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tahir



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 11:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bernie66 wrote:
bodger wrote:
I'm sure that I've read somewhere about people snaring songbirds and the like with horse hair.


Why would you want to snare songbirds anyway?


A delicacy in much of Europe and Asia

Bernie66



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

24 in one pie? Lots of effort

Bodger



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 11:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bernie66 wrote:
bodger wrote:
I'm sure that I've read somewhere about people snaring songbirds and the like with horse hair.


Why would you want to snare songbirds anyway?


Bernie
I most defintely wouldn't, but in the bad old days there was a big trade in both singing birds and plumage for hats and the like .

Snares were also used for catching sparrows for food. Sparrow pie was very popular in the countryside.

Bernie66



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 11:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Cheers

Jonnyboy



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 11:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

What sort of damage do the bunnies do to themselves before they either break their necks or you get to them?

quixote



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 11:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Absolutely none.........err, well, apart from the aforementioned 'breaking of the neck' !!! There are generally signs that the bun's thrashed around a bit, but I've never actually seen one kill itself in the snare. Years ago, I used snares with no stops, and there's no doubt in my mind nowadays that there was a lot more suffering involved. I would'nt dream of using plain snares now

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 11:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

tahir wrote:
A pheasant found a way into our netted off pea patch the other day, I had to get in there to get it out, could I have just killed and eaten it?


Legally you would need a game licence IIRC.

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Quixote wrote:
Absolutely none.........err, well, apart from the aforementioned 'breaking of the neck' !!! There are generally signs that the bun's thrashed around a bit, but I've never actually seen one kill itself in the snare. Years ago, I used snares with no stops, and there's no doubt in my mind nowadays that there was a lot more suffering involved. I would'nt dream of using plain snares now


So a live bunny is normally pretty healthy before you pull it's neck and would be able to survive, if, it managed to free itself?

tahir



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Treacodactyl wrote:
tahir wrote:
A pheasant found a way into our netted off pea patch the other day, I had to get in there to get it out, could I have just killed and eaten it?


Legally you would need a game licence IIRC.


That's what I wanted to know. Hmm, how'd you get one of those?

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 11:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

tahir wrote:
Treacodactyl wrote:
tahir wrote:
A pheasant found a way into our netted off pea patch the other day, I had to get in there to get it out, could I have just killed and eaten it?


Legally you would need a game licence IIRC.


That's what I wanted to know. Hmm, how'd you get one of those?


Post office, about £10 I think. However, in years past many POs have run out of 'em.

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 11:59 am    Post subject: Re: Snaring Reply with quote
    

Quixote wrote:
I'd be interested to hear other opinions though


It's something I would like to learn especially as it needs minimal equipment. One question, what sort of time does it take between setting a snare and rabbits venturing out and being caught? Rather than leave a snare animal for a few hours I'd like to dispatch them asap.

Bernie66



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 12:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

tahir wrote:
Treacodactyl wrote:
tahir wrote:
A pheasant found a way into our netted off pea patch the other day, I had to get in there to get it out, could I have just killed and eaten it?


Legally you would need a game licence IIRC.


That's what I wanted to know. Hmm, how'd you get one of those?

Try online, some do, just googled it.

tahir



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 12:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Treacodactyl wrote:
Post office, about £10 I think. However, in years past many POs have run out of 'em.


Will have to try our local

quixote



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 12:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Jonnyboy wrote:
would be able to survive, if, it managed to free itself?


That's the idea. Generally though, if the snare's positioned & set correctly it's a foregone conclusion. The idea of the stop is to reduce the impact of snaring on non-target species (for instance,my fox-snares are fitted with a coil spring to reduce the potential for injury should a badger, etc, be inadverdantly caught)

Defra have introduced a set of guidelines if you want to have a read?

https://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/vertebrates/snares/pdf/snares-cop.pdf

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 12:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thanks.

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