Hare trouble

adamhughes

planted 1500 whitethorns bareroots and them bloody rabbits or hare have nipped over a quarter of them in half.
is mesh or electric fencer any good to keep them away

eeguy

Might be a good idea to post in the hunting forum...

Tiercel Dave

Smear them with car grease.....

Lady Haywire

We had the exact same problem, have 120 whips arrived to replace the eaten ones. All we could do was buy chicken wire & put it round them. Wasn't arsed burying it so put straw dung all round the base.
When I mentioned it here before I was told white paint would do the job too.

And you're not allowed shoot hares right now, just so ya know!

ganmo

adamhughes wrote: »

planted 1500 whitethorns bareroots and them bloody rabbits or hare have nipped over a quarter of them in half.
is mesh or electric fencer any good to keep them away

Hares are protected...rabbits aren't

make sure you can tell the difference before you go snaring/shooting

adamhughes

Lady Haywire wrote: »

We had the exact same problem, have 120 whips arrived to replace the eaten ones. All we could do was buy chicken wire & put it round them. Wasn't arsed burying it so put straw dung all round the base.
When I mentioned it here before I was told white paint would do the job too.

And you're not allowed shoot hares right now, just so ya know!

would never shoot them anyway but mine cleanly cut off 6 inches from the ground,

I wonder would they still grow?

Lady Haywire

adamhughes wrote: »

would never shoot them anyway but mine cleanly cut off 6 inches from the ground,

I wonder would they still grow?

Ours haven't grown back and this happened last summer, same as yours, nipped clean a few inches off the ground. Our planner said to replace them just in case of an inspection so needs must!

adamhughes

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Ours haven't grown back and this happened last summer, same as yours, nipped clean a few inches off the ground. Our planner said to replace them just in case of an inspection so needs must!

so you believe it is hares then?
have don't have many to replace? how many in total did you plant?

Lady Haywire

Oh we know for sure it's hares, no rabbits around here at all in maybe 15yrs since myxie got them. We planted 400 and a loss of around 100, have ordered 120 just to be on the safe side.

adamhughes

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Oh we know for sure it's hares, no rabbits around here at all in maybe 15yrs since myxie got them. We planted 400 and a loss of around 100, have ordered 120 just to be on the safe side.

2300 here and over 1000 nipped

someone mention using chicken wire, 2ft height, but several strands of electric fence wire low down might do the job

archer22

As the poster above mentioned...electric fence and use at least two strands, should work very well now when the ground is so wet.
For a long term fix chicken wire..won't have to be buried very deep for Hares as they are not great diggers like Rabbits.

Lady Haywire

adamhughes wrote: »

2300 here and over 1000 nipped

someone mention using chicken wire, 2ft height, but several strands of electric fence wire low down might do the job

It might indeed. Thought about that route but the field where we've the trees is very difficult to access with the mains fence & the battery fence is needed elsewhere so had feck all choice but the chicken wire.

Rows Grower

ganmo wrote: »

Hares are protected...rabbits aren't

make sure you can tell the difference before you go snaring/shooting

Hares can be legally shot (with a shotgun only) from October to the end of February.

No special licence is required.