mrturner Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 hi everyone, just wanted to tell people on here especially the newbies like me that if you really enjoy your shooting but find yourself with nowhere to go then all you have to do is try hard and eventually you'll find somewhere. i always used to have a great rabbit infested piece of land available to me, it was a place where i both fished and hunted and the land owner, myself and my brother where all good friends but all good things come to an end and when he sold a large piece of his land to developers so they could build a new service station on it the shooting was stopped. so from that point on i had absolutely nowhere to go and i had brought a new air rifle that was gathering dust, to say i was gutted would be an understatement! i tried for almost a year to find somewhere to shoot as i was determined not to sit back and give up on the sport i enjoy, i sent out around 50 business cards to farms around the west midlands offerring to help control any vermin problems they may have and i didn't hear anything back. i even visited a few land owners myself only to be knocked back yet again. so then i decided to make the internet my next tool of choice in my search for some land so i searched out the forums like pigeonwatch, the####, gunsonpegs and advertised on thesaddlery and the responses i got where amaizing. i turns out that the people to ask are the people like you who love to shoot and most probably at some stage in there lives have also struggled to find somewhere to shoot. i've made new friends, been invited to meet fellow shooters, given the contact details of syndicates, farmers, locations........everything. and now i have two places i can shoot and i can't wait to get started, so the simple fact is that there are many kind people out there who are more than willing to help you all you have to do is ask nicely and they will be in touch! many thanks to all those that helped me and good look to the seekers! :good: :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bi9johnny Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 well done mate and that must be a record even for pw after only 1 post you got shooting permission i am impressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAD1927 Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Hope you enjoy the ground Roy is a sound chap and has no shortage of rabbits. I had many a pleasurable and productive day with shotgun, rifle and ferrets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teza Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 hi, and well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guvnor68 Posted November 15, 2012 Report Share Posted November 15, 2012 Well done mate cant fault you,, Im still out and about looking for new permission and as you said it will come. ATB Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olly321 Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 welcome mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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