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Hunting Getting Hunting Permission - Hints & Tips By Frenchie

I'm lucky to have a lot of shooting permission, around 500 acres over 2 farms. I've shot the majority of this, for nearly 15 years, with rabbit being the main quarry
It's generally that fruitful, that I haven't needed to explore further permissions.
But RHD swept through my perms a couple of years ago and they've still not fully recovered, so I've been keeping an eye out recently for more permission
Today the stars aligned. I just happened to be out with a few farmers and landowners, and offered a lovely lady a piece of fruit cake, that I had in the car. We got chatting and she asked where I lived, which led on to her saying she grew up in a house (a big one with a lot of land, where I did have permission to shoot under a new owner).
Now she moved many years ago, to her new place. Another large house with many acres of land, which came into the conversation. I know the land and also know it's awash with rabbits. I asked about the rabbits and she said they'd become a real problem

You can guess the rest.
First dry day, I'll be giving her a ring to go up and be shown round
 
Some good advice on here
Spot on
Word does get about once you do a decent job either pest control or just a phone call to chat
Cheers
Davey
 
Most of mine have come by word of mouth. One even came from a professional pest controller that told the farmer that I could do the job for free without using poison. :)
 
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I have been shooting since the late 70's mainly pigeon which was my passion, in the early days permission was hard to get as I found then the majority of farmers seemed old and I was young as the years rolled on the next generation of farmers were more approachable. The best way I have found is first find where the crop damage is being done and who owns/ farms the land also having a basic knowledge of the crop in question helps, then approach the farmer telling them of your observations and ask for permission for a day. This usually works better than asking them to let a complete armed stranger loose on all there land, if they agree, shoot the field for the day and report back offering to keep your eye on the crop while its growing. Tell them you also do rats rabbits corvids etc and would be happy to shoot when needed. Once there trust has been gained it opens doors to gaining full pest control permission. It has worked for me over the years.
 
Some ggod advice on here, ive found myself having made some leaflets and buisness cards has been quite fruitful and also word of mouth
 
Wondering if any insured responsible air rifle shooter is interested in helping with pest control mainly rabbits, rats, squirrels and feathered vermin
 
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