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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Apr 2, 2015 6:51:37 GMT
When I was a kid, seeing a hare run across a field was an uncommon but not unusual sight, but I've not seen one for maybe 20 years. Has anyone seen a hare recently?
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Post by harryburrows on Apr 2, 2015 7:11:48 GMT
When I was a kid, seeing a hare run across a field was an uncommon but not unusual sight, but I've not seen one for maybe 20 years. Has anyone seen a hare recently? Talk to mumf |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 7:24:05 GMT
When I was a kid, seeing a hare run across a field was an uncommon but not unusual sight, but I've not seen one for maybe 20 years. Has anyone seen a hare recently? You want to be introduced to salops missus, she's like billy gibbons |
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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Apr 2, 2015 8:10:44 GMT
When I was a kid, seeing a hare run across a field was an uncommon but not unusual sight, but I've not seen one for maybe 20 years. Has anyone seen a hare recently? Talk to mumf I thought you were going say that the Romanians had eaten them  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 8:15:01 GMT
It's all down to the destruction of habitat , the ripping up of traditional farmland and chemical sprays .
The small matter of building more houses everywhere has had a significant effect to . Hares like quiet wide open spaces .....they are not like their cousins the rabbit who can cope much better with mans impact on the planet ,
Hares need much bigger open undisturbed acreage .
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Post by harryburrows on Apr 2, 2015 8:20:40 GMT
I thought you were going say that the Romanians had eaten them Mumf loves his jugged hare Richie , i think the Romanians are very wise not to get in his way |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 8:21:01 GMT
Personally ....I'd rather watch hares in a field , than 5000 foreigners being artificially inseminated into the British countryside.
It's more natural .
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 8:23:08 GMT
I thought you were going say that the Romanians had eaten them Mumf loves his jugged hare Richie , i think the Romanians are very wise not to get in his way Your assumptions were bang on ....but not just ROmanians ....the whole fucking lot . What about you ...Romanins or Hares ? |
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Post by harryburrows on Apr 2, 2015 8:39:13 GMT
Mumf loves his jugged hare Richie , i think the Romanians are very wise not to get in his way Your assumptions were bang on ....but not just ROmanians ....the whole fucking lot . What about you ...Romanins or Hares ? Hares are a wonderful sight they are very timid so you won't see them often , ironically I have seen them in the countryside in Romania last year , |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 8:40:47 GMT
Yes.....I wouldnt be surprised if Hare numbers don't explode out there , given the numbers that are coming over here ....!  |
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Post by harryburrows on Apr 2, 2015 8:48:32 GMT
Yes.....I wouldnt be surprised if Hare numbers don't explode out there , given the numbers that are coming over here ....! I'll tell you one thing though the people who live in the countryside in Romania have a lifestyle very close to the one you aspire too , largely self sufficient, lots of bartering , lots of farmers markets , a very sustainable way of life and a great sense of community , my wife's grandmother lives way out of town in a tiny village and gets cut of by huge snowfall the village kids dig away the snow and pop round daily to see if she's ok |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 8:54:44 GMT
Those days are gone forever over here.
I don't expect life to stand still , but equally I don't expect 500,000 immigrants a year .
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Post by harryburrows on Apr 2, 2015 9:02:00 GMT
Those days are gone forever over here. I don't expect life to stand still , but equally I don't expect 500,000 immigrants a year . I agree , but they definitely need help with post communist recovery , all the soviet satellite states were stripped bare and still have corrupt officials lining their pockets , the aid from EU is much in evidence though , fucking great motorways being built with no cars on them  |
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Post by dutchpeter72 on Apr 2, 2015 9:53:46 GMT
I've always seen hares on the lonelier western edges of Staffordshire. Woodseaves, standon etc. last time I saw one was about four years ago near to woodseaves. I once had the pleasure of witnessing Hares boxing near Baldwins Gate. Though I have to say, has anyone seen a parliament of Hares?
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Post by bathstoke on Apr 2, 2015 13:03:26 GMT
Some mates & me took our kids camping in Oxon a couple of years ago & on the way back from a days drinking at the local fate, we disturbed one whilst traipsing through the farmer freshly cut wheat stubble. Great sight
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Post by Northy on Apr 2, 2015 13:06:54 GMT
Yes I see them often when out early sunday mornings on the long runs
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Post by harryburrows on Apr 2, 2015 13:09:31 GMT
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Post by Northy on Apr 2, 2015 13:09:43 GMT
I've always seen hares on the lonelier western edges of Staffordshire. Woodseaves, standon etc. last time I saw one was about four years ago near to woodseaves. I once had the pleasure of witnessing Hares boxing near Baldwins Gate. Though I have to say, has anyone seen a parliament of Hares? Never seen a parliament, but have seen them boxing. |
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Post by harryburrows on Apr 2, 2015 13:10:55 GMT
I've always seen hares on the lonelier western edges of Staffordshire. Woodseaves, standon etc. last time I saw one was about four years ago near to woodseaves. I once had the pleasure of witnessing Hares boxing near Baldwins Gate. Though I have to say, has anyone seen a parliament of Hares? Never seen a parliament, but have seen them boxing. Thems wallabies |
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Post by redstriper on Apr 2, 2015 13:11:15 GMT
All the hares seem to have moved to Wales, during my daily "international" commute I see none whilst in Cheshire but plenty once over the border...
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Post by Northy on Apr 2, 2015 13:37:19 GMT
Never seen a parliament, but have seen them boxing. Thems wallabies there aren't any of them out in the wilds around Great Budwoth, Antrobus and Whitley areas of Cheshire |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 16:34:37 GMT
Personally ....I'd rather watch hares in a field , than 5000 foreigners being artificially inseminated into the British countryside. It's more natural . Maybe but the foreigners breed better and forage the natural resources too. It's a jungle out there I tell ya =) |
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Post by craig67 on Apr 3, 2015 8:46:49 GMT
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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Apr 3, 2015 13:47:40 GMT
Well there's the power of The Oatcake in action - I ask a question, and the BBC does a report on the next day. |
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Post by JoeinOz on Apr 3, 2015 14:36:06 GMT
When I was a kid, seeing a hare run across a field was an uncommon but not unusual sight, but I've not seen one for maybe 20 years. Has anyone seen a hare recently? Uncommon but not unusual? Did it happen much or not? |
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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Apr 3, 2015 16:36:57 GMT
When I was a kid, seeing a hare run across a field was an uncommon but not unusual sight, but I've not seen one for maybe 20 years. Has anyone seen a hare recently? Uncommon but not unusual? Did it happen much or not? No it did not happen that often, but it was a sight that was relatively familiar. |
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Post by Linx on Apr 3, 2015 17:12:13 GMT
I saw two jumping around only the other day in classic 'Mad March Hare' style. Mind you, it is pretty rural out here.
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Post by iglugluk on Apr 4, 2015 18:41:31 GMT
Was walking on Watership Down the other day and there were loads up there. Also a Barn Owl hunting in broad daylight................... quite a sight.
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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Apr 4, 2015 19:19:31 GMT
Was walking on Watership Down the other day and there were loads up there. Also a Barn Owl hunting in broad daylight................... quite a sight. I killed a rabbit on Watership Down. I was on my mountain bike, travailing at speed, and a rabbit shot out and went under my back wheel. I was really confused about it at first, as I did not see what I'd hit, and that it was really strange hitting something with my back wheel, but not my front. The guy on the bike behind me, told me what happened after I stopped. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2015 19:47:52 GMT
The last one I saw was at Draycott in The Clay whilst on Safari with my mate Gazman . It lay down flat right at our feet . Marvellous sight ....probably the last one I'll ever see that close.
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