Longchalk Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 (edited) If you've ever stood on your permission looking at a road or house in the direction to want to shoot, thinking " Am I safe?"... the website UK Grid Reference Finder has a handy tool. It lets you measure fairly accurately from point to point on a zoomed in aerial photo map... From a particular tree to the opposite hedge line, for example. http://gridreferencefinder.com/ Taking into account the 275m (300yrds) "safe zone" recommended by the CPSA, it's easy to check if your spent shot risks falling on the road etc. (The CPSA found most shot falls between a 185m - 210m (202yrds - 229yrds) on a still day, but a strong wind could possibly add another 50m of carry) Edited January 18, 2014 by Longchalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 The distance might fall with in the guide lines, however the noise of you shooting on a big day will be non stop and that is when you will come unstuck... A 200 bird day with account for at least 300 shots. With the wind in the right direction some one will be " on the phone" Good judgement is a far better tool to have in your pocket... TEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 EH is right regarding noise, but if you swop "house" for "road", where noise is not really an issue, then that looks a very useful tool. I have borrowed a farmer's range finder in the past, just to check distances from shooting position to a road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbw1shrops Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 These are both really good ideas ! As I often worry about this because don't want no problems of local police or property owners complaining to my farmers which could result In loss of perm or worse !Atb Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 I've always used the measuring tool on Google Earth to measure fall out zones if I'm unsure on a particular field. You can measure in feet, yards, metres, even miles.....for those long .17hmr shots on Hare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longchalk Posted January 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 (edited) The distance might fall with in the guide lines, however the noise of you shooting on a big day will be non stop and that is when you will come unstuck... A 200 bird day with account for at least 300 shots. With the wind in the right direction some one will be " on the phone" Good judgement is a far better tool to have in your pocket... TEH You're quite right about noise EH..bad choice of random example on my part. Usually its country lanes or public footpaths I'm trying to avoid showering. The other noise issue I always wary of is livestock. Sheep are fairly resilient, but shooting to close to cattle or horses is a surefire way of earning a farmer's boot up the backside. Edited January 18, 2014 by Longchalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootgun Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 I've always used the measuring tool on Google Earth to measure fall out zones if I'm unsure on a particular field. Ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 You're quite right about noise EH..bad choice of random example on my part. Usually its country lanes or public footpaths I'm trying to avoid showering. The other noise issue I always wary of is livestock. Sheep are fairly resilient, but shooting to close to cattle or horses is a surefire way of earning a farmer's boot up the backside. The noise factor will always affect some one, but shooting across the wind (if there is any) will also take a lot of the sting out... It is a part of country life, however not all people who live there...come from there..... TEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 You're quite right about noise EH..bad choice of random example on my part. Usually its country lanes or public footpaths I'm trying to avoid showering. The other noise issue I always wary of is livestock. Sheep are fairly resilient, but shooting to close to cattle or horses is a surefire way of earning a farmer's boot up the backside. I find that cattle and horses take very little notice of a shotgun blast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted January 18, 2014 Report Share Posted January 18, 2014 I find that cattle and horses take very little notice of a shotgun blast. agreed there motty we shoot two dairy farms and a few places surrounded by horse livery yards. the animals take no notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 You're quite right about noise EH..bad choice of random example on my part. Usually its country lanes or public footpaths I'm trying to avoid showering. The other noise issue I always wary of is livestock. Sheep are fairly resilient, but shooting to close to cattle or horses is a surefire way of earning a farmer's boot up the backside. Just as a random one; I have noticed that horses that aren't thoroughbreds seem to worry less about noise. Had both on my perm and it was the thoroughbreds that seem to be very flighty. I have a few horses that potter around on my perm, they'll happily wonder up to my end of the paddock and look over in the hide when shooting over the crop field next to it. I used to be very scared of spooking them but as long as you get them used to it over time and at a distance and bring it in closer over time they don't seem to care too much. The farmer actually asked me why I stopped coming to the perm for a couple of months over winter when they release the horses to roam over the entire paddock and field, and I responded that I was afraid that I'd scare them and they told me to just not be too close and fire away from them and it'll be fine. Can't say thats the same every place however! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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