Police called out for Duck shooting

I have had two complaints made against me regarding the firing of firearms on my property - Both " Gunfire frightening us etc, bullets hitting trees above head", made by deranged neighbor.
Remarkable hearing considering only 22 subs fired through a suppressor / dates wrong etc Police said they could do nothing about fictional complaints and had to attend.
So I went to the local Court and got all the info regarding a 'Non Harassment Order'. Told the Police that that is what would happen next.
Police visited the neighbor at my suggestion, and explained the situation - result no more trouble.
If in the OP's situation I would go back to the location with a credible person GPS position and shoot, knowing that you can make a complaint of harassment at the court if it continues. You can also get the complainants ph no and let them know that you are off for a hunt and record the time of the call etc in your diary

Now there is some top advise ^^^ nice one

Is there any update on this ?

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Originally Posted by BRADS

Is there any update on this ?

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So far no letter has arrived, we feel we have our ducks in a row ready for if/when it does.

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Originally Posted by PestNightshooter

So far no letter has arrived, we feel we have our ducks in a row ready for if/when it does.

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Wait a couple of months and do an OIA, regardless of whether a letter is received or not.

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Originally Posted by PestNightshooter

So far no letter has arrived, we feel we have our ducks in a row ready for if/when it does.

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Wait a couple of months and do an OIA, regardless of whether a letter is received or not.

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Originally Posted by gundoc

That is simply not possible with shotguns. Matching a fired case to a gun is possible, and matching a wad and shot to a fired case is partially possible, but matching shot to a specific gun is impossible. I think this needs to be taken further as the complainant appears to be deliberately trying to 'set up' the shooter and waste Police time just to make a political point. I despise thieves, but they stand on the shoulders of scum who are happy to sacrifice innocent people for political or personal ends. My services are available if needed.

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Indeed. It is deplorable behavior resembled from falsehoods by these pests that make our sport a misery. To try and go through the dealings & stress, just to sort out a big pile of Bull-Shit.

At the end of the day, we just want to get on with it.

Here's a different story from a different angle.

My elderly mother in her 70's who resides by herself on a small life style block of land just east of Hamilton, she resides there with a few chickens, sheep, goats, couple of cats. She's no stranger to guns as she grew up in Otago as her father was a rabbiter so she's no stranger to hunting and guns, she even taught me how to skin rabbits and pluck ducks... how many mothers teach their sons that as mind you i never had a dad!

Mums house is pretty much next to the road, on the other side of the road is a kiwi fruit orchard which has an irrigation pond which would be no more than 90-110 mtrs from her door step. Also running alongside the road where the irrigation pond is are high voltage power lines.

In past years some muppets have shot on the pond on opening day which she's complained to the owners of the property who couldn't give a shit. This year they did it again so she called the police who showed up and promptly shut their shoot down and rightfully so as they were metres from the road with a number of lifestyle blocks with people living in close proximity with another two houses all within 250-300 mtrs of that pond.

She said pellets fell on her roof peppering the front side of the house hitting the windows and wall.

She's never been against duck shooting but that is not a pond you can safely shoot from.

As a young fella I had the opportunity to clean some pesky bunnies off a local small golf course as they kept making extra holes in the greens...

After the night's shoot (not that successful I might add) went home and packed up the air rifle and rimfire and after we sat down for a cup of hot milo the local blue knocked on the door. Seems some idiot went and did a drive by in the local campground and ended up striking a caravan (unsure if intent or by design). We got questioned very closely, and after explaining the parts of the course we shot using the course map the rest of the story came out with the shot up caravan. Cop was happy, as our shots would have needed to turn 100deg, travel up, through a pine plantation, drop back down and then level out and turn another 90deg corner to go through the window of the caravan. Cop then proceeded to say that he was 99.9% sure it wasn't us "but a bit of a fright would be character building" - this is the same cop that kept his steelcaps shiny as he reckoned it made for a less painful trip up your bum.

I can tell you from that though, it is bloody stressful when these things happen to you and you've done everything right that you thought of to ensure everything is safe...

Finally a conclusion to this event.
Discussion this week with senior officer present.
No warning letter to be issued.
Acknowledged no offence committed.
Acknowledged all actions were legal including praise for firearm correctly stored in vehicle when initial contact made with Police.
So back to shooting this spot next season but will have a ring around reminding local land owners we are going to be there pre season.

But no apology?

Would it be possible to notify the senior Police officer in advance each time you will be shooting ?

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Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Would it be possible to notify the senior Police officer in advance each time you will be shooting ?

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I do pest control work (deer) on a doc block near Auckland. We always notify police, and put up signs weeks in advance.
We don’t want to come back to AR 15’s pointing at us.
Forgot to call in our exit one night recently and had them phoning at 1am to see if we were ok.
Works well, because they do get calls from concerned people.

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Originally Posted by muzza

before next season commences a personal visit to them wot complained , explaining what you will be doing and that it is completely legal, and a suggestion to mind their own business , perhaps?

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and a suggestion to...turn the stereo up a bit and give the pets some calming drops the night before and continue in the morning....

As you have had trouble I'd definitley put a call into the loacl cops before going out.
Also if your confronted by anyone. Get your phone out and film them. Dont say anything. Helps keep you safe.