Recent content by willie_gunn

With that photo of a toad you’re going to have to change your user name! Tack sharp :tiphat:

DMC3 - Units 2 and 3: https://www.shootingandhuntingacademy.co.uk/course/deer-management-certificate-level-3-dmc3

I remember playing the same game with my own father, though I’d forgotten about it until your post. It was what we had in the days before Fantasy Cricket! You could each pick your own team (mostly Kent players from the 60s and 70s in my case, the same from the 40s and 50s for my father) and...

Personally I say good luck to him. If an entrepreneur can spot a gap in the market and is willing to invest and make it pay they should be applauded. It’s a free market, and if people want to pay him good money for something they see as providing value, kick on!

Yes - £750 registration plus the costs of stalking 10 deer over the 2 units (Invasive and Non-Invasive). And yet people here were complaining that DSC2 is a “cash cow”! If it is, I can’t understand where all that supposed cash is going, as the registration is £175 or £180, depending on who...

The game is called Howzat! and you can still buy it. There’s one other dice, which you roll to see how many runs are scored - on one of the faces is the word “Howzat” which then causes you to roll the dice you have. https://brownsbfs.co.uk/Product/Stone-Chris/Mini-Howzat-Cricket-Kit/9780762487622

Fortunately there’s nothing to stop those advocating for it setting up their own qualification and pitching it to the market.

Sorry for the earlier brain-fart! Here's the video of a roebuck I staked into this morning - though only with the iPhone on maximum zoom.

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With the last two Candidates that I witnessed earlier this year, the calls from the respective Assessors to the Candidate and myself both came within two weeks. I'm surprised to hear someone has been waiting a couple of months already.

As has been said, when you register for DSC2 you will receive a list of AW's. Call a number of them and have a chat about both your expectations and theirs. Find the one who best aligns with what you are looking for. Be sure to ask the AW about any costs involved, as some charge for...

DSC2 is, and always has been, fundamentally simple. All it requires is for a Candidate to be able to take a deer from the field right through to it entering the food chain, and to be witnessed doing so and achieving the required standard. This is hardly rocket science, and it amazes me the...