13-08-2017, 02:00 PM
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My ex was a member of a Gun Club. They reared their own pheasants, as they grew they were put in a pen in the forest and fed daily. They were so tame from being reared from chicks that when released they would practically stand on the barrel of a gun.I was and still am a keen birdwatcher and hated him bringing home game which he had shot. I refused to handle or serve his kills and they would end up being given to neighbours. In the end he gave up shooting and joined me as a birdwatcher.
14-08-2017, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by TessA
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Do you eat what you kill Rehab?We have chaps around here that shoot rabbits and pheasants, they take them home and eat them. I get given the pretty feathers from the pheasants for my craft work, I wouldn't use them if they were just killing them for fun.
Shooting is an expensive sport not everyone can afford to indulge in this hobby .
Pheasants and some partridges are not native to this country .
Some are bred here by gamekeepers others come from factory farms in Poland or elsewhere in Europe - at least 50% according to Defra. These young birds can spend 20 hours or more crammed inside a crate stacked in the back of a lorry to their destination in the UK.
These hand reared birds are semi tame and when released have to be beaten ( frightened ) to fly as their natural instinct is to hide in the undergrowth .
There is another cost to wildlife gamekeepers put out snares and traps for foxes who will try and kill the birds ( other wildlife will also get caught and die in these snares .
Raptors are also killed by poison i understand in order that they don't prey on the game birds .
Basically it's canned hunting .
Possibly slightly better than the life of a factory chicken though as there is a very slight chance of survival for the birds .
14-08-2017, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Muddy
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Of course they are killing them for fun Tessa.Shooting is an expensive sport not everyone can afford to indulge in this hobby .
Pheasants and some partridges are not native to this country .
Some are bred here by gamekeepers others come from factory farms in Poland or elsewhere in Europe - at least 50% according to Defra. These young birds can spend 20 hours or more crammed inside a crate stacked in the back of a lorry to their destination in the UK.
These hand reared birds are semi tame and when released have to be beaten ( frightened ) to fly as their natural instinct is to hide in the undergrowth .
There is another cost to wildlife gamekeepers put out snares and traps for foxes who will try and kill the birds ( other wildlife will also get caught and die in these snares .
Raptors are also killed by poison i understand in order that they don't prey on the game birds .
Basically it's canned hunting .
Possibly slightly better than the life of a factory chicken though as there is a very slight chance of survival for the birds .
I suspect you have not read the independent report above and your post is more about what you perceive to be a 'class thing'
14-08-2017, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by TessA
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The people I'm talking about definately eat what they kill Muddy. They hang them outside for a while then pluck and eat them, likewise rabbits. They're proper old country folk not townies having fun.
Most game is hung for a while sometimes a long while
The idea that 'Townies 'are bad country folk good always surprises me .
14-08-2017, 02:20 PM
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Well unless you know my friends and neighbours better than I do, I can assure you they only kill what they eat,the only people I know who hunt for pleasure are fox hunters who came into the village and don't associate with us and I don' t speak to them unless their dog is loose and bothering mine.|
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