Species:
There are 6 species of deer in the UK
huge proportion of stalkers have probably only shot 1 or 2 and probably never seen some of the smaller ones
I would like to see a range of stalking, not just highland red or arable fed roe.
Mix it up with boar
Nature:
I want to see shots of owls 6ft from a high seat, hares that walk into line of sight at 10ft as you are being so stealthy, the noises and smells of what we see outside at 5am on a summer's morning, roe fawns in a hay field, footage of wildlife that no-one else sees and coming home empty handed but happy because you just spent 6 hrs IN nature.
Conservation:
The bigger picture.
Everything that we do outside stalking in partnership with landowners and farmers, be it snaring, shooting vermin, feeders etc etc
The real country code
the darker picture (long dogs and poachers with .22's)
Sport:
There is more to what we do than on the day.
build a story around the full cradle to grave experience
going out with your dad as a kid, gradually getting more experience and responsibility until you see the deer before he does, your first rifle, your first deer, prep it, cook it, eat it, the pride
the time and effort and planning that goes into it, getting the clothes, boots, reloading, testing, zeroing, prepping the night before, the sleepless nights in anticipation, the early rises before the alarm had a chance to go off, the dog sitting on your coat/boots/rifle so as not to be left behind
The results:
The pause after the shot, watching the followers move off under their own steam, taking note of young, old, injured, pregnant, bucks, hinds, does and stags
the approach, The checks
The gralloch (and examination)
the carrying/dragging, loading, butchering, cutting, slicing, mincing, bagging, sausage, burger, bresaola making,
the barbecues, the sunday lunches, the dinners with non stalkers, and their genuine surprise at what they are actually eating and how nice it is!
Education:
anatomy and physiology - in detail.
butchery and cookery
ballistics and bullet choice
calibre and cartridges
optics and light
weather and waterproofing
toys and accesories
What should be avoided:
Painting deer as crop destroying, tree bashing, RTA causing vermin to be shot on sight - I want to see stalkers shown as the people who care about the deer the MOST not the LEAST
Tacticool gun crazies
balaclava wearing cammo clad snipers
long range shooting other than to test ability should something go wrong. I want to see how close people get not how far their latest custom 6.5x47 £5k rifle can hurl lead....we know that.
close up camera work when what we really want to see is the bigger picture
constant shot changing (think badly edited Tarantino film!)
intrusive soundtracks and poor dubbing - don't dumb it down, "genius it up"!
a good show with content , show and tell on the kit no bull**** from adverts say it how it is , plus the art of stalking and how the last act is delt with start to finnish others seam to skim over what happens after the shot is taken.
