im at uni and doing my masters in countryside management,its got nothing to do with the countryside apart from recycling and sustainable development.
its doing my head in as all they talk about is shite,im branded a killer etc just because i stalk deer and shoot foxes yet when i tell them about the bigger picture they soon shut up.We need to educate from school level so that the next generation know what they are talking about and the people who run estates actually know about deer management and not learning it from the film Bambi.
the bigger organisations are mainly to blame about the deer culture as they tend to tar deer as vermin and should be eradicated on sight.Many a good stalker has lost there jobs over the deer welfare issue with these government agencies all because you get some stuck up prat on about £80k a year that comes out with a load of crap justifying his job,and tend to do everything they can so crag-rats can enjoy a days walking
You cant learn it by reading books or doing some sort of course sat in a class room,they need to get on the ground and get hands on,ecologists that dont know the difference between deer grazing and hare damage yet has the power to order stalkers to shoot all deer and sanction a section 7.
what has this country come too?