No Shooting

deerhunter1

Went for a shot this morning, on land I have been shooting over for the last 17/20 yrs, its part of my gun club, all year controlling grey's/magpies, as I have done every year. Released about Fifteen full grown cock's myself a few weeks ago to supplement the wild bird's. When I got there a sign on the gate said " Land Preserved" No Shooting, no parking, Lands Poisoned:(, not there last week, after all my work.:mad:

ferrete

well thatwont happen to often in future for the posion will be illegal. but i would have asked the landowner about itin a nice way ver a pint etc

Birdnuts

ferrete wrote: »

well thatwont happen to often in future for the posion will be illegal. but i would have asked the landowner about itin a nice way ver a pint etc

Its already illegal - to be honest this landowner sounds like a t*t going on deerhunters post so its hard to see a good outcome in this case.

deerhunter1

ferrete wrote: »

well thatwont happen to often in future for the posion will be illegal. but i would have asked the landowner about itin a nice way ver a pint etc

Never met him/her. I think the land may have changed hands sometime this year. I have put out the word too see who it is. I have a feeling I know who it is and if I'm right I may be fu--ed.:( Fingers x And no-one ever shoots this area but me, its not like it is being over shot, I have never met anyone ever shooting here, I just hope no-one abused him/her. I'm hoping the poison side of it is too frighten people off.

landkeeper

birdnuts are you for real do you honestly think advising someone to commit armed trespass is a sensible suggestion
he has said in his initial post the land has no shooting signs on it now and there you are egging him on worst case scenario he could find himself in court and in breach of his firearm licence and have it recinded
you can't call a landowners bluff as you call it ,if they say no shooting that's what they mean it's their land they have that right it's that attitude that gets all shooters a bad name, ah sure it'll be allright i'll just pop in for a few shots sure he wont know /mind/bother
give the poster some sensible advice like go and talk to the man explain what you have been doing all year your vermin control and release of birds show him your insurance and you very well may get a positive outcome to this

Birdnuts

landkeeper wrote: »

birdnuts are you for real do you honestly think advising someone to commit armed trespass is a sensible suggestion
he has said in his initial post the land has no shooting signs on it now and there you are egging him on worst case scenario he could find himself in court and in breach of his firearm licence and have it recinded
you can't call a landowners bluff as you call it ,if they say no shooting that's what they mean it's their land they have that right it's that attitude that gets all shooters a bad name, ah sure it'll be allright i'll just pop in for a few shots sure he wont know /mind/bother
give the poster some sensible advice like go and talk to the man explain what you have been doing all year your vermin control and release of birds show him your insurance and you very well may get a positive outcome to this

I take your point but the said same landowner is himself advertising the fact that he is breaking the law - in any case I've edited that post

Birdnuts

landkeeper wrote: »

give the poster some sensible advice like go and talk to the man explain what you have been doing all year your vermin control and release of birds show him your insurance and you very well may get a positive outcome to this

Going on DH's post the "new" landowner is not a reasonable person so it looks like a hopeless situation:(

landkeeper

no all he has done is put a sign saying land poisoned that dosn't mean he has actually poison laid now does it he could have sprayed the land with roundup after all that is a poison to grass etc :cool:

Birdnuts

landkeeper wrote: »

no all he has done is put a sign saying land poisoned that dosn't mean he has actually poison laid now does it he could have sprayed the land with roundup after all that is a poison to grass etc :cool:

Well he can explain what he means to the local ranger/gardai/teagasc inspector - but I somehow doubt he's refering to roundup given what rules applied under the old laws which I'm sure your familiar with up around Kells:cool:

landkeeper

isn't google a wonderfull tool or have you been chattin to yer keeper mate again

Birdnuts

landkeeper wrote: »

isn't google a wonderfull tool or have you been chattin to yer keeper mate again

No - when I'm not hunting, fishing or enjoying the countryside in general, I work as an environmental scientist, but then again what would I know about such issues:rolleyes:

PS: I'm also into Irelands ancient past which means I know about all those special places in that part of the Royal County;)

landkeeper

thats funny i allways imagined you were about 15 with acne here you might enjoy this then so

http://www.knowth.com/loughcrew-cairn-l.htm

Birdnuts

landkeeper wrote: »

thats funny i allways imagined you were about 15 with acne here you might enjoy this then so

http://www.knowth.com/loughcrew-cairn-l.htm

My imagination when it comes to some on here is even scarier:D;) - in any case your a lucky man to be living in such a beautifull part of Ireland, I just hope your place doesn't end up under a white elephant motorway or a load of pylons.

landkeeper

Birdnuts wrote: »

My imagination when it comes to some on here is even scarier:D;) - in any case your a lucky man to be living in such a beautifull part of Ireland, I just hope your place doesn't end up under a white elephant motorway or a load of pylons.

nah won't happen now ther's no money left

anyway back on topic Deerhunter go and see the landowner and have a chat to them explain your side of things politely and as i said what you have been doing if you show your responsible and carefull and insured you never know what'll happen allthough it may be that the new owner just dosn't like fieldsports ,want's no-one on the land you have to respect that it's his bought and paid for

deerhunter1

landkeeper wrote: »

nah won't happen now ther's no money left

anyway back on topic Deerhunter go and see the landowner and have a chat to them explain your side of things politely and as i said what you have been doing if you show your responsible and carefull and insured you never know what'll happen allthough it may be that the new owner just dosn't like fieldsports ,want's no-one on the land you have to respect that it's his bought and paid for

I hope to meet him/her I will always respect their decision, I will try and talk to him explain my case see if they have any concerns and try and rectify them. It's all I can do, It' their land and their decision and I respect that.