Shooting beside reserve

fish slapped

Hi, lads one of the farms I shoot is beside a river but between them there's a long narrow strip of land about 500 meters X 50 meters which has changesd hands lately. The new owner of this strip now has nature reserve signs up. I was out lamping foxes the other night and when I got back to the car , which was parked inthe gate way, I discovered it was EGGED about a dozen eggs. Now the new guy is new to the area as well but has been making his views on shooting or "murdering little animals" as he puts it. Where do I stand on shooting beside his land. As for the eggs we have ways of fixing that;).
cheers FS

pullandbang

Interesting!

Is this a "Blow in" trying to make a name for himself? .... not a good idea!

If you're not shooting his land, then he has no business in egging you on!

You are entitled to shoot the land you have permission on and the newbie will just have to live with it.

fish slapped

I hate to use the expression "blow in " but yes with a distint D4 accent and a 08 range rover and the damnest Tweed suit (you'd want to see it for yourself) .

Jonty

fish slapped wrote: »

I hate to use the expression "blow in " but yes with a distint D4 accent and a 08 range rover and the damnest Tweed suit (you'd want to see it for yourself) .

LOL

Sounds like a right lord of the manor.

Trojan911

Jonty wrote: »

LOL

Sounds like a right lord of the manor.

Sounds like a right something else as well.

Fish, next time instead of going off lamping why not sit up in a ditch with a camcorder and film the next time your car suffers criminal damage? If it's your man then you have the edge.

foxhunter

fish slapped wrote: »

Hi, lads one of the farms I shoot is beside a river but between them there's a long narrow strip of land about 500 meters X 50 meters which has changesd hands lately. The new owner of this strip now has nature reserve signs up. I was out lamping foxes the other night and when I got back to the car , which was parked inthe gate way, I discovered it was EGGED about a dozen eggs. Now the new guy is new to the area as well but has been making his views on shooting or "murdering little animals" as he puts it. Where do I stand on shooting beside his land. As for the eggs we have ways of fixing that;).
cheers FS

Maybe he just got a little "Eggcited" at the thought of the poor little animals being murdered:D

Vegeta

Yup, bring a friend and you head off lamping, leave the friend watching the car with a video recorder.

There's no chance it could be related to the time of year and Halloween and all that, teens drive buy and egg the car??

Jonty

U could use one of those deer cams

lightening

Vegeta wrote: »

There's no chance it could be related to the time of year and Halloween and all that, teens drive buy and egg the car??

+ 1! It doesn't really ad up to be honest... The cam is a great idea. By the way, eggs can be hard, check your car for dents.

thelurcher

Whatever you do - DON'T POUR BRAKE FLUID ON THE '08 RANGE ROVER

Vegeta

lightening wrote: »

By the way, eggs can be hard, check your car for dents.

Yup, if they are pelted off the car they will cause tiny little cracks in the paint too. Like little spider web patterns around the impact. Not very noticeable mind but if you're into your bodywork you'll notice it

It wasn't me!

Catch the guy in the act next time. Hide and stake out the car after you've left. Make sure to have a mate with you to witness, and when you confront him, make sure not to appear intimidating. Just ask whether he's going to pay to refinish the paintwork and explain that he has no rights to do any such thing, and should it happen again, the plod will be involved. Video footage of the vandalism will be good for that as well.

Traumadoc

I dont find that many Range Rover drivers who dress in tweed are the Antis type, more they pay a lot for their shooting.

Perhaps the owner thought you had gone in to poach?

Alternatively you dont know this man did it perhaps someone else did?

Causing criminal damage ( brake fluid) to someones elses property is not something that should be laughed at and certainly not done by so called law abiding firearms owners.

lightening

Exactly, that's what I mean by it doesn't ad up.

You say he made his views obvious about "murdering little animals"? That doesn't sound like the view of a gas guzzling, high emissions vehicle owner. Did you hear him say this?

Sounds like someone just doesn't like "blow ins" if you ask me.

Only a scumbag would do the brake fluid thing.

BryanL

just keep doing your own thing, the truth will out in the end. It's a popular time of year for egging, and a car out on it's own in the country is an easy target.
I don't think the car someone drives is an accurate gauge of their views on hunting or even the environment (ironically)
Bryan

greenpeter

Keep the head down and just keep going about your own buisness, in the end they'l get fed up & you'l win.

fish slapped

The Brake fluid is a bit severe and it could of been Teens with the eggs. But he has notified local landowners of his point of view on these "murderers" and would they be interested in "preserving their lands to nurcher the native wildlife". Thankfully most of them just smiled and said leave it with me. Think I'll Just carry on with my own business and leave him enough rope. As for checking the car for damage , that would involve washing it and thats to much like hard work:eek:
Thank to every one . FS

lightening

fish slapped wrote: »

As for checking the car for damage , that would involve washing it and thats to much like hard work:eek:
Thank to every one . FS

I sort of had a feeling this would be the case! Battered defender??

Kat1170

Still think the camcorder is a good idea. Next time whoever it was might use something that will cause a lot more damage than the eggs.

fish slapped

lightening wrote: »

I sort of had a feeling this would be the case! Battered defender??

91 L200 crewcab with a padded shooting rail on the back .

meathstevie

Get whitser and his pack to beat the lot when the local Ross O'Carol Kelly is of to watch the rugger at Lansdowne road.

This of course is not a suggestion to take serious but I've seen something similar done years ago in a different jurisdiction when a certain landowner was at mass. Those were the tastiest pheasant I've ever eaten and the locals were in stitches laughing when they heard about the stunt pulled on the toff in residence. Suffise to say your man was raging but he couldn't do sweet fa about it as the locals including the local coppers were giving him the bigtime runaround.

I suppose it's just a waiting game. Next spring he'll no doubt set up his organic free roaming poultry pen. Foxy will run riot in it and when all "humane" detterents have failed he'll be looking for someone to lamp a few foxes.

lightening

meathstevie wrote: »

This of course is not a suggestion to take serious but I've seen something similar done years ago in a different jurisdiction when a certain landowner was at mass.

Good! The last thing you want is to paint hunters as a pack of redneck trespassers with the local cops being corrupt conspirators against a "blow in". Hopefully Dubs in rural spots will be treated as well as many of the rural people, some of whom are my close friends and my wife, all of whom have made a fine life in the capital for themselves.

On the other hand, I am sure plenty of people from all walks of life that have had their houses burgled in the city when they were at mass. I just hope it doesn't happen to often, I'd say its a horrible thing to happen to anyone, no matter where you are from, no matter where you live.