oh i dont think its free theyve cost us all quite a lot , just some people cant see it
Register of competent deer stalkers - results?
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With respect as regards input into the forum with this
Hi all thought it was about time I did my intro so I can (hopefully) contribute to some of the forum posts .. Semi retired, live in south glos, stalk red, roe and muntjac, own small woodland in Wilts, lease 500 acres in North Devon
Have you registered and taken many new stalkers out on your ground to give them a leg up the stalking ladder as I looked through your "4" threads and there is nothing to show you have.
Despite you jaded view of Lee he is very generous goes the extra mile for people "who he has never met" like myself he has quite strong opinions but we both put our hand in our stalking/pigeons/ducks back pocket and take out people for new experiences. ( this is a not an open PM line to ask for shooting jut a reply to HunterMoore)
Tim.243
Who do you use for your insurance these days Bill as you said "when I was a member of BASC"
What prompted the switch to your current provider?
What was voluntary about it ? no members volunteered for it , they had it forced upon them by their respective orgs , so hardly voluntary is it ..............
What I see is that:
- Most members have no experience of running a membership organisation, but feel entitled to pontificate on how they should be run
- Most members don't support their local branches or branch events
- Most members don't volunteer to stand for election
- Most members don't volunteer to help
- Most members don't bother to vote
- Most members don't really care about anything other than getting the cheapest insurance
- Most members will jump ship to another organisation at the drop of the hat, but don't hold those other organisations to anything like the same standard
- Most members expect an organisation that campaigns like the NRA in the USA, but aren't willing to put their hands in their pockets to fund it
Norfolk Deer Search
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That’s 100% fact and a subject that will be a Thorn in the arse for a long time to come
I agree with some of the points raised , what concerns me is the BASC claims to be democratic yet no votes on lead and the minutes on lead are confidential
for the record I didn’t choose my chosen org for insurance ( I have that separately) I chose them for their stance on the lead issue hence why I left basc
Norfolk Deer Search
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i have bought about rejoining and standing for the BASC council, but my wife advised me not to attempt a crusade I couldn’t win!
If I did win a place on the council I would turn up a a meeting and let rip wholesale, to which I would be asked to leave and not return so it would be a fruitless exercise
If I did win a place on the council I would turn up a a meeting and let rip wholesale, to which I would be asked to leave and not return so it would be a fruitless exercise
Norfolk Deer Search
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Politically correct I am not, but 100% straight I am and I don’t think BASC are ready or every will be ready for my blunt honesty, or my queens best English 
If I go to war all my ducks are in a row, so when battle starts I’m going to win from the word go
If I go to war all my ducks are in a row, so when battle starts I’m going to win from the word go
bottletopbill
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I switched to NGO as they seemed to offer the courses for meat and hygiene and covered the same amount of insurance cover.
So one as to try them out only one less book a year and so far OK
If you are not happy move as i did Conor was all ways there when I was with BASC
So one as to try them out only one less book a year and so far OK
If you are not happy move as i did Conor was all ways there when I was with BASC
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You failed (not surprising) to add a huge numbers of BASC members are tied into them via their wildfowling clubs and have no choice, they have a voice but no choice (or leave the club)
If you are going to cast your net make sure the cod end is tied off.
If you - and others here - truly believe that by doing so you will be reflecting the wishes of sufficient BASC members to get you elected then you should do it.
Otherwise be happy with the organisations of your choice, and leave BASC to do its own thing.
You failed (not surprising) to add a huge numbers of BASC members are tied into them via their wildfowling clubs and have no choice, they have a voice but no choice (or leave the club)
If you are going to cast your net make sure the cod end is tied off.
You've said yourself that they have a choice, but for most it comes down to practicality, rather than principle.
Norfolk Deer Search
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So why did you not include the wildfowlers in you list of Most people?
I'm not a wildfowler. However how does being a wildfowler - or indeed a member of a game shooting syndicate - change the points I made?
8x57
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You had my vote David.
That really would be the most pleasant outcome for all concerned.
But, on the other hand, if you (or any of the other vocal 'tell it like it is' BASC-bashers) were to be voted to the council and you thumped your chest, let rip and told them like it is, they might not throw you out but thank you for your blunt honesty and, after a bit of to and fro, they might say, 'well how we got here is now all in the past, water under the bridge. What do you propose we do now?'
What would you say?
Norfolk Deer Search
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If I honestly thought it was a battle that I could win, I would do it, but unfortunately I have got an inch of doubt and if I have got an inch doubt I will not go to war!
If I went onto the BASC Council, I would not rock the tree. I would cut it down and unfortunately, I don’t think they’re ready for that.
But it is certainly something I have thought about that’s for sure
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