Not knowing Scottish law, does right to roam state dogs may run loose & chase wildlife ? if not the land owner should write & tell her to keep the dog on a lead, as it's his land I would think he has the legal right to do so.gets a lot worse when the public have the right to roam as they do up here .
the general public like the guy complaining are not innocent either .
there is a dog owner near my permission that lives right next to one of the fields i shoot . if she sees me (i pass her house in the car and she can see the full length of the field) she then grabs the dog and strides through the field whistling at he dog or telling the dog to chase the rabbits . if she then sees me she slows down her walking and takes for ever to go through the field . if she does not see me she walks at a fair speed .
if i'm seen i will unload the rifle and put it in my gun bag and sit down where i am or walk in the opposite direction .
she has been asked not to enter the field when any one is shooting ( myself or the estate gamekeepers )but she still does it .
the estate does not want to take it further as they don't want the bad publicity . she is surrounded by fields but always uses this field .
her husband ,he is a fine .if he sees me or the estate gamekeepers he will turn a head back . i have spoken to him a number of times and he is a nice guy . he says he spoken to his wife and asked her not to do what she does but she wont listen.
she called the police one night as the estate gamekeeper was out shooting foxes . they got 3 that night . she called the police saying there was a guy in the field recklessly firing at things in the dark and shining a high power blinding light in her window.
the police called the gamekeepers (they had previously called the MOD police and the civilian police to say they would be out shooting and lamping) and asked if they were still on the land and lamping and they said yes , they were then told there had been a complaint and the gamekeeper said i can guess who and told them the ladies name . the police would not confirm it . the gamekeepers knew who it was as her house is the only one there .
she even walked through the field when the gamekeepers were flushing out the foxes from the wood.she was told to stop but carried on. keepers then stopped and recorded what was going on in case there was a confrontation. she was shouting they were murderers.
she is vocally an anti ,and i was told by my brother in law about her before i started shooting there . she complains about his tractor and cows churning up the mud at the gate to the field . a typical townie .
i tend not to go in that field now . and if i do i stay at the other end of it . not worth the hassle .
or report her for "setting her dog on rabbits"