People shoot round here. 12 bore shotguns. It doesn't happen frequently but it does from time to time. It's always at strange hours....in the twilight or very early morning. But a neighbour said she heard shooting up the hill a few months ago, in normal daylight hours I seem to remember.
I don't know what they are doing and don't know who it is. It will be some "country person", as incidents with delinquents don't seem to happen round here. I know Deer and Crows are shot. The old fashioned country-person style is to go round shooting stuff now and again.
On two occasions in the past when walking with Misty in late afternoon in Autumn/winter (when the light was fading) I heard the crack of a shotgun VERY close by. I knew the shooter wouldn't see us for the hedge. I would get right to the ground, and Misty right next to me, and would shout out that there is someone here. I never got an answer but the shooting would stop, and we would leg it. A hedge would stop them seeing us but wouldn't stop the shots!
Very few people walk in the fields. I think Misty and I were the only ones who did, and for miles every day. Most people walk or bicycle on the lanes, and even fewer people are out in a winter twilight..
I don't know what they are doing and don't know who it is. It will be some "country person", as incidents with delinquents don't seem to happen round here. I know Deer and Crows are shot. The old fashioned country-person style is to go round shooting stuff now and again.
On two occasions in the past when walking with Misty in late afternoon in Autumn/winter (when the light was fading) I heard the crack of a shotgun VERY close by. I knew the shooter wouldn't see us for the hedge. I would get right to the ground, and Misty right next to me, and would shout out that there is someone here. I never got an answer but the shooting would stop, and we would leg it. A hedge would stop them seeing us but wouldn't stop the shots!
Very few people walk in the fields. I think Misty and I were the only ones who did, and for miles every day. Most people walk or bicycle on the lanes, and even fewer people are out in a winter twilight..
