DeerDucksFishin
Well-Known Member
Scotland has more deer than ever before because of the "deniers" in the sporting world that want all the deer they can get for recreational stalking.
Yes, contractors are by their very nature mercenary cullers. Yes they get out of bed on a cold wet morning to earn their bread, when many rec stalkers might say the freezer is full and go back to bed.
Yes they do cull at night and out of season - but the vast majority of culling is in daylight and in season. Most of the out of season culls are males and culling females between 1st April & 30th Sept is not permitted at all.
Have you any idea how much it cost to plant an area of forestry? or how much cash is haemorrhaged by beating up year after year, and still ending up with a poor crop. Beat up can easily run to £1000/ha where there is a high population - something like 8000 ha a year of new land is planted in Scotland every year plus a similar amount of restock/second crop, plants will be vulnerable for 5-10 years. Even at 5 years that 80000 ha of vulnerable crop every year.
Do you really think forestry companies (private and FC) are going to burn money on contractors just for the hell of it - wake up and smell the coffee.
I enjoy my recreational stalking as much as anyone else but I am not so blind as to see that a job sometimes simply has to be done
Well Said In particular like your comment abou the Deniers of the sporting world wanting all the deer for recreational stalking this is so true they are blinded by greed.
I'm actually starting a new business whereby I take out deer stalkers and we stalk and shoot gold Bullion as ive found its much cheaper and your pretty much gaurenteed to see one.