Quote Originally Posted by Rocketstu
Badgers, foxes, Owls, cows and not to forget the Hares!

See them all too often (the cows seem to like following me around now too!).
One place I'm shooting at the moment is covered with hares, I'll frequently see ten in a field. Problem is, I've been asked to leave them well alone, but on occasion when I find one sitting at the edge of a wood, it can be difficult to decide if it's a hare or a rabbit. I have to make them stand up so I can see their ears which has caused me to miss the odd rabbit that would have been a cert.

I well remember lieing on a sunny bank with a shotgun one afternoon, watching a family of fox cubs quarrelling and play fighting, after about ten minutes of really close observation, one of them ran right up to me, stopping, arching up its back like a startled cat and charging off when it realised I wasn't just a particulalrly ugly tuft of vegetation.

I've never seen a live badger though - that would be splendid.