Wild Boar

Trelawney

Hi all.

A documentary on the Wild Boar in Ireland is being broadcast at one this afternoon (Saturday 10th) on RTE Radio One. You can listen or download the programme here:

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/documentary-tusk-hunting-irelands-wild-boar-shane-dunphy.html

wexfordman2

Seems a bit over dramatic, he was just on about running away from some hunters who were brandishing their weapons in his direction when he asked for a chat. Think it was Kilkenny somewhere.

wexfordman2

In fairness he has come accross a few without seeming to have had to look very hard

The Aussie

Well an orator Shane Dunphy is not.

What was the most disturbing was the attitude of the Eastern Europen poachers, hope he was able to get the Registration Number and pass it onto the relevant authority's.

Good listen though.

wexfordman2

The Aussie wrote: »

Well an orator Shane Dunphy is not.

What was the most disturbing was the attitude of the Eastern Europen poachers, hope he was able to get the Registration Number and pass it onto the relevant authority's.

Good listen though.

But we're they poaching? If it's the same clip, was this the bit where he was out camping for the night to try and spot some boar? I didn't get the impression they were eastern European or they were poaching? Although if it was an coilte then they prob were I suppose!

The Aussie

- Shane Dunphy described them as Eastern European himself, I will take his word for it.

- He was on Tory Hill in Kilkenny which as far as I know is surrounded by Coillte.

- Being Audio recorded in June it's hard to tell if any day light was left, so could have also been after dark also.


I will leave the description of "brandishing" the Firearm out of it because quite simply I don't know if it was Journalistic Licence at work or a total over use of an Adjective, I've only heard one version of events.

Grizzly 45

Right,that was a waste of a half hour of my life that I wont get back.:rolleyes:
Never heard such tosh in all my life..Suggestions of carrying a walking stick to fend off boar.
Hope your stick is at least made from seasoned oak or ash
Eastern European hunters who are using a red stag call for wild boar brandishing weapons at the most boring voiced presenter ever in RTE...
Gun shots that sound like pellets being dropped in a tin can.

TIP Shane, this was a programme that should have been done for TV. It would have been more intresting to see all this evidence rather than hear about it.:rolleyes:

EWQuinn

Typical public radio style, they are very big on recording the various sounds for obvious reasons. I did an interview for NPR in the field once. They made us just walk and make noise without talking for background and sound effect. It was a little weird, but by an large they do a quality job.

If I were required to be continually working or living in an area frequented by loose and dangerous boar, my walking stick will be 7.5 inches long.

wexfordman2

Well, he has a follow up article on the independent, he mentions the eastern European gents again and the brandishing of weapons.

This time he seems to say that money can be made out of wild boar


http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/wild-boar-is-a-source-of-revenue-to-explore-29489365.html

Grizzly 45

EWQuinn wrote: »

Typical public radio style, they are very big on recording the various sounds for obvious reasons. I did an interview for NPR in the field once. They made us just walk and make noise without talking for background and sound effect. It was a little weird, but by an large they do a quality job.

If I were required to be continually working or living in an area frequented by loose and dangerous boar, my walking stick will be 7.5 inches long.

Nothing wrong with that.BUT radio is aural and not visual.We humans like and need both sound and vision to be able to compute whether something is genuine or not.A classic example of just relying on sound and being led up the garden path is Orsen Welles radio production of the war of the worlds in the 1930s,when we were supposedly bein invaded by aliens.
Great sound effects and all,but,without some visual proof,he could have been in a studio,and proably was,making this up to a script.

my own walking stick is in the 12 gauge variety for these.;)

rowa

wexfordman2 wrote: »

Well, he has a follow up article on the independent, he mentions the eastern European gents again and the brandishing of weapons.

This time he seems to say that money can be made out of wild boar


http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/wild-boar-is-a-source-of-revenue-to-explore-29489365.html

How are these eastern Europeans getting their hands on firearms to poach with ? Are they smuggling them in when they move over ?

daithi55

rowa wrote: »

How are these eastern Europeans getting their hands on firearms to poach with ? Are they smuggling them in when they move over ?

they can apply for a license just like us

The Aussie

daithi55 wrote: »

they can apply for a license just like us

Yep, any Foreign National can apply for a Firearms Licence.

Just takes a bit more paperwork.