Illegal shooting taking place in woodland - what to do about it.

[Rob D]

11 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

As above Rob.

That’s not necessarily a bullet hole.

 

 

Good point.. It's more because the guy who used to manage the estate said it was a bullet hole - he has a gun and seemed to be pretty certain.

[GarethM]

Buzzards eat damn near anything around here, only exception seems to be dead corvids, even the fox or badger refuses to eat them.

[AHPP]

Could have died of anything and then been pecked in situ. Not a (pardon the pun) smoking gun in my eyes.

 

You should get some guns btw. They're great.

[Oldfeller]

45 minutes ago, Rob D said:

 

 

I'm not sure I didn't check the other side 

 

 

 

was the head present, or the feet.

[Haironyourchest]

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

[Rob D]

30 minutes ago, Oldfeller said:

was the head present, or the feet.

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

[Rob D]

36 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Buzzards eat damn near anything around here, only exception seems to be dead corvids, even the fox or badger refuses to eat them.

 

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

[GarethM]

17 minutes ago, Rob D said:

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

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

[Rob D]

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.

[Rob D]

7 minutes ago, GarethM said:

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

 

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.