Recent content by beckybue

Huge thanks for all the further advice and to Owlie for the specifics. Very interesting reading. I hadn't thought of contacting BASC either - my instinctively first port of call was the horsey world but it would be interesting to see what BASC have to say, absolutely, and I will definitely...

To ThePinkPony, huge thanks for your informative response. It's interesting that your fiance is a gamekeeper too, you offer a different perspective. I didn't know that about rabbit holes and potential liability. We do have rabbit holes in our field from time to time but we would never dream of...

Huge thanks for all the comments and advice. Yes, I agree that diplomacy and communication is and has been in the past the way forward (meetings with the farmers and the keeper, agreements to let us know when they are going to be shooting), but the police and Firearms Licensing officers are...

I would be grateful if someone could give me some advice. Our local gamekeeper has for years used a shotgun at night right next to our paddock, frightening and disturbing us and our ponies. Also, the gamekeeper’s employers, the local farmers, organise pheasant shoots every season and pitch their...