Terrible noise!

[Devonisheaven]

I get mine from a friend who cull deer for a local farmer.

I have stalked deer for a long time now, but not so many nowadays. The dragging is a killer!

We are crawling with deer here, Red, Roe and Fallow.

 

[Hutch]

I have stalked deer for a long time now, but not so many nowadays. The dragging is a killer!

We are crawling with deer here, Red, Roe and Fallow.

We live near to Woburn Abbey, so lots of deer have escaped from there over the years. .So the local area have a healthy amount.

 

[Buckman]

I have to agree with Mr Plod about feeding the foxes as a very bad idea! Feeding any wild animal is a big NO NO! We border onto a large Bulmer's apple orchard so plenty of natural food around for foxes, badgers etc.

 

[otherclive]

Ask anyone who keeps chickens, or ducks, their opinions of foxes! Or farmers with lambs
I am all for biodiversity and the environment, but humans feeding foxes is contrary to the natural process of nature, it encourages them to enter into the urban environment, which is not their natural habitat, it being where they clearly dont belong. Left to their own devices, in the rural environment, nature controls their numbers.

Once humans start feeding them the established, and natural, balance is upset, and they proliferate beyond the numbers that should be present because they dont have to seek out food, they get it provided by humans. A bit like rats really, easy food source results in a ballooning of numbers.

My son certainly doesn’t live in an urban environment. The house is in a large area of natural woodland totally surrounded by adjacent woodland too. It’s a difficult circle to square but the fixes have killed rats as do the residents owls and his cat! Loosing poultry to foxes is a problem , when we lived in Devon our ducks and hens would be taken even during the day. But worse we’re badgers that could break in to the sheds or hives and would kill, but I took every precaution and didn’t loose any of our Brecon Buffs or bees.

In one of my first iterations in Devon I would take my JR/hunt terrier out with the Looe Valley Fox Beagle shooting hunt. The dog came from the Leicestershire Fernie Hunt. Nuff said I think.

 

[Dustydog]

Most fox kills in hen houses are the owners fault. Inadequate fox proofing😉. The run needs strong heavy duty wire all round, on top and underneath.

The coup needs to be securely locked each night.
A friend of mine makes and sells these.

 

[Devonisheaven]

Most fox kills in hen houses are the owners fault. Inadequate fox proofing😉. The run needs strong heavy duty wire all round, on top and underneath.

The coup needs to be securely locked each night.
A friend of mine makes and sells these.

Yes I agree, many try it on the cheap. It is amazing how a fox will suss out things, I have helped on three or four shoots. Pens have to be made “Fox” proof.

 

[Devonisheaven]

Just heard “Bird Flu” has been confirmed at a couple of sites in Devon! 🙁

 

[otherclive]

Just heard “Bird Flu” has been confirmed at a couple of sites in Devon! 🙁

It’s not unique to Devon. HMG gives chapter and verse.