Farmers reaction!

[The Bailiff]

Well guy's after plodding around for the last 12 months and knocking on doors of about 200 farms and getting the same answers, i acquired a couple of small shoots that kept me going and i have had some good sport so i could not really complain when i see how hard it is for everyone else to get land.
But here's the funny bit! A mate of mine does some part time work on a farm and over the winter period he was asked if he knew anyone with ferrets to do a big warren,so yours truly got the job.Anyway we were doing about 15 to 20 rabbits a day out of this big long bank that took us about eight days to complete,will see if i can find photo's in a mo' the day it snowed and it was freezing cold to the extent i could not feel my hands.Any how end of february came and i stopped ferreting for obvious reasons with young an all, so went back to one of my smaller shoots to see if the bunny population was still a problem, not having a big shoot soon started to become a problem and started asking around for more.Now you know that mate i mentioned? well i spoke to him and a few others in the pub and said that i had been driving home up this particular road every day this week and seen rabbit's and wood pigeon like you would'nt believe?
Paul turn's to me and say's "Yeah and you know who owns that don't you?" i said "no" and he say's my boss who you done that favour for during the winter! Well i can tell you now i was out of that pub like a rat up a drain pipe! I went to see this Farmer and to be quite honest i did'nt expect to get anywhere with it as he has only really seen me when i was up there ferreting and had not spoken, he just let us get on with it.
I knocked on the door and for some reason felt as nervous as hell? any way he opened the door and i introduced myself and explained that he probably remembered me from the winter ferreting,and he stopped me in mid sentence and says" Of course i do and a great job you done as well from what i heard!" well that was it the nervousness totally went when he said what can i do for you? I mentioned all these rabbits i had seen and i could not believe this guy's reaction! He shot out of the door like i had just told him he had won the lottery! He said to me just go and get them and when your done there go over the other side of the wood he said there's three times what you have seen there.
Well guess who's a happy bunny? and it ain't the one sitting in the field!.
This land just runs for miles and miles not something i will be walking in a day if you get my drift so up there at the weekend hide building and homework i think.

[halight]

Well done mate!!!!!

[Frenchie]

Nice one mate. This is a typical situation that shows one thing or one goos turn can lead to another. I know only too well that getting permission from some farmers can be like getting blood out of a stone but if you persevere it will pay off eventually and this case is a prime example. You have highlighted a very good point here. If you have the knowledge and the equipment (Ferrets and nets etc) it is quite likely that if you start by getting permission to do some ferretting initially, (which is often a great help to the farmer and they are often more willing to give permission for ferretting than they are for shooting), and do a good job the permission will often be expended to shooting. Farming is quite often a very tight knit community and word can soon spread arround, don't be too surprised if this farmer does not talk to neighbouring farmers and you find that you are getting more permission from farms where you least expected it. It sounds like this is one farmer that you need to remember at Christmas.
Well done mate and enjoy your shooting!

[amaser1]

Well done you....!!!!

[simply james]

well done mate it paid off for you big style in the end

[hughie]

Thats fantastic mate Well done! Gonna have to get myself some ferrets

[simply james]

ive always fancied a ferret,but you hear that many tales of them giving you a nasty bite it puts me off,has any one who keeps them had a nasty bite off one

[Jimathon]

I`ve had a similar situation with padding around for ages trying to get some permission then I find out that the my neighbour is the gamekeeper for the 2000acres which backs on to my garden!!
Not only a great permission but the farmer will be signing my FAC application

[baldytommo]

Nice one Chris.

[sumo]

Well guy's after plodding around for the last 12 months and knocking on doors of about 200 farms and getting the same answers, i acquired a couple of small shoots that kept me going and i have had some good sport so i could not really complain when i see how hard it is for everyone else to get land.
But here's the funny bit! A mate of mine does some part time work on a farm and over the winter period he was asked if he knew anyone with ferrets to do a big warren,so yours truly got the job.Anyway we were doing about 15 to 20 rabbits a day out of this big long bank that took us about eight days to complete,will see if i can find photo's in a mo' the day it snowed and it was freezing cold to the extent i could not feel my hands.Any how end of february came and i stopped ferreting for obvious reasons with young an all, so went back to one of my smaller shoots to see if the bunny population was still a problem, not having a big shoot soon started to become a problem and started asking around for more.Now you know that mate i mentioned? well i spoke to him and a few others in the pub and said that i had been driving home up this particular road every day this week and seen rabbit's and wood pigeon like you would'nt believe?
Paul turn's to me and say's "Yeah and you know who owns that don't you?" i said "no" and he say's my boss who you done that favour for during the winter! Well i can tell you now i was out of that pub like a rat up a drain pipe! I went to see this Farmer and to be quite honest i did'nt expect to get anywhere with it as he has only really seen me when i was up there ferreting and had not spoken, he just let us get on with it.
I knocked on the door and for some reason felt as nervous as hell? any way he opened the door and i introduced myself and explained that he probably remembered me from the winter ferreting,and he stopped me in mid sentence and says" Of course i do and a great job you done as well from what i heard!" well that was it the nervousness totally went when he said what can i do for you? I mentioned all these rabbits i had seen and i could not believe this guy's reaction! He shot out of the door like i had just told him he had won the lottery! He said to me just go and get them and when your done there go over the other side of the wood he said there's three times what you have seen there.
Well guess who's a happy bunny? and it ain't the one sitting in the field!.
This land just runs for miles and miles not something i will be walking in a day if you get my drift so up there at the weekend hide building and homework i think.

Well done Chris mate.
i dont know what hes charging you,if anything?,but I do know that hes paying at least a grand in public liability insurance,so that covers you so fair play to him!!.
Good on ya mate.