No Problem mate.
Grouse starts August, Partridge and Wildfowl September and Pheasant October.
Most finish Feb 1st.
The Vermin i hunt out of season (and during the season if we are over run)is on the various farms which i do because they allow me to hunt game in season, i also hunt vermin on the shooting estate because it is excellent land for training the dogs and the scenery is just stunning, this keeps the estate gamekeepers happy as it saves them a job because on the Grouse moors all vermin needs tobe kept at a minimun for the grouse to breed sucessfully.
The Vermin is mainly Rabbits, Crows, Pigeons ect, and then sometimes there is preditors to take care of like Foxes, Stoats and mink.
I normally just hunt them up with the dog and shoot them as i do with Pheasants, but if they begin to take over i will use Hides and decoys for the Pigeons and Crows, Ferrets to flush the Rabbits from there sets and Traps on the Preditors.
As well as fern i quite oftern take along my Lakeland Terrier and Lurcher Dog who is a Saluki/greyhound X Collie/Greyhound.
I hunt them all as a pack (which we call bushing) but only on the farms as shooting estate do not allow Lurchers on because they have alot of Hares on the land.
The Labs, spaniels and Terriers flush the vermin from cover and the Lurcher courses and catches them, we catch alot of ground vermin this way (only legal quarry of course)
Dave.
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What time of year is your bird season? And how long does it last? What kind of shooting can you do when you are "vermin" hunting for an Estate? Very interesting stuff!
