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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 19:32:06 GMT
I really,really,really like robins.π₯π₯π₯ Me too, I always say hello to our Mrs Robin at work, along with chucking bread out for her this time of year. @someboater should be getting a pointed for penetration .22 pellet up his arse for shooting a Robin π€¬π§
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jan 31, 2019 19:42:05 GMT
Am I the only one here who used to burn ants with a magnifying glass? No. I also used to stage gladiatorial battles between red ants and black ants in a disused "Battling Tops" arena. The red ants always won.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 19:58:35 GMT
I really,really,really like robins.π₯π₯π₯ Me too, I always say hello to our Mrs Robin at work, along with chucking bread out for her this time of year. @someboater should be getting a pointed for penetration .22 pellet up his arse for shooting a Robin π€¬π§ It was a 177 BSA meteor. I later bought a 22 Weirauch HW95k new. Never shot any robins with that one just pigeons and furry fluffy little guinea pigs.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 31, 2019 20:11:15 GMT
"This morning I saw two robins fighting, and a little later saw one of them badly injured laying on the sidewalk. The other robin continued attacking the injured bird, eventually killing it. Now that the one bird is dead, the other continues to attack its dead body, appearing to peck at it head. It will leave for a bit but keeps coming back. This has been going on for quite some time now. Is this normal? Should I remove the dead bird and scare off the aggressive one? I've never seen robins do anything like this before." "Yep, that's completely normal. Robins are incredibly territorial and will attack anything the right shade of red." "Robins specifically go for the braincap or the back of the head to try and decapitate their rival and will exhaust themselves doing so." www.reddit.com/r/Ornithology/comments/32fsag/a_robin_killed_abother_robin_in_my_yard_is_this/
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Post by kris on Jan 31, 2019 20:15:51 GMT
You do all know a lot of mass murderers start killing animals?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 20:19:00 GMT
Sauce for the goose sauce for the gander...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 20:22:20 GMT
Me too, I always say hello to our Mrs Robin at work, along with chucking bread out for her this time of year. @someboater should be getting a pointed for penetration .22 pellet up his arse for shooting a Robin π€¬π§ It was a 177 BSA meteor. I later bought a 22 Weirauch HW95k new. Never shot any robins with that one just pigeons and furry fluffy little guinea pigs. Do you feel lucky punk? π
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Post by naughtyfox on Jan 31, 2019 20:22:36 GMT
I have never shot an animal. I regret having 'melted' (OK, frazzled!) several ants. I can't think of any animals I have killed deliberately, apart from wasps and many mosquitoes, because they are nasty fuckers. Having the boat and being in England in Summers nowadays is great because we can avoid 10 weeks of mosquitoes - if you haven't been in Scandinavia in Summer, you have no idea how terrible it is, mosquitoes are all over you all the time. I have smacked several birds with cars and buses, but never run over any animal as far as I know. The biggest bird I hit was a pheasant with a double decker bus between Waterford and Stapleford, Herts, on the 391 Hertford-Stevenage route. London crow on stabbing spree www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/swan-meets-fowl-end-after-collision-with-windscreen-1.2371139
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 20:27:21 GMT
Pheasants are evil. End.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 20:36:04 GMT
They also make for a damn good curry - result eh?!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 20:47:17 GMT
I had expected foxy to have done some shooting as he was brought up on a country estate. I tried a 12 bore when I was 13 but it almost knocked me over so I decided against that activity .
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 20:58:49 GMT
I had expected foxy to have done some shooting as he was brought up on a country estate. I tried a 12 bore when I was 13 but it almost knocked me over so I decided against that activity . I used to go out shooting rabbits with a mate of mine on farmland out Poddington and Hinwick way, being a terrible shot but half handy at pedalling a vehicle I used to drive and fetch - vehicle of choice? A very well used Taliban Truck, an old Toyota Hilux on the right tyres is pretty good. Much better than the highly prized but ultimately flawed Landrover. mouse came out once and once only - he didnβt seem keen on the humane killer and its affect on the fluffy little crop munching bastards
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Post by patty on Jan 31, 2019 21:05:29 GMT
Shooting birds/animals for sport or 'fun' is wrong Frying ants is also a bit naff IMO but I know it seems to be regarded as entertainment for spotty little schoolboys....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 21:16:29 GMT
Shooting birds/animals for sport or 'fun' is wrong Frying ants is also a bit naff IMO but I know it seems to be regarded as entertainment for spotty little schoolboys.... Rabbits breed like, well, umm; rabbits! The amount of arable crop they can get through is quite incredible - we would keep the population to a manageable level, you could never eradicate them! Itβs a much kinder way of managing them than the idiotic idea of introducing Myxomatosis into the rabbit population in the 1950βs -the effects of which can still be seen today π€¬ We would take about a 1/4 of what was shot to eat ourselves or feed to the dogs, shooting two or three nights a week - the rest became natures larder for the foxs and red kites. I never considered it sport, just part and parcel of rural life. I did enjoy it though - some of that comes from the petrolhead (although just before harvest we would often go on foot with a riffle as some fields we would cause too much damage with the truck) in me and the well earned pint afterwards π
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Post by JohnV on Jan 31, 2019 21:35:55 GMT
Shooting birds/animals for sport or 'fun' is wrong Frying ants is also a bit naff IMO but I know it seems to be regarded as entertainment for spotty little schoolboys.... I never considered it sport, just part and parcel of rural life. I did enjoy it though - some of that comes from the petrolhead (although just before harvest we would often go on foot with a riffle as some fields we would cause too much damage with the truck) in me and the well earned pint afterwards π As you say, it's part and parcel. We also used to go ferreting. Started off with a garden gun (3 bore) airgun would have been more lethal
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