Alex Ive been shooting Deer for many moons , the point being Best Practice is being flung about all over the place , with the advent of the computer we have all these web sites on Deer Stalking, Full of Amateurs, Beginners what every you call them , that all think best practice ,oh Ive got to follow it to the letter of the guides, Rubbish .
Pick out the bit with relevance to yourself and work to what you find practical not to what someone put in a guide, because thats exactly what it is a GUIDE nothing more or less .
If I was to spend all my time learning the Best Practice of this and that I'd never get away from doing courses on ATV, Argo, manual handling courses, personal lifting courses, first aid courses the ish, I want to go stalking not spend days filing bit of useless paper ,that will never give you the practical experience of the wood or the hill, what did all the older stalkers thats, the guys that started this years ago do, learned by others and by mistakes we've all made them thats the learning curve .
The problem we all have these days, mmm ,were all scared of someone criticizing us ,I couldn't care less what anyone says about me, sometimes, the truth hurts but its the truth .
This country is full of CCTV ,Risk Assessments, Health and Safety and yes we still have accidents why ,if all these things are put in place why do we still have accidents .
My theory because everyone is that up tight scared of failure and its consequences ,they forget about the other people around them doing the same thing all the training courses in the world cannot stop it .
Enjoy this while you have the health and breath to do so, don't be governed by a book it isn't law its a guide .