Bloody hell marksman...there you are...!!
I was gonna give it to the weekend & send out a "cooee" for you too...
I thought bloody hell..have you skidaddled too...?...& .whos next--bigrich...?...but nah--he aint goin anywhere while his trump-tacular is playing at No1 on broadway...
And i agree with you on all fronts too...
Both doing the job properly...
A couple of years ago i made the HUGE mistake of hanging skun-out fox carcasses on a fence...
Well that just sent farmers into panic mode with baiting, & (i suspect through their behaviour) other "shooters"...
Fox whistles dont work now, & they also wont stay within 200 yds with a light now--2 seasons of it...
I believe you csn tell a lot from animal behaviour, & ive let this farmer know its much harder for me to get good nimbers because these foxes have clearly been shot at, & id guess on a regular basis...
I know the neighbour has started shooting in last 2 yrs too, & i suspect they aren't "hunters"--rather just opportunist shooters who have the mind set of "have a crack" when its beyond their capability.
I have a saying i use to farmers when discussing the subject--& that is that most "shooters" just scare foxes with the "have a crack" attitude, & thus just train foxes to be more cunning,..
And a couple of farmers who've seen me in action at night, tell me that not many do what i do--that being actually try hunt them rather than just have random shots & scare them...
Anyway...i wish i was as good as i make myself sound to them sometimes...
The man who knows everything, doesnt really know everything...he's just stopped learning...