel-bounty-hunters.1563310.jp
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/454114.stm
I reckon that with a bit of subtle publicity we could really put a huge dent in the grey squirrel population.
We simply get a couple of tv chefs and posh restaurants who cater to the 'Meedja' to serve squirrel and lapin as the truly tasty lean meat they are. Great for protein but so low in fat that you could starve on them
We know it's really the effort to catch them that causes it, but it's a catchy slogan.
I think if folks thought it the latest stay slim fad they'd pay to munch the blighters into oblivion.
cheers,
Toddy
There is already a butchers in Shropshire that sell them - hasn't exactly taken off though. Maybe we need to get Jamie on to it
Cheers,
Broch
Similar threads
