badger cull

sniperman

see the badger cull is on in uk,i for one would like to be involved in the shooting part,anyone one else?or am i alone on this one?please no bunny huggers respond.

Cass

Watching coverage of it on Sky news and they're interviewing the protesters. They are saying it's undemocratic, unfair, etc, etc. No alternative measures of how they can be financed though.

Birdnuts

Badgers are already culled here under special licence by the Dept of Agriculture in TB problem areas - mainly in the midlands. They cull them using specialized cage traps and non lethal snares. They are then dispatched by rifle. They reckon that in a few years they will have a cheap and effective TB vaccine which will be given to trapped badgers so that culling will eventually be no longer necessary.

TriggerPL

sniperman wrote: »

see the badger cull is on in uk,i for one would like to be involved in the shooting part,anyone one else?or am i alone on this one?please no bunny huggers respond.

Why ? Why would u like to shoot a badger ?

The only reason anyone could give for dispatching of a badger is if the farm is over run with tb.

There a lovely animal that you won't eat so ur not shooting them for food , and they don't cause any trouble to game birds .

So unless for TB sniper man why else !

And a farmer that has never had TB should def not be killing them

dodderangler

Don't think I'd be able to shoot one .
Never given me any hassle. I hardly see one a year anyway. I seem to see the same one aswell in same field. Pretty huge lad aswell

sniperman

TriggerPL wrote: »

Why ? Why would u like to shoot a badger ?

The only reason anyone could give for dispatching of a badger is if the farm is over run with tb.

There a lovely animal that you won't eat so ur not shooting them for food , and they don't cause any trouble to game birds .

So unless for TB sniper man why else !

And a farmer that has never had TB should def not be killing them

ask the people over in the uk the same question

IrishHomer

sniperman wrote: »

see the badger cull is on in uk,i for one would like to be involved in the shooting part,anyone one else?or am i alone on this one?please no bunny huggers respond.

Can you explain why you are attracted to shooting badgers? How would you view this as sport if they are snared and unable to get away while you point your gun?

TriggerPL

sniperman wrote: »

ask the people over in the uk the same question

I know why they are doing it they have epidemic of bovine turburcuelus and after 2 years of planning there doing a cull ! There not letting every Tom dick and Harry across the country do it !

It's in selected areas where the problem is wide spread .

Real mature ans to buy the way !

When you look for advice ere again don't expect people to rush to ans you with comments like your after making

dodderangler

Should a farmer ask you for a badger to be shot would you do it though. We all have to keep farmers happy at the end of the day. I probably still wouldn't. Think they are beautiful animals and it'd be a shame to take one.

TriggerPL

dodderangler wrote: »

Should a farmer ask you for a badger to be shot would you do it though. We all have to keep farmers happy at the end of the day. I probably still wouldn't. Think they are beautiful animals and it'd be a shame to take one.

Honestly I'd loose the permission befor I'd shoot one , but I would put him in contact with what ever crowd deals with tb infested areas

Birdnuts

dodderangler wrote: »

Should a farmer ask you for a badger to be shot would you do it though. We all have to keep farmers happy at the end of the day. I probably still wouldn't. Think they are beautiful animals and it'd be a shame to take one.

You would have to ask yourself is it worth potentially loosing your licence and facing criminal proceedings. The farmer would also be in trouble with the various organs of the state. In any case farmers over here can already alert the Dept of Agriculture if they suspect they have a TB problem. The Dept experts will access the situation and take the necessary course of action including any evidence of TB and the likely source of infection. Badgers are just a part of this jigsaw with a significant number of infections coming from bought in cattle and other wild mammals. If the situation requires Badger culling then trained and licenced people will do the job. The farmer will then be fully compensated for any lost stock.
In other words, in this country at least, there is no reason why either farmers or hunters should place themselves in a situation where laws are broken. Anyways its an internal UK issue so it has little real relevance to this country.

Cass

Lads, and ladies.

Before this goes into a morality or ethical debate allow me to remind everyone of the forum rules.

No discussion about the morality or ethics of hunting/shooting. If it's legal then we can discuss it freely. If it's not then the mods will take action. However i do not want this thread slowly, or otherwise, turning into a "bash hunting" session.

This is aimed more so at visitors to the forum than our regulars but is a general warning to all.

FISMA

sniperman wrote: »

see the badger cull is on in uk,i for one would like to be involved in the shooting part,anyone one else?or am i alone on this one?please no bunny huggers respond.

I have no problem, given a healthy population, as long as you are either: ensuring the well being of livestock or will eat the badger after the cull.

Badger's TB can go to bovine. If the badgers feed where cattle do, the TB in their mucous can infect cattle, feeding in the same area. I for one would not like to wait for positive test results or roll the dice if I had a herd and there were badgers around.

Also, has anyone else here ever had honey smoked badger? Had some in the UK once, not bad. If it is shot for the pot, why not?

dodderangler

Eating badger??
Heard about it in Germany but I'd never ever try it.
I thought eating a carnivore isn't good for you but then again I suppose a badger is an omnivore.
But they also eat fox in Germany