| Title: | The Hunting Notesfile |
| Notice: | Registry #7, For Sale #15, Success #270 |
| Moderator: | SALEM::PAPPALARDO |
| Created: | Wed Sep 02 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1561 |
| Total number of notes: | 17784 |
Heard on the news last night that Paul McCartney et al...bought up
80 acres of land in England (formarly a huntable area)...and turned
it over to a group that is against what they call cruel sport(ing)..
This area is being made into a deer sanctuary...If that catches on
it could really put a crimp into the ability of legitimate hunters
to practice their sport.
What do you think about this?
Ron
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| 996.1 | Could this be the trend? | OASS::SOBCZYNSKI_L | Mon Jul 29 1991 09:19 | 11 | |
Well if the area surrounding the 'sanctuary' is huntable, I know were
I'd set up and wait.
The Antis are really starting to enmass upon us, its showing up all
over. This is a definite indication of things to come.
Curious, who owned the land that was purchased? Was it private or
public?
LS
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| 996.2 | MEMORY::GAZZANIGA | Mon Jul 29 1991 09:31 | 7 | ||
RE: .1
Well LS....didn't hear who had owned it, but; McCartney paid somewhere
in the vacinity of $180,000 for the land.
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| 996.3 | PERFCT::PAPPALARDO | A Pure Hunter | Mon Jul 29 1991 13:51 | 7 | |
Let's form a group to ban rock-concerts. I hear from the drinking,
drugs, and other risks involved of attending these events we could
probably save some lives.
Rick
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| 996.4 | DECWET::HELSEL | Legitimate sporting purpose | Mon Jul 29 1991 13:59 | 2 | |
Maybe Ted Nugent will buy the adjacent land :-)
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| 996.5 | PERFCT::PAPPALARDO | A Pure Hunter | Mon Jul 29 1991 14:38 | 5 | |
Re: 4
That's true!
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| 996.6 | CERRIN::PHILPOTT | Col I F 'Tsingtao Dhum' Philpott | Wed Oct 30 1991 05:24 | 19 | |
rather late, but the "hunting" in question is stag hunting, in which mounted "hunters" follow a pack of dogs which brings the stag to bay and then kills it. We are not talking about the sort of hunting normally practiced in the US. Incidentally, even if MacCartney turns the land into a "deer preserve", the British Government define the permissable deer population on any piece of land, and the owners are compelled - by law - to cull the herd to this number. Most owners who do not themselves hunt sell off the permits for this work, which is a fairly cheap way of getting a days deer hunting in Britain. I somehow suspect that Paul and Linda will be unlikely to sell off the permits, though I'd love to be a fly on the wall when they have to brief the tracker to do the work for them! /. Ian .\ | |||||