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whitelegg1

Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 409
Location: Woodford Green

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 9:19 am Post subject:

Depends on how many chickens you have...
For me with 3 hens, it would semm a little rash!

However if I had a flock of 600, one dying to save many might seem to have more validity...

Pete

Once one has caught the fox...
What is a legal method of dispatch for the urban dweller?

Without a open FAC, is zero range shotgun permissable?
Or in fact zero range .22 air rifle? (Would not entertain anything more than zero range with this!)
Shame that zero range rimfire would NOT be allowable, as this would seem to be the most suitable and quiet option!

Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 14929
Location: South West

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 9:20 am Post subject:
I've found cat food much better a bait than dog food, no idea why.

Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 14929
Location: South West

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 9:23 am Post subject:

whitelegg1 wrote:

Once one has caught the fox...
What is a legal method of dispatch for the urban dweller?

Without a open FAC, is zero range shotgun permissable?
Or in fact zero range .22 air rifle? (Would not entertain anything more than zero range with this!)
Shame that zero range rimfire would NOT be allowable, as this would seem to be the most suitable and quiet option!

You could take the cage, fox and all, to somewhere you do have permission to shoot it with your .22, though I prefer to shoot them at point-blank range with a .410 - fairly quiet compared to a 12-bore.

Never use an airgun on a fox. Not even at point-blank range. You'd be very unlikely to kill it outright, and when you've wounded it, what then? You'd also be laying yourself open to a charge - rightly, in my view - of causing unnecessary suffering.

whitelegg1

Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 409
Location: Woodford Green

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 10:25 am Post subject:
Fair point. I'll trust your judgement. I'm now on the the lookout for a nice and cheap .410, some subs and possibly as second shorter stock for the kids Pete

Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 14929
Location: South West

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 11:29 am Post subject:
If you do move the cage with the fox in it, mind your fingers. And remember to disinfect everything after shooting it, including some Jeyes Fluid or similar where the blood pooled if it's in your garden. They carry Weil's disease.

SteveP

Joined: 23 Jan 2008
Posts: 155
Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 1:40 pm Post subject: Re: Live catch trapping foxes

Back to the original problem (I would have posted earlier but not been online). A fox will be reluctant to tread on the wire so cover it with straw or soil. If you can cover the outside with straw bails so it is like an earth tunnel even better.

When I used a live catch trap I used bailing twine tied to the bait, passed out the back of the trap and back under to the treadle. If the bait is pulled the treadle drops.

Steve

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