Suspicious activity

Could be some lad is missin a Whitehead heifer and was out lookin for her...

https://youtu.be/L5HzNhn6aKk

We had “visitors” in the yard this week. wee runners have access to yard and field. They were herded against electric fence in yard until they knocked it and then into a corner against a gate which was broken.

Cant figure what was going on, the gate was broken but messed with and closed again.

It's either someone trying to beat the "Fastest mule hopping" world record, or Heather Mills has paid you a visit. If it's the latter, at least your cows are safe.

A two legged fox.

Met a fellow walking up our lane today. I roll down the window.

Are you all right?

Ah, yeah.

Are you looking for me?

Ah, no.

Well, who are you looking for?

Ah, I'm just out for a walk....

Well, there's nothing up here only a farmyard, and it's private property.

Ah, all right...

Wasn't the sharpest tool in the box, or a good actor.

Feck!

Great idea!

Any mate with a trail cam would be fodder for a visit some night while dressed up in something from The Wicker Man.

You'd only want to do it once, mind.

A backside full of 7.5 shot wouldn't be nice....

Saw lads out lamping the other week. Was working late myself, cranky and clearing a blocked channel so hopped into the van and tore down the road to tell em to clear off. Still have stock out and last thing ya need is big lights jeeps and dogs around the place in the middle of the night. They went with little argument but perhaps the state and mood I was in had them wondering what I would do as opposed the other way around. Now prob not the smartest thing to do but I saw on twitter there a young female farmer confront lads at the same craic as well and they were a lot more intimidating in their behaviour. I'd always said I'd never have a gun about the place as their are enough things to go wrong but enough of those fcukers calling around would have you leaning that way

The single footprint reminds me of something I came across many moons ago.

I was out hunting and came across footprints in the mud. Odd thing was, it was only a left foot each time so I was puzzled. Recounted the story to a friend and he solved the mystery. There was a local character who wore wellies a lot but always cracked the right one at the ankle, so he would buy two pairs of wellies at a time that were a size bigger than he needed. He would wear the first pair until the right boot cracked and put the left boot aside, then wear the second pair until the right boot cracked again. Then he would wear the two left boots until they too succumbed. Three pairs for the price of two...

What is the deal with this 'lamping' crowd?

A trail cam or two ( usually about €90) would be a good stop-gap untill you got wi-fi cameras installed. They all work in the dark, and take about 10 seconds whenever the beam is triggered.

I’m someone that did an awful lot of lamping foxes 20 odd years ago. But things changed now with all the rural burgulies. I am chairman of the local gun club and I’m firmly against lamping for the reasons above. Still a few in the club that think they have a sense of entitlement to do - drives me crazy.

I do a small bit of shooting still but stick very local to lands where I know the farmer and they know me. No issues then but it’s the outsiders thinking they don’t need permission that upset everyone. If I saw people on my lands that I didn’t know, out they’d go too.

We have one and moved it to the yard straight away.