How far would you go ?

[1963cockney]

This will probably be a bit long winded but bear with me ...

I am in the fortunate position of having 6 permissions locally. There are 4 farms and a couple of back gardens. Actually the back gardens are often the most enjoyable. One of which I go to around 8.00am and sit on a patio chair resting on the table with a cuppa while the owner feeds the birds. Immediately her back is turned the rats are out for breakfast, at which point I make my presence known.

Haven't been to the other one for a while but woke up to a whatsap message yesterday morning saying their building work is pretty much complete and once done, can I come around as she had 11 rats on the lawn that morning that only moved when she got within a few feet of them. To be fair, there is a ditch border on one side of the garden and I am sure the rats have been flooded out over the last few weeks which is why they are more obvious and must have got very confident with noise and people (builders) wandering around to the point they are not phased with movement.

My largest permission is shared with 3 other guys, one of which (Dave) is known for his foxing (no, not with an air rifle before anyone asks) but he also does rabbits & rats. Dave must have close to 30 permissions one of which he mentioned is a 35 mile trip each way.

That got me thinking and it turns out my 6 permissions are all within 2.9 miles of me.

So the question I want to know - how far would you or do you, go for your permissions ?

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Andy

[bigtone]

My furthest permission is roughly 30 miles one way, the nearest about 20.I live in a village in Lincolnshire and can't find anything 'on my doorstep 'for love nor money.It would depend on the permission as to how far I'd travel.l wouldn't drive an hour or more for rats in a back garden but,a large woodland etc then an hour's drive (one way)would be fine.

[angrybear]

My own patch of ground is a 15 mile trip the other side of Exeter, I've got permission on the fields next to my garden but seldom see anything to shoot in them.

To me it all depends what's at the other end, I'd happily drive 40 miles for a serious ratting session, but maybe not for rabbits.

[Neil54]

I have three farms near me that I permission on.
There are not many rats ( because I keep them down).
I would travel a good distance for a night at a waste transfer station, lots of rats.

I wouldn't travel weekly any great distance.

[Trumpetier]

My main permission is approx 25 miles away. I do have one closer which is only a few minutes drive away.

[madcarlos]

Only ever long distance plinking when I get chance , Got mountains all around me and I can walk in 2 minutes , Plenty of bunnies and squirrels about but I don't eat them so don't shoot them.

[wall90]

I am lucky enough to have shooting on 600 acres of. Grass fields right next to my house, I have lived here 4 years now and have shot over 1000 rabbits each year. My furthest permission is roughly 6miles away at the moment but if I hadn't got so much land to shoot I would travel 30 miles ish depending on what amount of vermin was there.

[Bellycrawler]

Years ago I could walk to a lot of mine & most was within 10 miles, I had a lot over the years like that. Since moveing to a different area new perms are verry hard to find. One I have now is 180 miles round trip, the other few are about 30/40 miles. Just happy to have somewhere.

[Segata]

Maybe 20ish miles, limited on on how much driving I can do so thats probably the limit.
If I was healthy I'd say depends on what its Quarry is and enjoyability etc as a good one can be worth travelling for.

[Gerry B]

Back when I lived in UK, my best was a large farm, 30 mile round trip, but it was brilliant, bunnies, skwizzas, and an occasional magpie .

Some days 12 bunnies !!!

Nothing nicer than lying in a hedge on my shooting mat, ice cream sticks painted bright red in a half circle 35 yards, so no range problems .

A couple of hours, a doze in the sunshine, a few cups of coffee, all in all , always a good day out . The bonus of shift work, 6 days on , 4 off, 6 nights 4 off .

I took it over from a mate, who has sadly passed. He must have been one of the unluckiest hunters ever .

I shot at least 3 bunnies with pierced ears in my first few weeks there !!!