Why are farmers allowed to let phesants live in the road?!
Discussion
DuckDuck said:
There's a valid point here. I have the same situation with pheasants but much more problematic are the deer numbers. Where I live deer are a problem and there are many stories about cars badly damaged and accidents caused by deer suddenly appearing. What I see is the movement of these animals being facilitated by removing fences around cover so that the deer can move about more freely.
I'm with the OP, as motorists we should be demanding that famers and landowners be accountable for the animals crossing the road, from or to their land and causing accidents. It would certainly incentives them to reduce their numbers which are in lot of cases kept artificially high.
Apt user name.I'm with the OP, as motorists we should be demanding that famers and landowners be accountable for the animals crossing the road, from or to their land and causing accidents. It would certainly incentives them to reduce their numbers which are in lot of cases kept artificially high.
DuckDuck said:
There's a valid point here. I have the same situation with pheasants but much more problematic are the deer numbers. Where I live deer are a problem and there are many stories about cars badly damaged and accidents caused by deer suddenly appearing. What I see is the movement of these animals being facilitated by removing fences around cover so that the deer can move about more freely.
I'm with the OP, as motorists we should be demanding that famers and landowners be accountable for the animals crossing the road, from or to their land and causing accidents. It would certainly incentives them to reduce their numbers which are in lot of cases kept artificially high.
farmers are accountable for the actions of sheep, pigs , cattle , dogs etc... I'm with the OP, as motorists we should be demanding that famers and landowners be accountable for the animals crossing the road, from or to their land and causing accidents. It would certainly incentives them to reduce their numbers which are in lot of cases kept artificially high.
game birds are not managed in the way that poultry are ...
blooming townies ... I bet you believe the PETA Lamb poster as well
DuckDuck said:
There's a valid point here. I have the same situation with pheasants but much more problematic are the deer numbers. Where I live deer are a problem and there are many stories about cars badly damaged and accidents caused by deer suddenly appearing.
I think there's a win-win here. As the animals are demonstrating vastly-improved ninja skills recently, we should corral them all, and offer them roles training our armed forces. Less unemployed deer and pheasants, living on handouts, roaming around damaging hard-working peoples' pride-and-joys and a reduction in the fixed cost of instruction in the armed forces' budget.What's not to like?
bobtail4x4 said:
Try looking where you are going?
and slow down when something is in the road.
^^^ this in spadesand slow down when something is in the road.
I live in a village where the local estate has a massive pheasant population for its very expensive shoot. The peasants wander across the roads etc, all narrowish lanes
In the 15 years I have lived here I haven't hit a single pheasant, partridge, deer, hare, badger, fox, buzzard, owl, blackbird, jay, magpie, crow etc. (these are all on the roads every day)
Not many of the locals have hit the pheasants, its typically city idiots driving country roads like they are on the RAC rally. These people also hit hedges, tractors, ditches etc with monotonous regularity.
DuckDuck said:
There's a valid point here. I have the same situation with pheasants but much more problematic are the deer numbers. Where I live deer are a problem and there are many stories about cars badly damaged and accidents caused by deer suddenly appearing. What I see is the movement of these animals being facilitated by removing fences around cover so that the deer can move about more freely.
I'm with the OP, as motorists we should be demanding that famers and landowners be accountable for the animals crossing the road, from or to their land and causing accidents. It would certainly incentives them to reduce their numbers which are in lot of cases kept artificially high.
Can I hold you accountable for when a bird flies from your garden and sI'm with the OP, as motorists we should be demanding that famers and landowners be accountable for the animals crossing the road, from or to their land and causing accidents. It would certainly incentives them to reduce their numbers which are in lot of cases kept artificially high.
ts on my car?Are you expecting every farmer to be Doctor f
king Doolittle?!
bobtail4x4 said:
do you run many kids over in town?
To be fair, towns normally have pavements, whereas rural roads can have a hedge right against the road, pheasants will quite happy run out straight in front of the wheels.Also the slight matter of 60mph limit vs 30mph limit... I don't tend to drive over 30mph in towns, especially if reduced visibility when I normally pootle along at 15mph (e.g. If lots of parked cars).
Having said that, I've only ever clipped a pheasant once, glancing blow, which I suppose isn't too bad given I live in deepest rural Gloucestershire.
a few years back, I worked in a rural office in the middle of a shooting estate, one lad would hit pheasants 2 or 3 times a week, the rest of us probabably once a year if that,
he didnt understand why, I got a lift with him once then I understood, no roadcraft, binary throttle control.
he didnt understand why, I got a lift with him once then I understood, no roadcraft, binary throttle control.
LordGrover said:
Heh. I hit a low flying pigeon on the motorway several years ago. Bust my driving light.
The pigeon came off worse though.
For the OP's sake, I hope you wrote a particularly stern worded letter to the Highways Agency, requesting they ensure all their birds maintain a minimum altitude.The pigeon came off worse though.
blueg33 said:
bobtail4x4 said:
Try looking where you are going?
and slow down when something is in the road.
^^^ this in spadesand slow down when something is in the road.
I live in a village where the local estate has a massive pheasant population for its very expensive shoot. The peasants wander across the roads etc, all narrowish lanes
In the 15 years I have lived here I haven't hit a single pheasant, partridge, deer, hare, badger, fox, buzzard, owl, blackbird, jay, magpie, crow etc. (these are all on the roads every day)
Not many of the locals have hit the pheasants, its typically city idiots driving country roads like they are on the RAC rally. These people also hit hedges, tractors, ditches etc with monotonous regularity.
None of us have ever hit one (or at least admitted to it!)
One of the farm workers came around a bend the other day to find a VW Golf GTi on it's roof. Presumably one of you lot.
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