one of the dogs caught yet another rabbit today. this is the third in as many days they have got. they will retrieve them for me even if they have hunted and caught it themselves so i can clean them and get them in the pot.

my problem lies here..... nobody on our land shoots rabbits with a shotgun anymore... it is left up to me and the rapid all 3 of these rabbits this week have been wounded by shotguns. todays example had a broken leg and a lot of shot in its back leg.

I know for a fact that there would be a big issue with this if it was shotgun shooters picking up wounded animals by an air rifle so do you as a community think i ought to approach neighbouring landowners to see if anyone has been out and is having a pest problem that they want taking care of BUT more to the point, is it my place to give them a verbal slapping for not taking clean kills???