i work on a farm and if your a vegan please dont read on!.
we have planted recently some of next seasons crop.(cauli,sacoy,cab etc) and more to the point this summers crop (calabrese,primo,broccoly and cauli)
wood pidgeons,pheasants,rooks,magpies and canada geese have a taste for young planted shoots.even mr hare has a passion for young brassica.
the only thing to do is give them `lead` twice a day (they dont like it up em capn mannering).gas bangers help but you have to keep shooting the pest to keep them off.they aint daft.if no pest control was there the crop would be knackered.they get used to gas bangers!
the bonus is we get to eat alot of it (that hare has a bottle of claret waiting for it)
anyway as long as the gun (shotgun)is firing away from the road and used in a sensible manor as you state above there is no probs.well not in north devon
bring on the deliverance jokes