tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post6950177026599518855..comments2024-03-29T11:13:00.338+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Don't Poachers Want The Meat?JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-4253237693747001702018-08-21T07:12:27.449+01:002018-08-21T07:12:27.449+01:00"Probably someone rather like my good self wh...<i>"Probably someone rather like my good self who is sick and tired of the out of control deer population eating everything in their garden and decided to cull the buggers."</i><br /><br />Wouldn't someone wait in their garden for them, rather than go out into the surrounding area?<br /><br /><i>"...something more sinister - someone who either gets a kick from shooting things, or wanted to practise shooting live targets......"</i><br /><br />I suspect that that's the thought that prompted the police statement.<br />JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-29032429322132613902018-08-16T10:58:05.353+01:002018-08-16T10:58:05.353+01:00Very odd.
First point, it is possible to kill lo...Very odd. <br /><br />First point, it is possible to kill loads of deer in one place - at night they get transfixed by a spotlight, and you could probably shoot a whole herd one at a time without the others running off. Which is highly illegal - game law says that deer can only be stalked in daylight. But if you were a poacher doing that a) you bleed them all quickly so the meat didn't spoil and b) you'd butcher some at least to take away with you.<br /><br />If none of the animals shot were bled or butchered at all, then it can't be poachers. Which leaves either a disgruntled landowner (as wiggia suggests) who's had enough of a herd of deer eating his crops (which is possible - deer are breeding like weeds and need thinning out, I'm doing exactly that on my place, only properly with a licenced deer stalker), or something more sinister - someone who either gets a kick from shooting things, or wanted to practise shooting live targets.........Sobershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11407417389022146963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-54149776802716545502018-08-15T14:02:47.699+01:002018-08-15T14:02:47.699+01:00Probably someone rather like my good self who is s...Probably someone rather like my good self who is sick and tired of the out of control deer population eating everything in their garden and decided to cull the buggers.wiggiatlargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679399861131265080noreply@blogger.com