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Informing The Police

Or ..........you could dedicate a weekend to raising from the dead posts long dormant ......I'll pull up my comfy chair and some popcorn , weekends weather looks naff, :p.............plus he's in Teir 3 ...so you're safe in the short term . !
Ladies.
Marvel at my collection of Hammers For The Banning of Those That Resurrect Dead Posts.
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You really don't what to know what the wrench is for 🤨🤨
 
To be fair , this is the third time this thread has been raised from the dead .....perhaps if the title was changed to something less interesting like ..."I cooked these cupcakes today "..........stop new people from going near it . Here I'll try to help ...

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To be fair , this is the third time this thread has been raised from the dead .....perhaps if the title was changed to something less interesting like ..."I cooked these cupcakes today "..........stop new people from going near it . Here I'll try to help ...

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How has this detracted from the thread, we've just put it back to the top.

P.S. you bake cakes not cook them :p
 
Welcome to Top of the Post's and this week we have a new number one. Hear's INFORMING THE POLICE by spookytooth.
 
To be fair , this is the third time this thread has been raised from the dead .....perhaps if the title was changed to something less interesting like ..."I cooked these cupcakes today "..........stop new people from going near it . Here I'll try to help ...

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FP, thanks for the half baked attempt to try and make my heinous crime of digging up corpses of long dead posts, not a capitol offence.
 
Am just getting back into General license shooting now after a few years break, but when I shot before I was lucky enough to have formed a good relationship with the local constabulary, I would always inform them of any time I was shooting even on private land, Many a time I would meet up with the local FAC officer who would tell me that they had had a number of calls concerning a strangely dressed person carrying what might be a snipers rifle, it cut down the number of visits I got from the police when they were able to tell the caller "it's ok we know about it and its all legal" nothing worse than sitting in a hide or stalking your prey and some size 12 boot-wearing bobby comes along and spokes everything.
Also having such a relationship and informing the police of your activities can cut down on the chance of the police confiscating your gun for a ballistics check if it's under 12ft-lbs and you have no FAC license.
Have heard of it a few times where people have gone shooting with a sub 12 and because they use a certain pellet or did not check the gun beforehand and been caught out because the rifle was faulty or the pellet some pellet type took over 12ft-lbs, sounds odd I know but it does happen.
 
Never mind the police, Manthing is going to have a hissy fit if he finds out this post has been resurrected
yet again. I did it myself a while back but i think i got away with it, good luck. If we don't hear from you
soon we'll assume you've been "Thingied"
 
Never mind the police, Manthing is going to have a hissy fit if he finds out this post has been resurrected
yet again. I did it myself a while back but i think i got away with it, good luck. If we don't hear from you
soon we'll assume you've been "Thingied"


It's still your fault and I've still not forgotten
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(This was already at the top of the list so I’m not sure if I’m guilty of bumping an old thread or not :sneaky: haha)
..to the original post‘s question… Many many moons ago, the first time I took out my shiny new .22lr I thought it might be worthwhile giving the local constabulary a courtesy call to let them know that I was night shooting with a lamp for bunnies. The female police officer that took the call (local FLO number, not 111 or 999 or anything stupid like that) acted like I was wasting police time, there was no need, please don’t call again in future etc…..I thought to myself “grumpy cow, I wish I hadn’t bothered” and have not done so ever since.
I live in a very rural county, it’s not unusual to meet someone wearing a ghillie suit in the post office around here. it may be different in other counties
 
I wouldn't tell the local boys in blue what farm I was hunting on or they'd be there before me, a good farm is a guarded
secret. One of the old men in the village took me out ferreting once to one of his farms, he insisted I be blindfolded. I
didn't mind so much but I was driving.
 
If 10 officers rushed me with there guns drawn then my shit would definitely not be together 😳
 
I have never contacted the Police before a shooting session.......but always carry my proof of insurance and permission slip in my shooting bag......along with my FAC ticket.

But......I always call the keeper/ranger to let him know Im about......part of the conditions for having the permission.
 
I have never contacted the Police before a shooting session.......but always carry my proof of insurance and permission slip in my shooting bag......along with my FAC ticket.

But......I always call the keeper/ranger to let him know Im about......part of the conditions for having the permission.
I haven’t either, phone the farmers, keeper, carry all the relevant paperwork etc👍
About 6 years ago, was getting my gear out of the wagon to go to one of my pigeon hides on a pea field, a police car stopped a WPC got out, we had the conversation, checked my gun, paperwork etc, she told me she prefers to use a 20gauge beretta Semi, multi choke, less recoil due to her small stature for most of her shooting. Watched the pigeons going in, said looks like you could bag up today, Wished my 7 yr old springer was as calm as your two lab”s and went.
That the only time ever
 
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