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I read somewhere that the surplus of coyotes was due to the lack of wolves.

I used to gamekeep a pheasant shoot in my youth, it ain’t sport.

Courtesy of Scotspine on Arbtalk..

http://www.charentelibre.fr/2019/01/19/une-dizaine-de-sangliers-traversent-les-rues-de-montbron,3374761.php Recent article in the local paper, a family of wild boar took a wrong turn and ended up running around my nearest small town, eventually they found their way out to the countryside...

Good point.

We ate them regularly back in the day, very tasty. Better skinned than plucked though iirc.

In my youth I was a gamekeeper of sorts, used to look after 200 odd pheasants from the age of 8 weeks in what was called a release pen, then as they grew they’d escape and create a diaspora in the immediate area until the day a dozen or so guns would turn up and they’d shoot them. Really...

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-44907439/meet-the-rat-killers-of-new-york-city I used to catch a lot of rats with my Jack Russel ‘Pirate’ Thankfully none seem to be around here. Interesting little feature about terriers in New York.

How old was she?

I reckon he's a forgiving sort.

For me (at the time) it seemed more honest. Whereas using the snares seemed sneaky, and the death was lingering rather than the (hopefully) quick despatch by my hand. I really enjoyed ferreting (and ratting with a terrier) with my mates, the thrill of the unexpected, I do understand the...

I think I've already been doing that on this thread:)

Don't worry, I won't darken this thread again for a while. I believe snares to be cruel, possibly the most effective way to curb a nuisance species but cruel nevertheless, we could go into a whole world of links, studies and apocryphal stories but it would change nothing. I found the idea of...

As opposed to utterly pointless and laughably twee like #14.

As opposed to what, The Matrix?

Used to snare rabbits as a youngster (as part of a rural up bringing) usually unsuccessfully, but after seeing the aftermath of a couple of "successes" I felt sick and decided not to continue. I continued to catch them with ferrets and participate in pheasant shoots. It's not your choice you...

No, I'm just fine thanks.

I can't imagine being passionate about snaring animals, as cruel a way of killing as there is. May your God forgive you, I can't.