Put up with an A Hole Permission owner or tell him where to go???

[WestonSalop]

14 hours ago, sabel25 said:

No

Have a conflab with the better half and sort out the problem

In no walks of life is there any person better than another

I have dealt with all kinds  so called generals . majors and the like and they are no better person as ones self

I have never doffed my cap to no man and never will including  dukes or Earls and viscounts

We ae all equals  and have shot with such, Only thing i found is they have been left more money than myself and many others but cannot shoot for their life

Have a little word with the better person and ask IF there is a problem

You're doing them a favour by vermin control Fact  Who else does?

A man after my own heart. Don't take carp from anyone. Some landowners around here think they are god's gift and expect to be treated as such. Not by me they won't. Others really are true gents and acts as such - nice people, just as there are in every other walk of life. But just being monied means jack **** to me. 

[jam1e]

22 hours ago, walshie said:

Ignore him. You're shooting his land, not socializing. 

That's how I've been Walshie. I deliberately stand and catch up with the "P" and where possible ignore "D" after he started being a noob. If i make contact i now generally only contact P. This must Pee D off, as D started replying to P's txts from me. Which i found amusing for a year or 2....  But as my health has deteriorated, It's not so funny any more. I only take brufen med's before i go shooting, and spend a good amount of time really happy being out with the wildlife and clearing/thinning vermin. And enjoy target shooting just as much. Yet when i'm home late in the day, after my rifles have acclimatized to storage temp, they are cleaned, and wiped over with a damp oily rag, then put away. By this point, I'm really suffering, and generally do for 2 days and nights after, which I take med's for. But the short version is it's worth it to me! But D is no longer worth my time. And also being ex-cop/retired cop, I know that pleasantness always pays when dealing with a bell that's got an end. But even doing that can wear thin after a while. I honestly think that even if i did invite him out for a drink, he would decline at this point anyhow and turn it around on me.

Thank's for all the replies, they are much appreciated. I'm not sure how i'll deal with this, but i'll more than likely go to the land, seek P out and thank him for all his help, and totally ignore mentioning D.
Cheers

Jamie.

[WestonSalop]

18 hours ago, jam1e said:

That's how I've been Walshie. I deliberately stand and catch up with the "P" and where possible ignore "D" after he started being a noob. If i make contact i now generally only contact P. This must Pee D off, as D started replying to P's txts from me. Which i found amusing for a year or 2....  But as my health has deteriorated, It's not so funny any more. I only take brufen med's before i go shooting, and spend a good amount of time really happy being out with the wildlife and clearing/thinning vermin. And enjoy target shooting just as much. Yet when i'm home late in the day, after my rifles have acclimatized to storage temp, they are cleaned, and wiped over with a damp oily rag, then put away. By this point, I'm really suffering, and generally do for 2 days and nights after, which I take med's for. But the short version is it's worth it to me! But D is no longer worth my time. And also being ex-cop/retired cop, I know that pleasantness always pays when dealing with a bell that's got an end. But even doing that can wear thin after a while. I honestly think that even if i did invite him out for a drink, he would decline at this point anyhow and turn it around on me.

Thank's for all the replies, they are much appreciated. I'm not sure how i'll deal with this, but i'll more than likely go to the land, seek P out and thank him for all his help, and totally ignore mentioning D.
Cheers

Jamie.

I really feel for you mate - just remember that you are worth 10 of him. Chin up and all the very best. We may be a virtual community but we stick together and we are here for you.

[marsh man]

Over the years I have came in contact with a lot of farmers and land owners , in the early days some who had young lads are now married them selves and either working on the farm or even running it and yes I have come across the odd one who keep himself to himself but I don't find that any problem , some that were once lads now shoot themselves but have only got a limited amount of time to take time off for shooting and even on these farms I have still got a free hand .

If I had to deal with somebody like the op is referring to I would walk away as I couldn't put up with the hassle , but then I am not short of places to go and I dare say it would depend on up to a point in what / if you have any where else to go at your disposal .

 

[matone]

Life is too short to put up with ****** ,I`d just let it go and rid yourself of the annoyance.

[Vince Green]

In my life I have found rural folk including farmers to be rather eccentric generally. Not in a nasty way, don't get me wrong, often very aimiably eccentric. I think its because they tend to work and live away from social constraints of other people a lot of the time. A friend of mine John fits that description perfectly.

Any negative personality trait in these circumstance will be equally unconstrained and perhaps you should just put it down to eccentricity rather than letting it bug you which it obviously is.

[Gunnut]

If you do have to deal with this idiot, take his snide remarks has a a joke, and smile, and give him some snide remarks back, this bloke is a bully, his father has given you permission to shoot on the farm, so that's what you should do, I know it can be awkward, but I personally would carry on, and try to avoid him has much has you can, carry on my friend, permissions are hard to come by.

[Retsdon]

I was once taught a valuable lesson by an ex-RSM from the Welsh Guards, and the lesson is this. There are people in the world who get off on pulling other people's chains and watching them react. So simply don't react - treat it like water off a duck's back. And by that he didn't  mean you pretend not to react, he meant you don't grace their behavior with any thought on your part at all.

And it works. If you think about it, your problem isn't that this bloke's a your problem is that you're letting his being a pset you. Why do that? He's apparently like that with everyone, so why bother yourself about it - it's nothing to do with you at all.

My advice would be to keep your shooting and just shrug him off. 

[snow white]

I totally agree with Retsdon don’t let him get to you 

[oowee]

On 23/02/2019 at 15:13, walshie said:

Ignore him. You're shooting his land, not socialising. 

^^^^^^^ This.

It takes all sorts to make it work. I work my **** off for some but I have all the time in the world it's what I do. Last year one job cost me £600 in diesel for £800 of payment for 250 hours of work and some farmers still moaned others put their hand in their pocket and said thanks. When the pleasure stops it's time to stop. 

On 24/02/2019 at 12:35, ditchman said:

excactly this.............it will totally disarm him...........just be really nice to him..............

Or try this 🙂