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    Surprise phone call

    Just had a call from a guy, he was given my number by a local farmer on whose land I control the rabbits. He wants to meet me either later this week or early next week to show me around his estate ( approx 80 acres of mature broad leaf woodland and literally a few mins walk away ) with the intention of controlling grey squirrels

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    Sounds promising Coney I hope it comes off for you mate.
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    good luck , word of advise, don't turn up in cammo gear for the meet!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Artfull-Bodger View Post
    good luck , word of advise, don't turn up in cammo gear for the meet!
    Good advice, and I would never do that I have approached several farmers / land owners over the years, always dressed smart casual, and only had 1 negative response so far

    It sounds very promising as he mentioned that he had installed 5 motion activated cameras around the feeders and he had over a 1000 activations in 5 days a good mix of greys and reds caught on the cameras

    I have plenty of land which is good for hunting on after dark but it would be great to get permission on some land that is good for a bit of daylight pest control

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coney View Post
    Just had a call from a guy, he was given my number by a local farmer on whose land I control the rabbits. He wants to meet me either later this week or early next week to show me around his estate ( approx 80 acres of mature broad leaf woodland and literally a few mins walk away ) with the intention of controlling grey squirrels
    Sounds near enough a done deal already, then.

    Excellent! Enjoy!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Artfull-Bodger View Post
    good luck , word of advise, don't turn up in cammo gear for the meet!
    Go dressed as a squirrel, that should do the trick!

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    Quote Originally Posted by TonyL View Post
    Sounds near enough a done deal already, then.

    Excellent! Enjoy!
    Hope so Tone, he did contact me which is a first and sounds very keen to be rid of the greys

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    surprise phone call

    you'll be saving the reds too,just be sure to id your target positivly first, make sure it's a grey.

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    Quote Originally Posted by junglie View Post
    you'll be saving the reds too,just be sure to id your target positivly first, make sure it's a grey.
    What? I can't shoot them all















    Saving the Reds is what the permission is all about

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    Nice news for you sounds great. Now, a nice Steyr semi auto would be usful
    Good luck with the shoot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bootneckbob View Post
    Nice news for you sounds great. Now, a nice Steyr semi auto would be usful
    Good luck with the shoot.
    Cheers, spoke to the guy again today but not meeting up until next week as he has had to go away on urgent business but I had a little wander around the land earlier, looks perfect

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coney View Post
    Cheers, spoke to the guy again today but not meeting up until next week as he has had to go away on urgent business but I had a little wander around the land earlier, looks perfect
    You lucky barstool Al

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    Quote Originally Posted by imorik View Post
    You lucky barstool Al

    Only jealous mate
    If your ever in this part of the world Tony give me a shout if you fancy some good sport

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    Damn, was in Girvan three days ago, had the sporter in the boot as well, hope the permission comes off sounds really good.

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