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There are five new photographs on the Photo page starting…

There are five new photographs on the Photo page, starting from number six.

Grey seal in the sea in Pembrokeshire last September. View over Sheffield city centre at night Lynne.

First picture is a Hibiscus blooming in my garden. It was a nice 78 degrees in Florida today (Saturday) and I worked in my garden. Karen, Florida (USA)

Awider view of Brimham Rocks, this is only a small part of it.Elsie.

With the recent talk of coal fires I remembered this pic of Charlie one of our cats, she died at christmas aged 21 1/2. We hardly ever light the fire now as she was the one who made us light it!!! Rose W’canton.

The Close Season for the Pheasants Shooting started on the 1st of February, the last day being the 1st of October. For those who have not heard of it, it is the time of year when it is illegal to Shoot Pheasants. I cant imagine that the law was passed for any other reason other than to allow the Pheasants to produce their young so that they can be shot next year. There are Close Seasons for most Game Birds. Probably the best known are the Grouse. The Close season for those start on the 10th of December and finishes on the 12th of August. Hence the phrase the Glorious Twelfth.

There must have been a few people around our area who forgot or ignored the Law. I must admit I thought that it was today the 4th. I don’t know why that date stuck in my mind. I hope it wasn’t important. To late now anyway. If I have known for sure of the date, I would have had the shooting stopped. Any person who shoots Pheasant would have known the dates of the Close Season. If they didn’t they should not be allowed a gun. We heard shooting on the 1st 2nd and yesterday. The Police will prosecute any person found shooting Game Birds in their respective Close Season. Different Game Birds have different Close seasons.

I am still at a loss to understand why hunting with dogs was banned and not Game Shooting. As I have said before I believe that shooting is by far a more cruel activity, than what was banned. I recently was in a conversation with a person who has a Pheasant Shoot. I have told him my feelings about the Sport. I like or love my Pheasant Shooting he told me. Why I cant imagine. You don’t need to be an expert shot to shoot a Pheasant. You would be an extremely bad shot if you missed one, especially as Beaters push the Pheasants in to the Guns, and with the wide spread of the shot from the shotguns cartridges. That is why so many Pheasants are injured rather than being killed outright, by the inexperienced people on Corporate perk day outings and the wannabe big game shooters.

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