I shoot flyers at Broxton Bridge occasionally, as it is within one hour of my farm. I had friends over there last weekend, and this did occur. The shooting down of the drone was intentional, and well within the rights of the landowner. A couple of years ago we were harassed there by a helicopter carrying a cameraman leaning out the side trying to film the shooting. One call from the owner got the chopper grounded, with a reprimand.
The activists had vehicles alongside the highway, at the entrance to Broxton Bridge, filming the vehicles going in and out, with special attention to their tag numbers. They wanted a confrontation, and they got one.
Pigeon shooting is not a thing of the past, and giving in to them (the animal rights activists) is not the thing to do. The spokesman for SHARK may think that his people broke up the pigeon shoot last weekend, but he's badly mistaken. It went on all three days, as planned. And if he thinks this kind of activism will stop them in the future, he has a mistaken view of the Varn family at Broxton Bridge.
SRH
Last edited by Stan; 02/18/12 03:15 PM.
