Thread: Just Another Day in the Office Bradley 7 August 2024

The thing that helps pass the time when on a stake out is.....eating!
The coffee is black and well stewed. The muffins are banana, thanks to my lovely wife!

What are the risks in this location? What could possibly go wrong?

People have been known to shoot their bonnet or roof in situations similar to that

Road , house , ricochet - lots of things that make that a bad situation to me .

Others may disagree...

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Originally Posted by Fee Knicks

Road , house , ricochet - lots of things that make that a bad situation to me .

Others may disagree...

Check here...

https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-40.8...5409&entry=ttu

Yep, ideal for a pcp.

@Slug 100% correct on location.
There was a constant 5- 6 coastal on-shore breeze, which was enough to throw 22LR left. The paddock is 100m long, and the green area beyond the fence is out to 150m. I'm not sure that those conditions and range would suit a PCP?
I found the triple duce was most effective during daylight, and the Hornet/thermal combination after dark.

No bolt = no risk

Originally Posted by Gibo

No bolt = no risk

'No bolt' is something that falls under 'what can go wrong', just a different type of risk.

Getting fat from eating too man muffins.....

You seem to have given yourself elevation so shooting down into ground. You using varmits type rounds to further reduce chance of richochete.pity you can't get up on one of the house roofs lol.good luck,shoot straight.

Quick visit from the cops,get out of here ASAP.

@Trout lodged an activity report with the Police, which I've just closed off. No visit from police or public, except for one old Johnny who stopped in to get a couple of rabbits for his Foxy!

Right or wrong, that is a normal shooting situation in rural areas. I've always been safety conscious, but am increasingly adverse to getting myself in situations where someone might complain. It's just not worth the hassle for me as a recreational shooter.

@MB You are correct that with increased residential and rural lifestyle housing there is always safety issues to consider.
Part of my standard operating procedure following an enquire is;
- Download property boundary maps
- Daylight site inspection
- Letter box drops to close neighbours advising dates and times
- Txt Message to community/street residents advisingvwhen starting and when finished and gone (so they can let their pussy out!)
- FaceBook community groups notification of proposed dates/times. Follow ECO HUNTERS AOTEAROA on FB. (I hate Facebook!)
- Raise activity report with Police
- You could also notify the City and Regional Councils. They appreciate that so when they get the call from the public, "There's a man with a gun! OR I can hear gunfire!" They know what's happening in their rohe.
- I used to put out roadside signage advising Culling was happening. The Police liked this method of keeping the public informed, but Kapiti Coast District Council confiscated my safety signage because I didn't have a Resource Consent for signage WTF!

Remember this when doing close proximity shooting:
- Neighbours don't like surprises
- (Some) Horse people are highly strung NUTTERS! Not all, I shoot for several Equestrian centre's who are cool people.
- The Police are your friend (if you have lodge an activity report, they don't like surprises either!). On two occasions I have dialed 111 to report an, "Incident involving live firearms. I've got the the firearm, and I'm being chased or assaulted by an Irate neighbour (Horse owner!) Please come and remove the neighbour." In both case the Police were there within minutes and cautioned the neighbour who could have been charged with, trespass, assault or threatening too, stealing a rifle, being in possession of a rifle without having a firearms license. Charges were not pressed, but the Police are my friend.

Originally Posted by Hugh Shields

@MB You are correct that with increased residential and rural lifestyle housing there is always safety issues to consider.
Part of my standard operating procedure following an enquire is;
- Download property boundary maps
- Daylight site inspection
- Letter box drops to close neighbours advising dates and times
- Txt Message to community/street residents advisingvwhen starting and when finished and gone (so they can let their pussy out!)
- FaceBook community groups notification of proposed dates/times. Follow ECO HUNTERS AOTEAROA on FB. (I hate Facebook!)
- Raise activity report with Police
- You could also notify the City and Regional Councils. They appreciate that so when they get the call from the public, "There's a man with a gun! OR I can hear gunfire!" They know what's happening in their rohe.
- I used to put out roadside signage advising Culling was happening. The Police liked this method of keeping the public informed, but Kapiti Coast District Council confiscated my safety signage because I didn't have a Resource Consent for signage WTF!

Remember this when doing close proximity shooting:
- Neighbours don't like surprises
- (Some) Horse people are highly strung NUTTERS! Not all, I shoot for several Equestrian centre's who are cool people.
- The Police are your friend (if you have lodge an activity report, they don't like surprises either!). On two occasions I have dialed 111 to report an, "Incident involving live firearms. I've got the the firearm, and I'm being chased or assaulted by an Irate neighbour (Horse owner!) Please come and remove the neighbour." In both case the Police were there within minutes and cautioned the neighbour who could have been charged with, trespass, assault or threatening too, stealing a rifle, being in possession of a rifle without having a firearms license. Charges were not pressed, but the Police are my friend.

All of that is highly responsible and sensible. Too much effort for me to shoot a couple of rabbits just for fun. Agree 100% about horse owners. I stopped going to one farm because the neighbour had a problem with the "noise" from subsonic .22LR bothering her horses. Batshit crazy!