wild camping....and police interest.

P.S.......

P.S....Thanks Channa for bringing this topic to site, its brought a lot of interest from a lot of people it seems, nice one!
 
Pleased to hear the police had more sense Channa.

I shoot a little myself, also with .22 air rifle, I normally help the farmer up the road keep his rabbit population down, I also eat all I kill. I grow quite a bit of my own veg and forage on a minor scale when the fruit is out - mainly to make wine or sloe gin and the odd blackberry crumble. It's good to supplement your groceries with a bit off the land.

If I can get some target practice done I might have to go for some rabbit for the pot later. :tongue:
 
Good job you're not a policeman Dave, or typical of a policeman, all our lives would be a bleedin' misery! Channa's actions were potentially cause for concern and validated acceptable by the visiting constabulary I think!

Incidentally the passer by in my opinion wasted good police time, sure they have better things to do.

no not a policeman but a pest controller i have alot of permission but still have to ring the farmers first most time contract the police

just be aware that all land is owned by someone and you can be proscuted for tresspass or poaching all i am saying is be carefull

and yes pigeons are a pest a big one at that but you still have to have permission to stoot them

cheers Dave
 
Shooting Rabbits should be outlawed. :mad1::mad1:

In fact my Whippets have contacted their MP about it.
 
no not a policeman but a pest controller i have alot of permission but still have to ring the farmers first most time contract the police

just be aware that all land is owned by someone and you can be proscuted for tresspass or poaching all i am saying is be carefull

and yes pigeons are a pest a big one at that but you still have to have permission to stoot them

cheers Dave

Yes the trespass point is a very valid one in fact loaded or not you could be charged with armed trespass.

Channa
 
We had our first visit a week or so ago in Longleat (spot on the WC database)

We've stayed there a few times and noted police checking the car park and ignoring us.

Anyway, they were happy, said no problem about staying there, and just wanted to make sure we weren't nicking stuff.

Absolutely no issue with that, happy for as many visits they want. Saw them in the morning as we were leaving and they gave a nice smile and wave.
 
A message to old Arthur.....


That's the lead off the monkey house out of bounds then...


Heard they've got frickin lions as guard dogs too.

Channa
 
Happy to try most things, but not eel either. Made a delicious pheasant casserole in red wine from two pheasants. One was a fresh road kill and the other when I was beating on a shoot at christmas and was given one by the organisers. Didn't bother plucking them, as found it easier to skin. Delicious. Also tried roasted squirrel but didn't like it although I'm not sure I cooked it properly as meat was tough. Had fried wood pigeon breast as a starter recently and enjoyed that.
 
Happy to try most things, but not eel either. Made a delicious pheasant casserole in red wine from two pheasants. One was a fresh road kill and the other when I was beating on a shoot at christmas and was given one by the organisers. Didn't bother plucking them, as found it easier to skin. Delicious. Also tried roasted squirrel but didn't like it although I'm not sure I cooked it properly as meat was tough. Had fried wood pigeon breast as a starter recently and enjoyed that.

Cook squirrel the same as rabbit. But it has to be a young one. Older ones need slow cooking in wine or a good stock. For anything that might be tough, try marinading in vinegar anr water overnight. rinse before cooking.
Had hoadgie once and it was good but never tried to cook it myself. They need to be wrapped in clay and cooked in the fire embers. then the skin comes off with the prickles easy.
Catch pheasant and partridge with raisins and a fish hook. you can catch squirrel this way but they tend to panic so you need to be near by. Never put out raisins and fish ooks overnight like the poachers do. as it leaves the catch all night in a traumatic state. If you want to catch a few pigeons for a pie or even rooks. then get some fresh yeast and roll in little balls and feed to them, wait half hour and just pick them up and wring their necks. Crow tastes awful. so be careful you dont mistake one for a rook. remember if you see a rook alone , it's a crow. and if you see a flock of crows they are rooks. LOL.

Dandelion leaves are better then spinage and so are sorrel. Dandelion roots roasted make excellent coffee substitute. Crab grass roots are very nutricious and are easy to gather. they taste a bit like potatoes. and in fact were eaten by the brits before taters came into the country. Dont eat ferns, after they have uncurled. they are poison. Hawthorn leaves are a great sourse of vit C and make a good cabage substitute although a pain to gather. If by the sea shore then do try sea kale, it is fantastic. but only pick the leaves not he plant. ENOUGH.
 
Happy to try most things, but not eel either. Made a delicious pheasant casserole in red wine from two pheasants. One was a fresh road kill and the other when I was beating on a shoot at christmas and was given one by the organisers. Didn't bother plucking them, as found it easier to skin. Delicious. Also tried roasted squirrel but didn't like it although I'm not sure I cooked it properly as meat was tough. Had fried wood pigeon breast as a starter recently and enjoyed that.

I have eaten Eel in Belgium. In fact there are specialised Restaurants that serve only eels.

I found that there is not a lot of taste to them. The sauces that you can have give them the flavour.

You have to be extremely careful when eating them as some of the bones are very sharp.
 
Great thread Channa. Wouldn't fancy carrying one of my guns in the MH but then I don't full time and am lucky enough to shoot (and fish) through most of the winter. My five year old pestered me to pluck a wild duck a few months ago, what a way for a child to appreciate where food really comes from and not off Tesco's shelf. Our favorite pigeon comes in a splash of red cooked off last minute with a few capers and served with a mix of chunky roast veggies, oh and the rest of the red. :tongue:
 
I tried 'jellied eels' a couple of years back at a race course with a pint...so many bones that it was almost not worth the bother, I then went and got a pastie to 'fill me up' before more beer to drown my sorrows at not winning on the horses!
 
I have a confession. I thought hard before starting this thread because I do understand that shooting etc is contentious to a lot of people....but then I thought there was no shame in giving an insight to my world.

This thread in terms of likes .. has surpassed any other...how weird is that.
Donkey too has given some good advice in preparing our resident cuisine.

I was once interviewed as search rescue and survival instructor at RAF cranwell.....understandably they gave it someone else....it might have been the dodgy worm omlette nbrown that did it.

Actually it was someone ex specials so I couldn't complain.

Whilst boiling ants to neutralise formic acid maybe necessary, not really relevant to wildcampiing.

I love the continent as much as anybody, I have eaten snails etc etc....but and a real big but we ignore the wonderful larder that nature provides in our own country.

Try pigeon , rabbit squirrel even....you might......just might like it.

I make no apology for suggesting we have wonderful food on our doorstep.

Channa
 
Great thread Channa. Wouldn't fancy carrying one of my guns in the MH but then I don't full time and am lucky enough to shoot (and fish) through most of the winter. My five year old pestered me to pluck a wild duck a few months ago, what a way for a child to appreciate where food really comes from and not off Tesco's shelf. Our favorite pigeon comes in a splash of red cooked off last minute with a few capers and served with a mix of chunky roast veggies, oh and the rest of the red. :tongue:

Holmpton, I know the beach .....good codling venue in winter......ever see a bloke with German pointer...me and Leon...

Aldborough Holmpton all good venues I found Mappleton most productive last couple of months
 
I draw the line at insect, although I know in a survival situation they are very nutritional. Somehow though I hope I will never have to fall back on this in England,Scotland and Wales. (I never go abroad).

I cannot understand how Bear Grylls seems to relish eating awful things, watch Ray Mears, he's more a smoked Salmon man!
 
Snails are lovely and used to see the Spanish out collecting them after rain !
I might try some english garden ones sometime I think ?
i love snails too especially the french garlic version,but i would check out the lungworm advert for dogs to see if it applies to us.
Solarman.
 
Cook squirrel the same as rabbit. But it has to be a young one. Older ones need slow cooking in wine or a good stock. For anything that might be tough, try marinading in vinegar anr water overnight. rinse before cooking.
Had hoadgie once and it was good but never tried to cook it myself. They need to be wrapped in clay and cooked in the fire embers. then the skin comes off with the prickles easy.
Catch pheasant and partridge with raisins and a fish hook. you can catch squirrel this way but they tend to panic so you need to be near by. Never put out raisins and fish ooks overnight like the poachers do. as it leaves the catch all night in a traumatic state. If you want to catch a few pigeons for a pie or even rooks. then get some fresh yeast and roll in little balls and feed to them, wait half hour and just pick them up and wring their necks. Crow tastes awful. so be careful you dont mistake one for a rook. remember if you see a rook alone , it's a crow. and if you see a flock of crows they are rooks. LOL.

Dandelion leaves are better then spinage and so are sorrel. Dandelion roots roasted make excellent coffee substitute. Crab grass roots are very nutricious and are easy to gather. they taste a bit like potatoes. and in fact were eaten by the brits before taters came into the country. Dont eat ferns, after they have uncurled. they are poison. Hawthorn leaves are a great sourse of vit C and make a good cabage substitute although a pain to gather. If by the sea shore then do try sea kale, it is fantastic. but only pick the leaves not he plant. ENOUGH.

Interested in the pigeon trap! What kind of yeast do you use and do you have to mix it with flour? I am assuming that you just pick them up because they get bloated with the yeast? Overun with the things. Can you eat the suburban sort? Not sure what they're eating. I guess it's what neighbours are feeding them with!!
 
I picked grapes in 2008 for monbazilliac wine strangely in village of same name.....the salt and vinegar to fois gras.

I was it seemed apprentice. To the vineyards iowners younger brother a young 72.....

The shouting of ...un pannier pour le Anglo Saxon....( a basket for the English git) stii rings in my ears...the final sunday , BBQ with the cepes...only Englishman present and the comaraderie between us an my pigeon French....brilliant ...a moment I will forever cherish..
Following morning jean knocking at the door ....with ricard pastis...and don't tell the wife is another fantastic encounter...

Pour mes amis en France j'adore

Channa
 

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