TAKING ON THE FARMYARD

Anyone who manages to acquire a permission from a farmer will no doubt be expecting to shoot in and around the farm buildings, but for many shooters this is simply not the case. If you are lucky enough to be allowed onto their land to shoot, you may find you end up well away from the farmyard itself. From the farmer’s perspective, allowing someone with a firearm access onto their property, close to where they live with their family and surrounded by expensive machinery, can be too big an ask, at least at first.

The days of the archetypal farmer, rotund with baling twine holding up his trousers, are all but over. Now we are looking at the new generation of farmer – someone taking over the family business in a more competitive and demanding industry.

This farmer/landowner is more likely to have been to agricultural college and will be savvy with technology. No more