seb Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 (edited) Well I visited my local cricket club and spoke to the groundsman who said he was that fed up with the rabbits, he signed my permission slip straight away he said they were making his life a misery digging up the turf. He said he thought they were watching him right now...lol I was really happy first permission but..... He did say there was someone else he gave permission to but with the amount of rabbits he said he sees he didn't think they came much and told me to come and shoot as many as possible whenever I like. I went yesterday night and didn't see any during the 2 hours I was there. Went back this evening and there was already someone there lamping them from a 4x4 so I went home. What do you guys think about 2 people getting permission on the same ground. When I went before I thought to myself I better not drive round and ruin his cricket grass but the guys tonight were driving round in a 4x4, I also thought I better not shoot anything toward the lane 6' away in case of ricochet as there is a house nearby but thats where these guys were driving round looking for rabbits. I am in 2 minds I don't want to get blamed for tyre tracks round the grass etc but I don't have another permission. What do you guys reckon keep with it or look for somewhere else? I thought I might try a night in the week but I know you can overshoot a piece of ground too much and there will be no rabbits left at all. Seb Edited October 11, 2008 by seb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rec-baller Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 i know it sounds bad,, but walk away from it and try to find somewhere else ,, that way there wont be any mistakes ( two people shooting at the same time) you also wont be blamed for any damage etc , exclusive rights are always the best shaun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Just go when the others aren't there Seb, particularly since you have no other permision. If you're worried about any tyre markings on the grass then do it on foot, but any damage the rabbits do to the grass is probably more important to the club than a few wheel marks that grow over unless they have torn the turf or sunk into soggy bits. If the others have "jeeped" it frequently the bunnies won't stick around if you drive it too. You could score where the jeep hasn't so fill your boots mate and do it other ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexm Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 (edited) Try and get their contact details or speak to the groundsman and arrange a system through him to make sure both of you aren't on the ground at the same time. Also, you may well find that they were only there because they found out he had given permission to someone else and, human nature being what it is, they don't want someone else to have it, even when they never use it themselves! I have had this before on a farm where I was given permission because "the other guy never turns up". Then the farmer (being the cunning people farmers are) had obviously made sure the other guy knew he had also given permission to me and then lo and behold the other guy was suddenly there every other day! It didn't last though... he soon reverted back to only going very infrequently and I have hardly seen him since. If people take on more land than they can look after or their heart just isn't in it sooner or later they will no longer be able to keep up the attendance rate! Edited October 12, 2008 by alexm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Just go when the others aren't there Seb, particularly since you have no other permision. If you're worried about any tyre markings on the grass then do it on foot, but any damage the rabbits do to the grass is probably more important to the club than a few wheel marks that grow over unless they have torn the turf or sunk into soggy bits. If the others have "jeeped" it frequently the bunnies won't stick around if you drive it too. You could score where the jeep hasn't so fill your boots mate and do it other ways. Sound advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seb Posted October 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Cheers guys. I am going to try and go when they are not around as I have nowhere else to go but also I will keep looking for somewhere better that has no one shooting it already. It took long enough to get this place! Maybe I should keep a log of exactly when I go there that way if the groundsman says anything has been damaged I can tell him the times I was there. The gate is not locked so anyone could drive in. I did walk the field the other night but didn't see any rabbits I think they are very lamp shy. When I went early in the morning there were quite a few in the undergrowth but it is that overgrown round the edges in some places my height that the rabbits have a safe area where you cant get them. I don't have a dog to flush them out either. There are definitely loads in there but how to get them out. It did occur to me they maybe didn't have permission and it wasn't the guy the groundsman was on about. I met a guy a couple of weeks ago who said he just goes and shoots places with no permission, he even said just go and shoot at the cricket ground down the road no one will bother you. I did tell him it is armed trespass but he said he never had any bother, he doesn't have a license to loose only air rifle. I wont be shooting anywhere without permission! I got the groundsman to sign a permission slip its just when there are lots of other people going you don't know who should be there and who is just trying it on. It will be much better once I find somewhere like a farm to shoot. For all I know the groundsman at the cricket club could of given 20 other people permission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seb Posted October 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 I went back in the day time to the club and saw that the guys driving it in their 4x4 the night before had made a mess, they hadn't just driven round the outside but across the middle and up and down the steep bank where the club house is. I phoned the groundsman to check if they should of been there and he said no one should be driving round the cricket pitch and was annoyed as he did not give anyone permission to drive round wrecking the grass he spends hours mowing and it was definitely not for off road practising! I said I was letting him know so he did not think it was me that had churned it up. He seemed really pleased I had let him know and said he would get a chain for the gate to stop it happening again. Hopefully he will see me as his eyes and ears and I might get more shooting once he knows I can be trusted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 I went back in the day time to the club and saw that the guys driving it in their 4x4 the night before had made a mess, they hadn't just driven round the outside but across the middle and up and down the steep bank where the club house is. I phoned the groundsman to check if they should of been there and he said no one should be driving round the cricket pitch and was annoyed as he did not give anyone permission to drive round wrecking the grass he spends hours mowing and it was definitely not for off road practising! I said I was letting him know so he did not think it was me that had churned it up. He seemed really pleased I had let him know and said he would get a chain for the gate to stop it happening again. Hopefully he will see me as his eyes and ears and I might get more shooting once he knows I can be trusted. Good Man Seb More shooting will come i'm sure - then all of a sudden you'll have that much, you'll wonder how you manage to get round it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 I have some rabbit shooting that was getting hammered by a group of ****** (for want of a better word) . 4 guys, 1 pickup landy covered in lamps, a lot of shouting and fast driving, shooting with shot guns and accounting for **** all, you know the type no respect for anything or anyone. They either worked or had worked for the landowner. When they wern’t around I went out quietly and shot the rabbits and the occasional fox which wasn’t easy as they were all as lamp shy as hell and ran at the first sign of a vehicle. I made sure any foxes ended up in the back of the landowners truck and when he called the next day he got the lowdown on the nights shooting successes. He soon got the message; if he wanted his rabbits and foxes taken care of he knew who was doing the business. Now the ****** are bothering someone else or not as the case may be. Moral; do it right, keep doing it right and some day it pays off. If you’re one of those ****** or have the tendency to be...do us all a favour and take up speedway! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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