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I concur on both counts. Out of interest, what's your "good reason"? I'm going in with both bases covered but it looks like I'll be limited to rimfire for a while at least.

I've known of the odd unscrupulous gamekeeper to shoot owls with a shotgun, but setting out to take an owl with a rifle seems like a bit of a non starter. Ocams Razor: the simplest solution is generally the correct one. To me there are a good few other potential causes.

With wings! Doesn't get more serious than that does it? Eurovision: the ultimate geopolitical stage.

This came up on my breaking news feed. Access Denied WWW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK Christ on a bike!

And the winner is ........ @Rob D It flashes and everything! How'd you do that, is it a gif or something?

Brilliant.

What would be your preference between the E20 in my previous reply, the Doosan In the same post of a 2022 sany with 500 hours? I like the bobcat but I’m concerned it’s just had a lick of paint and is hiding some horrors. It has joystick controls though….

she was Jaggers girlfriend for a while, I can see the attraction.

Looks half the tractor with small wheels.

Certainly looks like a Tawny but I don't think its a bullet hole, I think a fox or similar has taken the head but without getting hands on it is not easy to tell

foxes often find road kill, and bury or partially bury it, intending to return, but quite often do not, as they can be legally shot, and even become roadkill themselves, also undertaker beetles can quickly dispose of a carcass leaving holes that can look like a small bullet or pellet wound, if a shotgun was used the pellets are within the remains after the beetles have done their job, same for a non exited pellet or smallbore rifle, even sintered rounds will leave a trace.

I've had to deal with a few problems over the years and know of a few dodgy people in the area. I've found a suspicious dead own on my woodland about this time of year but when I looked into it it is not uncommon. Young owl fledglings can struggle to feed themselves and with the recent poor, wet, weather may starve to death. I'd look closely at the remains and see if there was anything in them. If someone has shot it I would guess unlicensed air rifle or catapult as I don't think owls tend to be persecuted. You could raise it with your local police wildlife crime officer, one I've met was very knowledgeable, but I've also dealt with other police (as a witness) who left a lot to he desired. Or a local owl charity. It would be worth getting to know your neighbours as they may well know what goes on in the area, legal or otherwise.

Big wheels are off and standards back on. It means I can turn a corner now 😂

Sany tend to have joystick controls. Bobcat sometimes do. Doosan not often.

Open wooden gate Reverse in (there is a small area of hardstanding, but not enough to turn around in if its wet/muddy) Tip woodchip straight behind

I'll do this is prob best course of action.

It wasn't torn open or anything like that it seemed pretty intact other than the hole in the front - as it's been moved the hole looks bigger than it did because of the body decomposing.

Ahh I should of said as well it was in a hole (I'm planting some walnut trees in this area) - I know it could of fallen there but I'd say more likely it was put there.

The only thing to eat on an owl is basically the insides. Under all that fluff and feathers is basically next to nothing.

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It didn't look like any parts were eaten..

Yep feet def there and pretty sure the head - it's decomposed but nothing seemed to have been eaten

Call the wildlife ranger for your area and have him/her take possession of the owl. They with know better than the police how to proceed and also tell you if it was shot or killed by something else