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[v-max]

Hello all if you looked at my topic on my local gunshop trying for my geese then i went & saw him & i said i dident want to fall out but that i wasent happy.He said it has nothing to do with me as it's not my ground & as long as he see's geese he will ask the farmer required.So i have no trust in my local as he dosent see it as a bad thing to ask to shoot your farms as it's up to the farmer to say no so what's your view on it as im well hacked off.I do see his point as it is up to thr landowner etc but when you know each other quite well & i feel betrayed as i would have asked the shooter if i knew them.I understand just trying farm's for more permission but not to fellow friend's ground.

[al4x]

I guess to him it means you aren't friends and he has simply been pally to find where the geese are. i'd actually get out there and shoot a few as lets face it if you get in there first there isn't the incentive for him to be there

[codling99]

i wouldnt be happy for a so called mate to poach my farms.as above get there early one day ,and shoot all the geese,before he does,show farmer,and maybe he wont let the other guy on there then once he knows youve done the job .

[starlight32]

When you are a gunshop owner normally people fall over backwards to let you shoot their land. More importantly most people like this have more shooting than they can shake a stick at.

 

I stand in my local shop and watch all the 'crawlers' nigh on beg the RFD to come and have a day's shooting- whether it be driven game or just simply pigeon shooting. They nearly always say 'thanks but no thanks'

[Piebob]

I think we're all within our rights to go and seek permission, but it's the fact that the guy is/was your friend and knew you already had permission there that, in my opinion, should have stopped him going direct to the farmer and had a word with you instead.

 

I don't know the guy at all other than having chatted briefly at Glamis Castle Country Festival (if it's who I think it is), so I can't really pass judgement on what he's like. Having said that, I didn't take to him then and heard a particularly unfavourable report from elsewhere so I'll probably never cross his tracks again. It's a small world, and word soon gets about...........

[Dr W]

Understand your peeved but I suppose as it's only the odd day and the farmer has said yes, not sure what you can do.

 

Perhaps you should give the farmer a gentle reminder (just in passing) who it is who keeps the vermin down on his lands on a regular basis, he certainly couldn't rely on the other guy to do it

[J@mes]

are you friends or is he kind, polite and chatty with you because you are spending money in his shop? would you go for a pint with him? would you invite him around to watch the rugby? would he do the same for you?

[chunk]

I`ve always treated shooting a bit like fishing;dont tell everybody where your best spots are

 

 

Most folk dont know where i shoot and if they ask, i only give a rough area. Begging RFD`s to shoot on their land is a new one on me. Not seen it myself, but it clearly goes on. They`re a business, and what you see as friendship they see as networking and will have no worries about stiffing you.