Sounds to me as if he was really saying I dont mind a young fella shooting a airrifle at a few pigeons but a neighbour told me that lads with lurchers are up to no good stealing and coursing hares so I asked him a few questions in my own way and he acted strange
People here are talking as if farmers are weird antisocial creatures from the mountains, yes they are busy but their socialising is
different to townie socialising, farmers meet up at marts to gossip about neighbours etc, stop and have a chat in the co-op, see the vet, the neighbours, borrow machinery from each other, they are