rats and fox questions

niteowl84

Hi all I just wanted to ask ye what do ye do with rats and foxes after ye shoot them do ye throw them into hedges or if ye take them away what would ye do with them then?

dodderangler

Casserole mate
Bit a fox an rat with few 'datoes and carrots
Nothing nicer

If I got rats I'd bring them home Nd feed it to the hawk or ferrets
A fox I'd discard into ditch/ gorse but never leave it out in the open
Some farmers will ask a lad to leave the fox on a fence or in his yard so he knows the foxes are being shot

vapour_trail

I usually bury the rats, not a big job only takes a few seconds. I leave the foxes well out of site of anyone. Usually in very heavy cover (briars etc) where there is no chance of the carcass coming into contact with streams or flooding ditches.

valerossi

Skin the fox makes a grand gun rug ironic if noting else ha na i just drag him up on the hedge unless im coming back later to shot mags and crows feeding off him. Can't say i actively shoot rats but when i do i kick what's left into the hedge and as stated never discard in streams or water ways and try take anything dead out of them.

1shot16

On discarding dead animal can you bury or discard birds like crows ect into hedges?

vapour_trail

1shot16 wrote: »

On discarding dead animal can you bury or discard birds like crows ect into hedges?

Bring a bit of bailing twine and hang them up by the legs to keep other crows away. Check with the farmer first though as not all lads like you doing that

1shot16

vapour_trail wrote: »

Bring a bit of bailing twine and hang them up by the legs to keep other crows away. Check with the farmer first though as not all lads like you doing that

Now that i think about it i remember my mother hanging them up at the veg patch

Birdnuts

1shot16 wrote: »

On discarding dead animal can you bury or discard birds like crows ect into hedges?

small carcasses like birds etc. are quickly dealt with by natures scavangers, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

dicky82

dodderangler wrote: »

Casserole mate
Bit a fox an rat with few 'datoes and carrots
Nothing nicer

If I got rats I'd bring them home Nd feed it to the hawk or ferrets
A fox I'd discard into ditch/ gorse but never leave it out in the open
Some farmers will ask a lad to leave the fox on a fence or in his yard so he knows the foxes are being shot

surely you don't feed rats to your hawk and ferrets?
i would think better of my ferrets than to feed them rats. . .:rolleyes:

dodderangler

dicky82 wrote: »

surely you don't feed rats to your hawk and ferrets?
i would think better of my ferrets than to feed them rats. . .:rolleyes:

Skin them ( if you've stomach for it) and feed them to the ferrets
They are full of protein and great for a moulting hawk or a ferret that losing weight
Take off the head and tail skin them and gut them and cut up if you wish just like skinning a rabbit
But there is a bit of a smell off them

valerossi

A lads cleaning rats really that's where the line is surely, its just not right like ITS JUST NOT RIGHT. If i was a mod id shut this down (cass step in here please):-), anymore of that and im gona hand over the rifle and shotguns and join green peace and anti hunting organisations:-):-)

Chesapeake

hang them by the neck in the ditch where mullahed