My opinions Cadex have been well documented I did not want to fuz the picture by putting mine here. Like tony says I am out spoken against money making scams like all the dogs for deer stuff going on at the moment. EG You pay us to train we will then put you on a register were you can help others for free. This supported by the BDS scam.
BDS are a charity that supports education supports joint study's in to deer related diseases and are concerned with deer welfare problem,s.
This Bronze silver and gold award dose not meet any of that.
I did ask what study's they have done in to the massive problem in Scotland regards out of season and night shooting and if there were any welfare issues.
Answer no we have not and I wonder why !!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a complete money gathering/member chasing excerise and hopefully will not take of as last thing u need are more useless tickets.
But i bet similar argument where made for DSC1/2 when they came out, althou atleast they are semi decent qualifications that atleast prove a very basic level of knowledge and practical ability, nothing more. To many people give them to much credit, as my old sensei used to say when u achieve a black belt u have only mastered the basics and u then can really start learning.
Even this whole CPD thing is just complete ******** too, dreamed up by management and stoked up by folk making a fortune selling substandard cousres. Fair enough if ur dealing with something that is constantly changing (computers or vets drugs etc) but deer hasnae really evolved that much in the past 50 years and doubt they'll evolve much in the next 50.
The only tickets i have that i value are my chainsaw tickets, the rest aren't worth the paper their printed on including an BSc degree, and even with the chainsaw its the on the job training and being lucky enough to work with a few real old timers that taught me those old boys will have forgot more than i'll ever know. My mates dad is best cutter in this area on big hardwoods never had a ticket or training in his life (or wear any safety gear for that matter)
Even with the chainsaw u now have this FISA nonesense u have to do every 5 years, i firmly believe every day is a school day and u never know it all, but a course designed by someone who couldnae start a saw is not benfitical to anyone. even the instructors say that (and some of the 'new' improved cuts are actually more dangerous and have far less room for error in them than the ones ur not meant to do now, but look prettier) U could not make any money or get any work done if u done wot ur meant to do on the course.
Even turning up for a 1 day best practice or anything else will not overturn years of doing something the old way. I realise hygene has moved on massively but when u see game dealers lump deer on top of birds in the van just makes a mockery of everything
How many folk (with dsc1/2) can stilll remember the lymp nodes names and actually check the ones in the head?
As for the night shooting, i dinae enntirely agree with it in its present form, but it is not wot u like to make out and really is not an issue for territorial deer
Is there any welfare issues shooting foxes or rabbits at nite rather than throu the day?
I seriously doubt there is any actual welfare issues shooting deer at night, doubt the deer is really bothered when it gets hit with a bullet.
U could probably argue it is actually better for welfare if achieving the cull with less visits/disturbance.
I think u are being very harsh, (which is not like u) while ur calling the whole deer dog training thing a 'scam'.
A few years ago. Were u not 1 of the most vocal anti fancy european hound breeds/fashion accessory dogs? Wot do u now own?
Where u not a firm believer in not training ur dog and letting it learn on the job? And all these scent shoes and artifical tracks were bollacks and gimmicks?
The deer dog thing is completely different ur trying to educate the vast majority who hav absolutley no idea the 'correct/best'/easiest way to train and work a deer dog.
Gun dog trainers charge for training or open days why should others not? Its not that dear anyway and its more an investment into having a decent dog and will pay for itself many times over rather than having a pooerly trained dog which spoils stalks and is a pita
I doubt the deer dog 'brgade' will be rebranded and repackaging there cousre in 5-10 years as the way they change dogs has trained or needs to be updated to keep money coming, yes possibly more advanced courses as both trainers/handlers and dogs improve