Incident at Dinsdale Farms

[field marshal]

This morning at Dinsdale Farm the Mounties were in attendance.
It was reported pellets were hitting houses in the area???
Those of us who gun there know this is ludicrious.
It is just another attempt by the locals to shut us down!!
From now on those using the fields will judge themselves accordingly!!
Absolutely no shooting towards the Cowichan Bay road in the direction of the old barns and the original farmhouse. This is due West from the briar patch and dugout. Anyone not complying will not be returning!!!!
Thank you for your cooperation ---Good shooting.
Cheers, Field Marshal.

[longshot]

When we drove by the dinsdale there was a decoy spread set up right at the edge of the corn field facing directly towards cowichan bay road. To me, if you are shooting a good goose shot, you would certainly reach pellets on to the road. It was amazing in a bad way to see this type of set up. It is not hard to adjust accordingly so your shots are pointed in a more safe and ethical direction!!

LONGSHOT SR.

[Marc]

When we drove by the dinsdale there was a decoy spread set up right at the edge of the corn field facing directly towards cowichan bay road. To me, if you are shooting a good goose shot, you would certainly reach pellets on to the road. It was amazing in a bad way to see this type of set up. It is not hard to adjust accordingly so your shots are pointed in a more safe and ethical direction!!

LONGSHOT SR.

For your information we were well past the required 100m most likely 200m for the nearest road or house. I'd be more then willing to stand 200m away from you and if you can figure out the angle that would be required to reach me you can shoot what ever steel shot load you can find at me, with me standing in my underwear. I've been rained on by pellets a lot closer then that and it wouldn't even penetrate clothing let alone skin.

No Hunting Areas
It is unlawful to hunt or discharge a firearm within 100 metres of a church, school building, school yard, playground, regional district park, dwelling house, or farm or ranch building that is occupied by persons or domestic animals.

It's unfortunate that the pellets may have came down and bounced off of someones steel roof, no more damage then hail falling from the sky.

We were situated parallel with the briar patch to the highway, which is the same distance to the road and the direction that the majority of the geese come from. To say this is unsafe or unethical just baffles me.

What does ethics have to do with it? All shots were within 30 yards of the decoys? Not quite sure where ethics fall into the equation. It was all above the law.

This morning at Dinsdale Farm the Mounties were in attendance.
It was reported pellets were hitting houses in the area???
Those of us who gun there know this is ludicrious.
It is just another attempt by the locals to shut us down!!
From now on those using the fields will judge themselves accordingly!!
Absolutely no shooting towards the Cowichan Bay road in the direction of the old barns and the original farmhouse. This is due West from the briar patch and dugout. Anyone not complying will not be returning!!!!
Thank you for your cooperation ---Good shooting.
Cheers, Field Marshal.

I agree, it's not worth the hassle of trying to deal with the locals trying every angle possible to shut the fields down. Even thought it is within the law it's not worth having the RCMP showing up to tarnish a day afield.

[field marshal]

Well said Mr. Administrator!!!
Could I please be the one to shoot at you????

[lorneparker1]

Well said Mr. Administrator!!!
Could I please be the one to shoot at you????

I would also like to shoot at mark in his underwear.!

[Marc]

Did some measurements this morning, 260 meters from the layout to the edge of the road, and 283 meters to the house that complained about pellets hitting it.

[Maestro]

Did some measurements this morning, 260 meters from the layout to the edge of the road, and 283 meters to the house that complained about pellets hitting it.

Shot can not fly so far especially steel shot !

[TheProvider]

If thats how far you truly were then the house owners were prolly exaggerating a little.

[Franko Manini]

I want to know one thing...

What evidence did the homeowner provide? That should have been the first question out of the police officer's mouth.

"Hello Mr. Local, you called regarding some shot pellets hitting yoyur home. How do you know they were shot pellets? Do you have any of them that I can see? How do you know which gun they came from? "

Without that, this is just a nuisance complaint.

I've had one jackass come out and sit in my spread right in the middle of a hunt, and once a woman threw the ball for her dog and ran him right through our deeks.

I haven't bothered hunting there for a few years now.

[Bow Walker]

Did some measurements this morning, 260 meters from the layout to the edge of the road, and 283 meters to the house that complained about pellets hitting it.

Shot can not fly so far especially steel shot !

If the wind was right, and the shooter was shooting at enough of an angle, the shot "could" reach that far and fall on the house. Harmlessly, but on the house.