Springwatch

[Guest Gimlet]

I think they should do a tie-up program with the deer stalking community. Autumn Cull Live. There could be head-cam shots of beautiful misty pre-dawn landscapes with all those clean humane kills in real time. Even the dimmest townie would be able to correctly locate the kill zone on a deer's flank afterwards and the urban masses would be left in no doubt about what constitutes a safe backstop. There could be live debates with a studio audience: .308 or .243 - which is best? (The correct answer is .308). Important stuff. 

Ray Mears is a keen stalker. He could host the show and whittle some nice thumb sticks with the spare antlers afterwards. That Hugh Family-Milkingstool could give butchery demonstrations and recipe ideas. And Jimmie Doherty might get involved. He likes tools, gadgets and processes. He could boil the heads and mount the trophies. 

 

It could be followed in the spring by Rabbit-Watch: steady, breath, fire - a vermin control special.  

Edited June 6, 2019 by Gimlet

[Stere]

They really hate Packham on the farming forum.

 

Chris at it again | The Farming Forum

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Being willow that hedge will grow back like crazy and be fine....

 

But i reckon a load of hedges are flailed to often and too low ....

[Khriss]

3 hours ago, Stere said:

They really hate Packham on the farming forum.

 

Chris at it again | The Farming Forum

THEFARMINGFORUM.CO.UK

 

Being willow that hedge will grow back like crazy and be fine....

 

But i reckon a load of hedges are flailed to often and too low ....

True,  abt 3m to 5m is optimum fr small  bird /  song bird nestin  ( safe fledging height for small birds)   with a Standard every 10m or so, Oak or Sycamore crown lifted to 5.2m for Highways Act clearance, larver birds and raptors prefer those,  if on a steep roadside banked hedge,  allow about 2m height of hazel coppice to hide yr Panzerfaust in, for a crack at that Sherman tank. K

Edited November 18, 2020 by Khriss
Oi knoes my hedgerows Mr @Stubby

[Stere]

Bocage  

 

Local rspb bird lot seem to hate trees though as they are  "corvid roosts" ?