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What do you do with your foxes.

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  • 26-06-2024 2:49pm
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    GaryKE.
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭


    Only asking as was out walking the dog over the Curragh and noticed a dead fox, obvious that it was shot and just left on a well used walking path.

    I moved it under a fur tree just to get it out of the way, but just curious what methods people use to dispose of the foxes crows and other vermin species.



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    JP22
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    If it was shot then someone is breaking the law. The Curragh Plains are owned by the State, some parts controlled by HRI/Racecourse, the majority of it is controlled by the Military so NO shooting/hunting is allowed.



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    GaryKE.
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    Do farmers not have the right to shoot them and dogs on the plains if they are worrying the sheep.



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    tonysopprano
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122307185#Comment_122307185

    Or maybe he was shot miles away and just died there, that is why he was lying near a public area?

    If you can do the job, do it. If you can't do the job, just teach it. If you really suck at it, just become a union executive or politician.



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    JP22
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    NO, farmers have that right on their own private lands/farms but not on the Curragh Plains.

    Having served 30+ years in DF, years ago I looked for permission to hunt the Curragh Plains. A big no go, as its state owned lands with a Military Camp in the middle of it, NO shooting/hunting allowed whatsoever.

    If farmers who rent the Plains from the Department for sheep have issues with dogs they contact the Military Police/Curragh Range Management and the Council Dog Warden.

    Likewise, driving vehicles incl quads/scramblers on the Plains is illegal.

    Yes, the fox could have been shot miles away.



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    sniperman
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    most hunters id say just leave the vermin in a ditch and let nature take its course,cant see many bringing home the vermin



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    J.R.
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122319657#Comment_122319657

    Many in a gun club would remove the tail for a vermin count and then discard the carcass in a ditch.



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    BSA International
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    On a ditch away from any water source.



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    JP22
    Registered Users Posts: 572 ✭✭✭JP22


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122323788#Comment_122323788

    +1.

    Also, other wildlife will feed off it, end of day it's not going to waste.



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