giving up

[Badger Bob 0]

I was told by someone from another forum to put this post on here.So this is it.

As I have tried all the farmers around here To find somewhere to shoot my air rifle without success I am giving up .So its back up in the loft for my Mercury.The reason I will find it hard is that my wife works funny shifts(shes a bus driver)So she works lots of weekends and I have to look after my 2 boys.Why I was after somewhere local was after I had dropped the boys off at school I could then do a few hours shooting untill I had to pick them up again.It meant that I could only do a few weekends and a few days during the school holidays when my wife had her days off.At least that was the plan but as shooting is so popular now it is pretty near impossable to find anywhere nowadays.Not like the old days.Still such is life.Bob

[fin and fur 2]

I was told by someone from another forum to put this post on here.So this is it.

As I have tried all the farmers around here To find somewhere to shoot my air rifle without success I am giving up .So its back up in the loft for my Mercury.The reason I will find it hard is that my wife works funny shifts(shes a bus driver)So she works lots of weekends and I have to look after my 2 boys.Why I was after somewhere local was after I had dropped the boys off at school I could then do a few hours shooting untill I had to pick them up again.It meant that I could only do a few weekends and a few days during the school holidays when my wife had her days off.At least that was the plan but as shooting is so popular now it is pretty near impossable to find anywhere nowadays.Not like the old days.Still such is life.Bob

 

Badger Bob hi

 

have you considered looking out any airgun clubs in your area, some clubs are often approached by farmers for help with pest control or you could post an advert in the countrymans weekly or similar, offering your services

 

good luck

[jacob 28]

bob,i wouldnt let my kids down that easy theres no way youve tried every farmer in oxford .get yourself into positive mode and get knockin on some doors take the boys with you.could bring some good luck.

[Muntjac Man 0]

Bob

 

Don't give up.

 

With regard to getting land, like you, I found sending out letters and just knocking on farmers doors didn't get much response, frequently only 'we've already got someone' or the like. So I changed the approach to finding shoots for, in my case, rabbits, as follows:

 

1. Find somewhere that there are loads of rabbits (or woodies or whatever you want to shoot). Get an OS map of your area if you haven't got one, and over a period of weeks, walk every public footpath and bridleway (preferably at dawn or dusk) looking for rabbits or signs of warrens, or adapt this to suit the habitat and habits of your intended quarry.

 

2. When you find somewhere with loads of them, find out who the land belongs to.

 

3. Go and knock on the door (not dressed in camo!), introduce yourself with a line something like 'I couldn't help noticing there are loads of rabbits on your land, and I wondered if you needed any help controlling them'.

 

Whilst you very occasionally get a 'No' answer, more often than not, you get a 'Yes', because you have taken the trouble to look and find someone who has a problem that they need help to sort out.

 

It has worked wonders with me - if I counted the number of shoots I have acquired that way, it would number over a dozen.

 

Good luck with getting a shoot, and good hunting. Above all, don't give up!

 

Very best wishes

 

MM

[SEAN3513 7]

Bob

 

Don't give up.

 

With regard to getting land, like you, I found sending out letters and just knocking on farmers doors didn't get much response, frequently only 'we've already got someone' or the like. So I changed the approach to finding shoots for, in my case, rabbits, as follows:

 

1. Find somewhere that there are loads of rabbits (or woodies or whatever you want to shoot). Get an OS map of your area if you haven't got one, and over a period of weeks, walk every public footpath and bridleway (preferably at dawn or dusk) looking for rabbits or signs of warrens, or adapt this to suit the habitat and habits of your intended quarry.

 

2. When you find somewhere with loads of them, find out who the land belongs to.

 

3. Go and knock on the door (not dressed in camo!), introduce yourself with a line something like 'I couldn't help noticing there are loads of rabbits on your land, and I wondered if you needed any help controlling them'.

 

Whilst you very occasionally get a 'No' answer, more often than not, you get a 'Yes', because you have taken the trouble to look and find someone who has a problem that they need help to sort out.

 

It has worked wonders with me - if I counted the number of shoots I have acquired that way, it would number over a dozen.

 

Good luck with getting a shoot, and good hunting. Above all, don't give up!

 

Very best wishes

 

MM

 

 

good advice from mm...............not saying its the case with you but, to many people expect the shooting to find them...........good luck mate.

 

and as the others have said...........DON'T GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!

 

regards

 

sean

[Coney 3]

Just keep trying mate you will get some!

[m.hubbard 1]

dude dont give up iv bin looking for ages and i followed muntjac mnas theorey and got a result to day .

so a very big thanks to muntjac>

.m