Crossing private land to access permission.

[paulbshooting]

I would see what you shoot first. If low numbers then be inclined to try to make do extracting away from the problem neighbour. I have seen things like this spiral out of control and shooting permission lost through no fault of the good intentioned stalker. Access to a quad or deer sled may help. Not ideal but better than losing the shooting

 

[slider]

Have a walk across the disputed access area carrying a stick in your slip and a roe sack stuff with your favourite cuddy toy and see what reaction it brings.

 

[Heym SR20]

Re speaking with your FEO, it very much depends on the FEO and the sort of relationship there is. Nothing wrong in picking up the phone to clarrify things.

I had a situation where a local dog walker took it upon himself to become an utter pain both to myself and to the farmer and his horse livery business.

I had a word with my FEO. A couple of weeks later got a call from him saying that his colleagues had had a word with the gentleman pointing out that they would be taking a dim view on interfering with legitimate deer stalking activities and other legitimate activities on the farm. Problem sorted.

 

[Zane1988]

Thanks again for the responses I will let you know what the outcome is once its sorted.
just incase anyone else comes across a similar situation

 

[Buchan]

Been interesting to read this and I have a supplemental question. I have permission on Land A. Land B belongs to the owner of Land A, but they do not have the shooting rights. Land B is between Land A and C. I have permission on Land C. While I can't shoot on Land B, I can't see anything that says I can't walk from C to A, over B, with my rifle (as long as I don't shoot anything other than a wounded animal from A or C, which I have permission to do).

Have I got this right?

 

[VSS]

Been interesting to read this and I have a supplemental question. I have permission on Land A. Land B belongs to the owner of Land A, but they do not have the shooting rights. Land B is between Land A and C. I have permission on Land C. While I can't shoot on Land B, I can't see anything that says I can't walk from C to A, over B, with my rifle (as long as I don't shoot anything other than a wounded animal from A or C, which I have permission to do).

Have I got this right?

If the owner of land B gives you permission to walk across his land then of course you can. The owner of the sporting rights over land B might take a dim view of it, and observe your activities closely, but provided you don't use your firearm and you're not in pursuit of game while on land B then there's no issue. Put your gun in a slip to walk across, if you're worried about it.

 

[Whitefront]

A permission to shoot is not a right to shoot; it is a revocable licence, granted by the right holder, who may or may not be the landowner. He cannot normally give you permission to cross private land other than that which he either owns, or has a right of access over, or has shooting rights over. In this case, however, it seems that he does indeed own the land (B) even though he doesn't own the shooting rights there.

So, if the owner of B gives you permission to access or pass across his land (or you can do so by a public right of way) then there doesn't seem to be any legal obstacle preventing you from doing so while you are carrying a firearm - though to avoid misunderstandings and allegations, you would be well advised to keep the gun covered while traversing Land B.