secretagentmole Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) You need to report EVERY incident ! Make sure that you keep a record of each event and ask any Police Officers that attend for the Incident Log Number. If after a reasonable amount of time (say 6 months) there is no improvement in the situation, ask the Secretary of the golf club to write a letter to the local Chief Constable, highlighting the problems and attach a photocopy of the number of calls and the relevant log numbers. Also point out that Armed Tresspass is an offence for which the offenders should be arrested and any firearms confiscated. The 'blues and twos' tactic is one that is used quite often to disperse any poachers and avoid having to 'search the area' for the offenders, but that is of no help to you. You may struggle getting the backing of the golf club, judging by what you say, it appears that they are happy to let you deal with all of the c**p. The other solution of course, is to walk away, but only you can decide if it is worth putting up with the hassle. Simple threaten to revoke the local Plod's membership of the aforementioned golfing establishment! Edited April 10, 2015 by secretagentmole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Do you know how they are gaining access? Are they just driving in and parking up? Or usung footpaths? You do need to keep on at police and as has been said the golf course them selves need to start making noises. I know you said you would not drop a dog if poaching, and i would agree id have to be very annoyed to contemplate doing that. Like has been said, keep a record of everything, atleast then after a few months if no resukts you can put the file forward and ask what is being done about the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmamonster Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 A perm sounding that good is not worth losing, i would camp there one weekend and speak to them face to face, cant think that they will want any trouble because they wont want to attract the police especially if they hare corsing. Hope all goes well with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 We have similar problems here, then suddenly the problems travel elsewhere. Although this could well be the source of the problem it is not always the case. I was on a coastal walk with definite signs of rabbits and saw two guys with battered air rifles. I asked them if they had any success and the response was Eastern European accented. Similar groups are causing problems by taking fish from our rivers. They undercut pay rates and then supplement their diet with free food! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolkgoose Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Although this could well be the source of the problem it is not always the case. I was on a coastal walk with definite signs of rabbits and saw two guys with battered air rifles. I asked them if they had any success and the response was Eastern European accented. Similar groups are causing problems by taking fish from our rivers. They undercut pay rates and then supplement their diet with free food!It's a shame but have had the same problems with immigrants on the broads netting stocks of fish and poaching rabbits , pheasant trouble is the law don't or can't do much other than take their nets and stolen dinghy or air rifle and their then back out at it again .with regards to the ops problem I would stay at it call the police when they are there and log times dates Do not confront them under any circumstances they are the illegally and you have had a near miss already. I would shoot it as hard as you can make it go quite for a bit and hope they go or better the police get them . atb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Juicer Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Get car numbers so police can trace them. Challenge them so they feel the heat. Put up some warning signs saying to stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol p Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Although this could well be the source of the problem it is not always the case. I was on a coastal walk with definite signs of rabbits and saw two guys with battered air rifles. I asked them if they had any success and the response was Eastern European accented. Similar groups are causing problems by taking fish from our rivers. They undercut pay rates and then supplement their diet with free food!I know what you mean, they've eaten near all our ducks and swans down our river walk. The police can't do anything about it because they don't realise that there's two 5 o clocks in a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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