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Originally Posted by Retlaw
Just one thing Margaret, with the firearms laws the way they are at present, the shooting of foxes is difficult. To own a shotgun now you must have a specific area to shoot in, and foxes can roam over quite an area. When I was younger you could take your shotgun practically anywhere, the farmers would welcome you if you said your after foxes,
now its all changed, some paranoid clown would ring 999 and the kevlar cowboys would have a day out.
Retlaw
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Totally agree, Whilst i do not agree with hunting on horseback with hounds, I also disagree with the gun laws in UK which were a knee jerk reaction by a government that looked for an easy way out.
So cull them by gunshots but who is going to shoot the guns. Perhaps poison bait - the manner in which they managed to almost eradicate rabies amongst foxes in Europe.
Whichever way one chooses there are going to be protesters, but foxes are a pest and the problem is growing.