demonwolf444 Posted September 13, 2015 Report Share Posted September 13, 2015 The wind argument - prior to last season me and a friend were shooting to get our eye in when an irate farmer claimed our shot was falling on his tractor and disturbing his cows "how would i like lead falling on my tractor... has it done any damage; i'll get the insurers on the phone" response did not please him. Fact was he didn't like the noise and got himself all worked up swearing and shouting and trying to provoke us and report us for "dangerous shooting".. which it certainly was not. Thing is that we were on the far edge of some land shooting towards 1500 meters of land we had permission off, true we were shooting into the wind but it didn't seem to add up that shot coming out the muzzle at 1200 fps was making a u turn in the air due to the 15mph wind and traveling 500 yards and across the road to this fellas farm. As for the cattle being disturbed that didnt add up either as in the next field there were cows which were simply not bothered and when i pointed this out one comically raised its head then continued to munch down on the grass. It was slightly worrying that the guy was seeing apparitions of falling lead shot, but i'm not a medical man i was more surprised at the attitude coming from a farmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Bu Le Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Whilst not defending those 'townies' PW'ers have had problems with I would like to point out that not all people from towns have this attitude. It would be interesting (but not very) to know how many townies either visit or live in the country and present no problems at all to shooters/anglers etc. I guess I am a 'townie' (live in the suburbs) shoot and fly fish and present no problems to fellow country sportsmen. In fact I would be more likely to annoy someone by pestering him/her for a day on the birds/bunnies. Having said that it would really bug me if I was a target for uninformed ignorant townie type anti's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslad Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 . As for the cattle being disturbed that didnt add up either as in the next field there were cows which were simply not bothered and when i pointed this out one comically raised its head then continued to munch down on the grass. It was slightly worrying that the guy was seeing apparitions of falling lead shot, but i'm not a medical man i was more surprised at the attitude coming from a farmer. I'm sure ur right and it was the farmer just wanting a moan. Farmers are no different to everyone else there are some strange ones too as well as the decent ones But just because 1 field of cows are not bothered it does not mean an other field are also not bothered by the noise, different breeds/crosses (dairy/beef/suckler or limmy compared to AA, herefords) or even the way the farmer handles them even could affect them, just as all dogs are not used to gun shot/fireworks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshMike Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Just a comment about cattle and shooting (in my experience) ..doesnt bother them. I shoot on a few farms with different breeds and the noise doesnt concern them at all. On one farm the bullocks are a pain when decoying corvids as they come and lick and knock my decoys over. One day the cattle were in my pattern whilst I was shooting crows 10 yards above their heads and dropping them stone dead on the cattle. I had to "encourage" the cattle to move with some good old shouting and jumping around like a fool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Yeah usually they are more interested in what's going on, same with zeroing the rifle, if there's cattle in the field they come over for a nose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Whilst not defending those 'townies' PW'ers have had problems with I would like to point out that not all people from towns have this attitude. It would be interesting (but not very) to know how many townies either visit or live in the country and present no problems at all to shooters/anglers etc. I guess I am a 'townie' (live in the suburbs) shoot and fly fish and present no problems to fellow country sportsmen. In fact I would be more likely to annoy someone by pestering him/her for a day on the birds/bunnies. Having said that it would really bug me if I was a target for uninformed ignorant townie type anti's. When I read these threads I always wonder how many PW'ers do acutally live and work in the countryside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redditch Posted September 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 (edited) I tried living in a town, and a few times in a village, I just DON'T like to have close neighbours. Here my nearest neighbour is 600 metres away, but unfortunately more townies have bought green belt farming land, and managed to buy themselves permission to build in it, so I now have houses being built on the road only 400 metres from me, and a dickey bird told me there are applications for a further 19-25 houses along the road where the entrance to my lane is (280 metres away) That means I will have townies probably only 200 metres away if I include their back gardens :( And they all appear to be either bankers, or retirees of the Beatrix Potter brigade :( Edited September 14, 2015 by Redditch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 When I read these threads I always wonder how many PW'ers do acutally live and work in the countryside Relatively few, I would guess. I was born and brought up in a small village called Withycombe Raleigh. This has now virtually disappeared off the face of the earth (although I think the Post Office which is now situated in a convenience store still carries that name) having been overtaken by the ever growing Exmouth sprawl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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