I got in trouble before on here for magpie hating... but it seems my cat has a disregard for bushcrafter sentimentality.
Is it ok to cull in this manner?
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I can't stand cats, but that one has something to commend it 
Can't abide magpies, they are on the general licence for a reason. Keep culling.
Can't abide magpies, they are on the general licence for a reason. Keep culling.
Good hunting, ours has bought in two squirrels in the last week which I was quite impressed with.
xylaria
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I watched a magpie kill a slow worm this week.
My fat ginger manx does rodents not birds unfortunately.
My fat ginger manx does rodents not birds unfortunately.
Not a thing wrong with culling magpies.....can you get a cat language translation of the general licence
Its just a young one, an easy catch. We've noticed a big increase in nesting birds in our garden since we lost our cat.
Cats are awesome. When I lived out in the desert of the southwest we had serious rat and mice problems and putting out food so some stray cats would call it home was the only thing which brought the problem under control. The county would distribute pamphlets of the dozen or so major diseases that the local rodents carried, including the deadliest form of hanta and the bubonic plague.
After a while the rats and mice were all gone so they went after the gophers.
When the gophers were exterminated they went after birds and the local jackrabbits (a large desert hare). We'd find jackrabbit debris and feathers scattered about. For some reason they tended to not eat the jackrabbit's head, so we would occasionally find a hare's head with the spinal column attached laying here and there.
After a while the rats and mice were all gone so they went after the gophers.
When the gophers were exterminated they went after birds and the local jackrabbits (a large desert hare). We'd find jackrabbit debris and feathers scattered about. For some reason they tended to not eat the jackrabbit's head, so we would occasionally find a hare's head with the spinal column attached laying here and there.
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We feed the birds in our garden. Our intention was to feed the small birds (ha!) but the crows and jackdaws seem to have taken over. A couple of magpies also come in and I have been surprised how aggressive they are with the other birds. One of the jackdaws that comes in regularly (I know its the same one due to distinctive leucism) is now blind in one eye following an attack by the magpie. Sadly the poor jackdaw is now more vulnerable to the many cats that frequent our garden, rather than the nasty magpie. Still, that's nature and that's life .....
We have one of those. Or we did... only seen him twice in the last 4 weeks since we got our Springer spaniel. Think he's sulking
widu13
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I can't stand cats, but that one has something to commend it
Can't abide magpies, they are on the general licence for a reason. Keep culling.
Can we add cats the the General Licence? I could make more use of my buckshot mould
