palomino698
Well-Known Member
We have a problem with gas guns on two separate farms. I'm trying to find out if there are specific rules re distances for siting them near roads (or bridleways). In the NFU Bird Scarers Code this is the only reference to horses: "Remember that horses are easily frightened and can bolt or unseat their riders. Do not position the scarers near roads or bridleways usually used by riders."
Our hacking is almost all roadwork. There is a scarer within a mile to the left, on a road with a 60 mph speed limit, sited about 3 metres inside the hedge, then a ditch and a 2 metre wide verge between it and the road. If it fires when our spooky Welsh D is passing, she would leap across the road, possibly into the path of a vehicle, so we can no longer take her that way.
On Sunday we took the other route to find gas guns have been set up there too, much further into the field but just off the brow of a hill. One fired four times in quick succession, luckily far enough away that the mare quivered and jogged all down the hill but didn't take off.
Has anyone successfully asked to have one repositioned? The farmer with the closer one is particularly anti-horses and is not a nice man. I'm really tempted to try and disable it but worried I'd blow myself up in the process...
Our hacking is almost all roadwork. There is a scarer within a mile to the left, on a road with a 60 mph speed limit, sited about 3 metres inside the hedge, then a ditch and a 2 metre wide verge between it and the road. If it fires when our spooky Welsh D is passing, she would leap across the road, possibly into the path of a vehicle, so we can no longer take her that way.
On Sunday we took the other route to find gas guns have been set up there too, much further into the field but just off the brow of a hill. One fired four times in quick succession, luckily far enough away that the mare quivered and jogged all down the hill but didn't take off.
Has anyone successfully asked to have one repositioned? The farmer with the closer one is particularly anti-horses and is not a nice man. I'm really tempted to try and disable it but worried I'd blow myself up in the process...