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Hello all, please could anyone out there help?

 

Myself and 2 friends are air rifle enthusiasts and are looking for land in the Essex area for pigeon/rabbit and rat pest control (we live in Wickford and Brentwood so preferably within a reasonable distance but would travel).

 

We are all insured and responsible gun owners/users. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Much thanks in advance.

 

Dan

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Welcome to the site. What chimp means is that it's very hard to get land such as that, its all down to getting out there and asking...and being knocked back a lot. Start asking around local farmers, if you get one out of ten that's a good ratio, but it can be considerably more so don't get disheartened.

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Thank you for the welcomes everyone.

 

Yeah I was aware it would be difficult, I've been hassling golf clubs, farm land houses with land etc. That ratio sounds about right, I thought I would throw it out to the open forum never know!

 

I had seen on some of the replies on this forum people were getting positive replies with offers of land to shoot on.

 

Thanks again for replying.

 

Dan

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  • 2 weeks later...

With air rifles (less noise) try stables, pig farms, horse fields and other places where noise is a factor.

 

In my experience, most farmers are not interested in airgunners for pigeon control (unless its round the barns), they prefer shooters with something that makes a loud scary noise.

So even if the shooter misses the bird, the noise scares them away. :)

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