Anybody in Kent/Surrey/Sussex know anyone with land with a surplus of rabbits?

[robbie]

Why do you shoot fish?

only trigger fish.

[JUDWAK]

if ya eat what ya kill then i see that has fair (if done right)
but killing for the sake of is theres no pride in that
lamping is illegal so i beleave i may be wrong

[robbie]

if ya eat what ya kill then i see that has fair (if done right)
but killing for the sake of is theres no pride in that
lamping is illegal so i beleave i may be wrong

lamping is legal with a gun .

[Webbo]

Lamping is legal. The farms I shoot on after dark, the landowners know I am there, it is also polite to let the local plod know you will be on or around that specific area. When the remmi .243 goes off its very loud, the last thing you want is the local ARV turning up but tbo most of my lamping is done several miles from any public dwellings and with moderated .22 or HMR 17..............

[tintin]

I'd like to know how lamping can be classed as a test of skill?

Shooting rabbits in the dark----Not something everyone can do!!
I know my shooting is reasonably good (static targets) but i can't recall ever killing an animal in any way, so i wont know til i try wether i have the cahonas for it or not!!!!!!!

Alan

[MattF]

Shooting rabbits in the dark----Not something everyone can do!!
I know my shooting is reasonably good (static targets) but i can't recall ever killing an animal in any way, so i wont know til i try wether i have the cahonas for it or not!!!!!!!

So you mainly mean checking you have the stomach for it rather than the skill? Just remember a simple fact. Dead is dead. No use getting all mushy about the fact.

It's not a case of whether you have the nads to do it or not, merely whether you have the inclination. It's a mental choice, not an ability.

[gwh200]

I have to disagree matt......if I had any ability I wouldn't have missed the pigeon and got that little Chinese fella in the knee
Yes sir, ability definitely required

[MattF]

I have to disagree matt......if I had any ability I wouldn't have missed the pigeon and got that little Chinese fella in the knee
Yes sir, ability definitely required

He already has the ability to aim though. That part ain't a concern. Most misses when you know you can shoot what you're aiming for are unknowingly intentional. Other than shadows throwing in a level of deception at night time, day or night shooting is the same.

[gwh200]

Tis true.
When I was a mere lad living in rural Hampshire,our very large family ate whatever came our way.we ate rabbit,wood pigeon,pheasant,partidge and all our veg etc wad grown in the back garden.
We had a few chickens and I remember them making their way onto our dinner table more than once.I was. Maybe 7-8 years old ,when I plucked my first chicken. My dad had wrung it's neck, I plucked it and my mum gutted it .
My point is that we ate what we needed and it was all natural and seemed normal to me from an early age. Now we have kids who don't even know where meat joints come from, coupled with our mass consumerism,we seem to have lost sight of how it was/could be again .
It's easier all round to never see the chicken alive or the pig truffling on the mud,and never give a thought to how that chicken Kiev or pork sausage ended up on you're plate.

[JUDWAK]

Tis true.
When I was a mere lad living in rural Hampshire,our very large family ate whatever came our way.we ate rabbit,wood pigeon,pheasant,partidge and all our veg etc wad grown in the back garden.
We had a few chickens and I remember them making their way onto our dinner table more than once.I was. Maybe 7-8 years old ,when I plucked my first chicken. My dad had wrung it's neck, I plucked it and my mum gutted it .
My point is that we ate what we needed and it was all natural and seemed normal to me from an early age. Now we have kids who don't even know where meat joints come from, coupled with our mass consumerism,we seem to have lost sight of how it was/could be again .
It's easier all round to never see the chicken alive or the pig truffling on the mud,and never give a thought to how that chicken Kiev or pork sausage ended up on you're plate.

i grow up the same i dont mind killing it if iam going to eat it
its different to just kill for fun/sport

[POPEYE]

I do my hunting and gathering at asda, now that does take skill,

[RodLeach]

I do my hunting and gathering at asda, now that does take skill,

Takes bl**dy patience at the very least!

[steve s]

hi all i thought that i was the only one that could kill an animal . i must admit that after reading pauls reasons for hunting it has made me think about the way farm meat is killed and that it probable is better for a wild animal to be shot than a pig to stand in line and what its turn to be exacuted .im just going to have to try wild meat .thanks for starting this one paul you have done a jamie oliver (cheep chicken)

[BioHazard]

hi all i thought that i was the only one that could kill an animal . i must admit that after reading pauls reasons for hunting it has made me think about the way farm meat is killed and that it probable is better for a wild animal to be shot than a pig to stand in line and what its turn to be exacuted .im just going to have to try wild meat .thanks for starting this one paul you have done a jamie oliver (cheep chicken)

Read some HFW river cottage cookbooks or look on the river cottage website , GYO and wild meat is great but it also tells about rearing your own , Or get some chucks

[steve s]

i will ian .right where's my gun