weather front coming

robbie mars

Hey all just seen the long term forecast and its going to be very cold -5 to -9 in some areas so can anyone advise me as to what way this will affect hunting?

Spunk84

Ears will get cold!

rabbit assassin

robbie mars wrote: »

Hey all just seen the long term forecast and its going to be very cold -5 to -9 in some areas so can anyone advise me as to what way this will affect hunting?

When are we supposed to be in for that ? Id say if we get a layer of snow then the feeding habits of rabbits will be seriously affected. If its just harsh frost then Id say they will be out around mid day because that's when any ground will be de-frosted and will give them the best chance to feed.

Hunter21

Great!! The cold weather decides to come when the game seasons nearly over. Was a crazy mild season and birds were not anywhere to be seen like last year

Spunk84

Weather screwed the birds up this year big time! Haven't seen one teal, seen 6 ducks shot 3 ,count on one hand how many woodcock and seen less than 40 snipe this year!!!!!! thou I did shoot quite alot of phessies this year compared to last......... Very bad omen this season. :c

fodda

Hunter21 wrote: »

Great!! The cold weather decides to come when the game seasons nearly over. Was a crazy mild season and birds were not anywhere to be seen like last year

Because they were hammered by the weather and if you remember we had a really bad May which probably took out some of the young aswell.

What i have noticed is there are very few wild birds around such as Robins and Tits etc...........Anybody else noticed this?

No6

There was a lot of snipe around me this year, on nearly every field they were so wet, phesants were very quiet, I expect them to all come out next week, a good few woodcock if you go looking in the right places and no ducks at all. I have a herd of tits and finches at my feeders every day around 20 at a time and theres a few robbins too!!

4200fps

All the ducks must have came to leitrim cause the place is black with them since the 1st flooding we got this season.we had bad rain last night and i got a call at 12 to head out asap as one of the boys had 8 shot earlier..last year was pretty poor i thought.. we a re spoiled for choice I have to say.we've any amount of lakes,streams,bogs,flooded fields,ponds,wide drains and the Shannon.Rabbits are the only species that are very scarce in my area

robbie mars

Don't talk to me about rabbits have barely seen any in weeks now thinking in the lines of alien abduction

4200fps

robbie mars wrote: »

Don't talk to me about rabbits have barely seen any in weeks now thinking in the lines of alien abduction

Its a sight the way its gone. When the weather picks up in April i'm going to 3 locations to ferret 40 or so and release them on our land,they are hedge rabbits and there's a few old abandoned burrows they can live in. It be nice if one wanted a stew

robbie mars

I don't think u can do that there was a thread back a while ago somebody said the same and was advised not to do it

4200fps

robbie mars wrote: »

I don't think u can do that there was a thread back a while ago somebody said the same and was advised not to do it

Coarse you can,theirs no law against it.I heard of people who done it and it was a success.

4gun

4200fps wrote: »

Coarse you can,theirs no law against it.I heard of people who done it and it was a success.

there is ....it is illeagal to trap and release wild animals
you might want to consider editing your post


by the way there are very few rabbits where I live also,
it used to crawl with them

4200fps

4gun wrote: »

there is ....it is illeagal to trap and release wild animals
you might want to consider editing your post


by the way there are very few rabbits where I live also,
it used to crawl with them

Eh send me the acts,is it illegal to snare or trap mink,foxs etc? are you from England? Rabbits are vermin like mink,foxs etc as far as everyone knows so you may edit ur post

4200fps

4gun wrote: »

there is ....it is illeagal to trap and release wild animals
you might want to consider editing your post


by the way there are very few rabbits where I live also,
it used to crawl with them

Eh send me the acts,is it illegal to snare or trap mink,foxs etc? are you from England? Rabbits are vermin like mink,foxs etc as far as everyone knows so you may edit ur post

Grizzly 45

And if they were there before??It's not like he is releasing a species that wasnt there in times past ,within living memory...IE within the last few years.Not centuries ago like wild boar.Be more like restocking...Its a rather vauge POL as is usual in Irish law.:(

4gun

Jesus, lads dont shoot the messenger

Dont know the ends and out of it but like Robbie said there was a thread on it before

As far as I know once you trap a wild animal you are not supposed to releas it elsewhere, could be to do with disesae control for all I know.
I'm not telling you lads what to do or what not to do.

As for finding the law regarding, 4200fps you can do your own research
I wouldnt even know where to start

Vegeta

robbie mars wrote: »

I don't think u can do that there was a thread back a while ago somebody said the same and was advised not to do it

Hey folks we looked into this in the past and unfortunately, as with a lot of shooting/hunting related issues, the legislation is less than crystal clear.

To sum up:
You can to do it if you have permission, don't break any cruelty laws or clash with the Dept. of Agriculture who are the body who deal with the transport of animals legislation(don't have a clue about Dept of Ag being honest)

You can't capture and sell them (without dealers license) for release elsewhere because of an amendment to section 45 of the wildlife act in 2000.

The thread that came up here was a guy looking to buy live rabbits for release which seems to be a definite no no without a dealers license.

4200fps

But im not buying or selling them,these farmers wants them all shot/taken of their land.Not being smart but you can blow their heads off but you cant capture them to bring home unharmed?

4200fps

4gun wrote: »

Jesus, lads dont shoot the messenger

Dont know the ends and out of it but like Robbie said there was a thread on it before

As far as I know once you trap a wild animal you are not supposed to releas it elsewhere, could be to do with disesae control for all I know.
I'm not telling you lads what to do or what not to do.

As for finding the law regarding, 4200fps you can do your own research
I wouldnt even know where to start

Sound .

Vegeta

4200fps wrote: »

But im not buying or selling them,these farmers wants them all shot/taken of their land.

Other people reading the thread might be thinking of selling them so the advice is for anyone who does a search and may read this thread now or in a years time.

E. Fudd

4200fps wrote: »

robbie mars wrote: »

Don't talk to me about rabbits have barely seen any in weeks now thinking in the lines of alien abduction

Its a sight the way its gone. When the weather picks up in April i'm going to 3 locations to ferret 40 or so and release them on our land,they are hedge rabbits and there's a few old abandoned burrows they can live in. It be nice if one wanted a stew

You should trap a few of them wild boar you've been going on about aswell.......
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