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Shotgun pellets landing in yard.
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<blockquote data-quote="Dry Rot" data-source="post: 6537734" data-attributes="member: 4505"><p>Well, he's got a point. Would facing the shooters away from the houses, so their backs are to them, have helped? Or would there then be complaints about the noise? If people want to eat, crops need to be protected from vermin. Does the OP, who appears to be a farmer with a grudge, restrict fertiliser applications because of the dangers from prilled fertiliser giving a baby "a face full"? Which, incidentally, will be travelling horizontally and with much more force than a single pellet at extreme of range that will be falling vertically? Do we have a legitimate complaint when the OP's car goes through a puddle and makes a splash?</p><p></p><p>These are just questions, so don't shoot me (either horizontally or vertically), but the opening post does make me wonder. Why this particular complaint? And why specifically gamekeepers?</p><p></p><p>I actually had a similar incident when I was 18, so about 60 years ago. Again, it was the farming neighbour who was known to be a bit of a hot head and he was "defending" a female house holder. I made a point of going to see the woman and explained that lead shot falling vertically really was harmless and to demonstrate my point I threw a pinch of pellets up onto her corrugated iron garage roof. She got the point immediately and we parted as the best of friends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dry Rot, post: 6537734, member: 4505"] Well, he's got a point. Would facing the shooters away from the houses, so their backs are to them, have helped? Or would there then be complaints about the noise? If people want to eat, crops need to be protected from vermin. Does the OP, who appears to be a farmer with a grudge, restrict fertiliser applications because of the dangers from prilled fertiliser giving a baby "a face full"? Which, incidentally, will be travelling horizontally and with much more force than a single pellet at extreme of range that will be falling vertically? Do we have a legitimate complaint when the OP's car goes through a puddle and makes a splash? These are just questions, so don't shoot me (either horizontally or vertically), but the opening post does make me wonder. Why this particular complaint? And why specifically gamekeepers? I actually had a similar incident when I was 18, so about 60 years ago. Again, it was the farming neighbour who was known to be a bit of a hot head and he was "defending" a female house holder. I made a point of going to see the woman and explained that lead shot falling vertically really was harmless and to demonstrate my point I threw a pinch of pellets up onto her corrugated iron garage roof. She got the point immediately and we parted as the best of friends. [/QUOTE]
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