The Chill Out Zone...

[doug boardley]

that was an interesting read. i have shot many rats over the years and i think it is a much better way than putting poison down. as for the rabbits if it`s a nice clean shot it must be better than the idiotic way of culling rabbits that was tried a few years ago Myxomatosis

Myxomatosis is caused by the myxoma virus, a type of pox virus that only affects rabbits. It was first discovered in 1896 in Uruguay and was imported to Australia in 1951 to control its large rabbit populations - initially having the desired devastating effect. The disease was illegally introduced to France in 1952 and it appeared in Britain the following year. It quickly spread to both wild and domestic rabbit populations and within a few years had spread throughout Europe. Myxomatosis has been a threat to wild and domestic rabbits ever since.
now i know which way i feel is more humanist. it`s a fact of life with wild animlas in certain parts that you need to cull them for reasons that affect the wildlife local to them. nature does not always prevail

Phil, last year we took our cat to the vets, in the prime of her life, yet over night she went from being a glossy coated black and white, stupendously fit cat, to a bag of bones overnight, unable to eat, and more importantly, unable to drink. She had to be put down and I requested an autopsy...... the result was toxological, yep, Warfarin, she'd caught and eaten a poisoned rat/mouse and been secondary infected. Somehow now, poison for rodents don't seem that humane!

 

[phil7677]

its not mate we lost a cat years ago to poison. now we were not sure if it was the neighbour that had done it that did not like cats or the rats she loved to catch. either way it was a rubbish way to go for her. if i were a rat a bullet would be preferable to poison.

 

[ScottG13]

Is that an LMG?

Yeah a M249 SAW. Use it mostly on COD. Only thing I shoot now are other online gamers

 

[DHTiling]

Can i just say, some really good replies.. I hope this now has opened some peep eyes that us field sporters are not killers and are indeed a good bunch..🙂

 

[Olz]

my ex boss got weils disease Gisela, nearly killed him

Im into scuba diving Doug and this is always a big consideration for me when diving in Uk waters, I stick a plaster over any cuts despite my drysuite covering me head to toe just to be double sure, its a nasty nasty disease.

 

[devonmark]

pigeons also carry weil's disease, my bro is a roofer and he got it about 15yrs ago, in hospital critical for 3 months, lost about 4 stone in weight and had the priest in 3 times...scary disease and yet so many people are unaware of it

 

[user123]

Can i just say, some really good replies.. I hope this now has opened some peep eyes that us field sporters are not killers and are indeed a good bunch..🙂

Well, can I just say it's been an education for sure, on many levels, taught me not to judge too hastily on things or people I don't know enough about.... I do not know the country ways and reasons for doing things but am a little more informed now. I am grateful still for my own emotional make-up that would not allow me to kill, - I don't even kill spiders in my house - I trap them with a glass and a piece of card and let them go outside - nor would I enjoy watching any of the field sports and I am grateful I do not have to kill to survive, that I am lucky enough to have the choice, as you all have yours.

Also, respect to Pebbs brave enough for speaking her mind and I was really touched by the various TF members' emails to me who feel more like me, (thanks guys! 🙂 ) and I can understand why they did not want to comment on here, as one said, what's the point.

Glad it's a tiling forum where we have other things in common, as another advised me: "Dont let this gun thing spoil your opinion of most of tf, we still on think similar on 90% of stuff". Good advice, thanks, you know who you are 🙂

 

[DHTiling]

We all have opinions on loads of things, but to jump in and make comments on something that they have no knowledge of is what caused some other remarks to be fired back..

Emails to you to say things they didn't want to say here.. this is really OTT on a thread that was simply about airgunning and those that know nothing of country life.

I won't say anymore on this as IMO it is Pointless too.. well blown out of proportion..

 

[White Room]

The word Conservation comes mind in the shooting field sports broken link removed

BASC Grey Squirrel Control

I shoot, clay and vermin but safety is paramount with any weapon.

 

[Lenny]

I have a Weihrauch HW80 in black with a modifier, that I swapped the spring in for a nice gas strut, and also a Weihrauch HW 45 pistol. Both are used for target shooting and vermin.

I also have a Beretta 687 silver pigeon for clay shooting at my local club.