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boisdevie1



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 07 6:50 pm    Post subject: Canal ducks - am I allowed to take them for the pot Reply with quote
    

There are loads of Mallards on my local canal. Does anyone know if it's legal for me to take some for the pot?

Treacodactyl
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 07 7:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

No idea but how would you catch one? Wild ducks can only be killed during the season which is Sept 1 - Jan 31 for inland water in England.

KILLITnGRILLIT



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 07 8:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

........and you need to be the land owner or authorised person. The ducks have to be Mallard/Teal/wigeon....ie those that can be shot and you need to be more specific than "TAKE".....So that`ll be a big NO then.

dpack



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 07 10:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dogs ,duck and folk festival is wrong then ?

KILLITnGRILLIT



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 07 8:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
dogs ,duck and folk festival is wrong then ?


Yes, yes and not sure what you mean, please explain.

Jb



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 07 10:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

KILLITnGRILLIT wrote:
dpack wrote:
dogs ,duck and folk festival is wrong then ?


Yes, yes and not sure what you mean, please explain.


I think he means he plays old Steeleye Span records at them until they commit suicide

SheepShed



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 07 1:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Definitely a no.

Your local canal is a public place. Using any sort of gun there is very likely to lead to the arrival of an armed response unit and an appearence in court.

Attempting to catch and kill the ducks by any other means is also likely provoke a similar response, except by unarmed police and/or the RSPCA.

boisdevie1



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 07 1:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

What a shame - there are loads of them.

judith



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 07 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

boisdevie1 wrote:
What a shame - there are loads of them.


Could you encourage them into your garden?

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 07 2:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

my big dog and his even bigger dad jumped a duck on the river from a sitting start on a warm day at holmfirth folk festival ,got it and brought it back

cab



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 07 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

So, to clarify, you can't grap a duck by a canal, wrestle it to the ground, wring its neck and take it home for the pot.

I presume the same goes for Canada geese?

What about pigeons then?

dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 07 2:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

i like to keep my distance from geese

cab



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 07 2:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
i like to keep my distance from geese


Don't blame you

cab



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 07 2:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Canal ducks - am I allowed to take them for the pot Reply with quote
    

boisdevie1 wrote:
There are loads of Mallards on my local canal. Does anyone know if it's legal for me to take some for the pot?


Of course if thats the Lancaster canal that I used to forage on you've got all sorts of other options other than the ducks

Have you any idea whether the freshwater mussels in there are safe? I used to eat them occasionally, but I'd stop well short of suggesting that anyone else does likewise! Loads of tasty wild greens up around there too. And if you follow the canal down to Galgate, then take the branch that goes down to Glasson and Chonder Green, you've got a vast amount of good forage down there.

Bodger



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 07 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

All you need is a Daffy Duck costume and a rubber mallet Its an old poaching method passed down from generation to generation ! The old skills are simply dying out .

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