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« on: January 29, 2006, 18:39:01 »
I had to make a pick up near Coventry today, so I took my brother in law with me and afterwards we went looking for some land to metal detect on for the remainder of the day.  On one farm we saw this (image below) fence leading from the road to the farm house.

I think its quite sick, but other than the folklaw that its a warning to other moles to keep away, does anyone know why the farmer does it?  Are the dried moles a saleable commodity?
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2006, 18:48:42 »
A lot of farmers do the same. I think it's more to show the other farmers in the area how well he's done.
More like blowing his own trumpet than witchcraft. Similar to "I went Laning today - pics are in my gallery"  :wink:
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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2006, 19:12:48 »
seen similar to this localy but was crows not moles
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« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2006, 19:21:18 »
use to get a lot of that sort of thing around north wales and it was down to showmanship look how meny i have caught. Oh and is the one nearist the camera waving at you :lol:
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« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2006, 19:31:10 »
Im a profesional pest controller -see this sort of thing all the time,its just a Farmer thing+ its easier to collect them later- hanging crows from poles
is another farmers favourite -doesnt achieve anything after a short while
the crows are back raiding the seed or crop -i dont find it sick its just a
country practice that gone on for generations, its not something i would
expect a townie to see the reasoning behind it,
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« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2006, 19:47:15 »
maybe its the mole fence climbing formation team practising :lol:
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« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2006, 19:58:02 »
Seen it plenty of times, but not for ages
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« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2006, 20:00:00 »
Sorry I cant see any reasoning at all, if it does nt have a purpose why do it, imagine  taking a young family out for the day and having to explain that.
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« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2006, 20:14:11 »
That barbed wire keeps the moles tidy doesnt it....?
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« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2006, 20:25:54 »
thats a country thing, probably get a townie try and ban it now like they do everything else!

no harm in it, just a bit of showmanship like others have said.

loads of old traditions about like that!
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« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2006, 20:29:20 »
Because of the metal detecting I'm on farms all the time, I don't know how many I've been to but its in the hundreds.  Never seen owt like this before.

I'm not condemning it, to be honest I don't much care what others do to animals, its what I do that counts to me.
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« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2006, 20:42:12 »
Quote from: "Sheddy"


I'm not condemning it, to be honest I don't much care what others do to animals, its what I do that counts to me.


Don't worry about it - they would have been dead before he hung/tied  them up :wink:

If they were still alive then it would be a case for the RSPCA.  :lol:
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« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2006, 20:57:18 »
i aint no townie and i find that behaviour sick controlling pests is one thing but sadistic showing off turns my stomach ..there is no need for it it is totaly out of order fine put them in your barn  but not on a fence ...
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« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2006, 21:04:21 »
Quote from: "Sheddy"


I think its quite sick


Just a farmer going about his bussiness the same way his predecssor did before him and so on.
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« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2006, 21:10:34 »
I do alot of Hunting and Shooting it is a measure of the Gamekepers skills shown to other Gamekeepers



If you go and inspect a known shooting area and find a wood with a pheasant release pen you may find a gibbet line strung between two trees. This is how the 'keeper displays all the vermin he has killed.
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« Reply #15 on: January 29, 2006, 21:13:46 »
Is that unusual then? Saw it all the time when I lived in Cockermouth ;-) We used to navigate by "turn left at the fence with 20 moles on" ...
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« Reply #16 on: January 29, 2006, 21:14:48 »
The reason for hanging the dead moles is quite simple and has nothing to do with showmanship. Neither is it sick.  It's done by the mole catcher to show he is doing his job and earning his money.
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« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2006, 21:32:11 »
hi,

iv seen it done loads of time and at our local shoot our gamekeeper does indeed hang up his vermin that he has killed,

it is part of country life, one that is dieing away slowly but it is still present in many parts.

i don't see it as crawl or anything, and if any one was to say the rspca would need to be called than they are the crawl ones as that well known and respected organisation have to be one of the most two faced and contradictive organisations i know.

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« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2006, 21:36:29 »
The reason for hanging the dead moles is quite simple and has nothing to do with showmanship.

I thank you 8)
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« Reply #19 on: January 29, 2006, 21:52:19 »
isnt this in the similar vein of how "townies" feel about 4x4's

we know what we use them for but the have their opinion

this is the same with the moles

they arent there for show, there is reasoning that the farmer and im sure his fellow farmers in the area know about.

just remember where you are that's all.

think about it, a farmer will go into town and go past a defender or similar 4x4 and wonder since these arent used for agri use why own them.

my folks asked me this exact same question since they are farmers and i am no longer.
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« Reply #20 on: January 29, 2006, 22:04:39 »
The *FUNNIEST* townie special we ever saw was near Crummock Water.

They had blocked off the road with two vehicles, and another was telling cars (we were cycling) that they had blocked the road because the sheep had escaped, and they were atempting to get them back into the field.

Did we laugh.....it took us about 20 minutes to calm down. The ensuing traffic jam was classic. Especially when a farmer tootled up on his tractor, LAUGHED, then tried to explain to the townies that they were putting the sheep into his COW field....

If you've been there, or lived there - you will know the sheep ROAM the hills....

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« Reply #21 on: January 30, 2006, 08:16:43 »
Couldn't find any other trespassers that day :wink:
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« Reply #22 on: January 30, 2006, 10:35:13 »
they wont hang there for long, some thing will come and munch them - could be viewed as recycling ? :D theycertainly dont last longer than one night near me anyway !
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« Reply #23 on: January 30, 2006, 18:16:19 »
different people, differant places, differant customs etc...

french eat snails, this farmer likes showing off his moles...

yeah fair point about  explaining it to kids, but no more difficult than trying to explain that those cows over there are just been friendly, and one has an itch, and the other is.. erm.. scratching it!  :lol:

...i take it you didnt fancy just asking the farmer incase you became part of the decoration! :lol:
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« Reply #24 on: January 30, 2006, 19:48:28 »
To be hionest, when I first saw them hanging there it made me laugh.  The farm was about 10 miles from Coventry and there is an MDing club called the Coventry Moles.  It was only later when I was thinking about it that I thought it was a questionable thing to do with dead animals.  Thgats whty theres a question mark in the thread title, I thought I would put it as a question rather than a statement.
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« Reply #25 on: January 30, 2006, 20:38:49 »
Question answered satisfactrily I trust :? :wink: The hanging practice is not as prevailent these days as the mole catchers/pest controlers use worms dipped in strychnine. These are dropped into the mole run, mole eats, dies and stays burid. Bit of usless information on the subject of moles for you. Female moles make bigger mole hills than the males. :wink:
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« Reply #26 on: January 30, 2006, 21:53:45 »
Didnt mention the STRYCHNINE Norm, thought it might cause an uproar
among the Townies, :roll:
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« Reply #27 on: January 30, 2006, 22:03:34 »
Oi lay off us townies.....................you country BUMPKIN :lol:    only joking.......
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« Reply #28 on: January 31, 2006, 21:03:38 »
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Oi lay off us townies.....................you country BUMPKIN :lol:    only joking.......
 

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« Reply #29 on: February 01, 2006, 11:36:36 »
i like moles  :cry:
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