Well done @Britsmoothy!
Hi all I am a right hander and i need to shoot with a L/H/ fifle because i don"t know why but i can't close my left eye when i am shooting.
The UK has plenty of rabbits that are generally classed has a pest they have made a good come back after the myxomatoses epidemic in most counties . A favoured quarry for the poacher and his lurcher before the hunting with dogs became law these dogs earned their keep and not only but meat on the table but the surplus got their owner many free pints of English ale
Feltwad
well this is where I was born and for better or worst I am after 76+execpt for a stint in the US ARMY , in 1960, I am going to die here. so we all don't have the luxury of choosing where we live? for many years it was a great area to live in. then the TREE HUGGERS came! I understand where you are coming from.Toot no doubt the coyotes as well as foxes and house cats take a toll on rabbits, rabbits will run in cycles a few good years and then a drop in population for a year or two. As I do not or would not live in the NEW ENGLAND STATES I would take a keen eye as to the reasons for the placing game animals on protected lists.
There is only one talking nonsense you know the law hunting with dogs is illegal and in my part of the country the favoured poachers dog is a greyhound crossJess is a lurcher all be it a tiny one. Any cross with a greyhound, saluki, deerhound or whippet is classed as a whippet.
As for a poachers dog, nonsense. Many a lurcher is used legitimately and still used to catch rabbits. It is now illegal to course hares but not illegal to run rabbits. Many a pest job using ferrets and nets and lurchers are used to eradicate huge rabbit infestations to this day.
No problem for meWell, didn’t mean to stir the pot! Thank you gentlemen for your answers . Hate to leave you in the LURCH, but I have to go!
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