The Netguards should do the trick although I can see a possible problem with
muntys getting antlers/tusks stick in them when fraying velvet or just
generally having a go.
My personal choice would be good old tubex (smooth on the outside hopefully
not crunchy on the inside)as they are much less 'snaggy'. However not so
good for branchy shrubs so Tubex for the trees and netguards for the shrubs?
Make any sense?
Watch those Squirrels round your nuts..... Entice them towards the deep fat
fryer instead.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tahir [mailto:tahir@xxxxxxxxxx.net]
Sent: 23 December 2005 11:35
To: UK Tree Care
Subject: Re: Deer protection and hunting
Hare, Gareth wrote:
That is also off thread really, the point with Tahirs Orchard deer is
that if he wishes to 'manage' them (thankyou John) then he has the
legal, legitimate and humane methods available to him if he so wishes.
If he appreciates them for their visual amenity, and it cannot be
denied that deer are a very beautiful component of our fauna, then he
can of course offset the damage they do (if any) against the benefit he
derives from them. You're a lucky man Tahir, an orchard with deer in?
Some people would give their eye teeth for such a place
Thanks, and yes I do appreciate that I'm very lucky. One of the main
reasons I need to keep pests under control is that I'll be running
trials on quite a lot of my "novel" planting, the data will be being
recorded in a free online DB (I'm working on this in conjunction with
www.agroforestry.co.uk and www.pfaf.org). In the circumstances I can't
really allow much in the way of rabbit/deer losses, if I can get away
with 1.2m netguards (or similar?) then we manage to keep everyone happy
don't we?
Having had a good walk around this morning I can't see much evidence of
Muntjac incursions, so what do we reckon, 1.2m netguards on my valuable
trees and non protected native borders?
....and then there's the squirrels, they'll be after me nuts...
-----Original Message-----
From: Bettina Broadway-Mann
[mailto:bettina.broadway-mann@xxxxxxxx.gov.uk]
Sent: 23 December 2005 10:57
To: UK Tree Care
Subject: RE: Deer protection and hunting
I go rabbiting with ferrets every other weekend through the winter,
catch just enough for me and the ferrets to eat (freezing some as well)
and then sit down to a rabbit stew / pie / curry / etc happy in the
knowledge that the meat is organic, free range and humanly dispatched.
As well as getting outside and having exercise on clear frosty
mornings. Fantastic.
Bettina
thurmanconsult@xxxxxxxxxxx.com 12/22/05 5:19 pm >>>
On a recent holiday in Florida I was really shocked to find our local
Wal-Mart had a huge gun counter.
I know that (some) animals have to be controlled. Hopefully, whenever
possible their remains are used/eaten. Squirrel is on the menu at a few
restaurants down here in Brighton. Is there a reason why we don't eat
more rabbit? The wild ones are too much work for not much meat I guess.
But I personally fail to understand the thrill of killing an animal
when there is no serious need to.
Doing a Google Image Search after typing in 'Big Game Hunting' brings
up a surprising number of surreal - perhaps even perverted images.
Merry Christmas
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