I am on Scottish woodland and Till hill none cared if i had lev 2. I don't get paid so not a pro. never been asked for a cull return. The chap on the land next to mine doesn't have any certs and is shooting Scottish woodlands. Landowners allowing planting on there ground don't care if they trust you your on lev 2 will not get you in the door with those chaps. Forestry companies must only ask for the certs on large bits of ground.
Just the way it used to be “can you shoot deer?”
Its been going backwards for years IMHO . Penned in Culling and one Beast to manage DSC 2! it finished any interest i had in DMQ . Are many of your clients still bothered in Level 2 .with you when they can go to one of the guys that take them out to penned in deer that get fed
I don't have a syndicate i shoot the deer on the ground .Have a few trusted mates that come on and shoot a few for me free of charge. I have my SGA insurance as do they we just do the job. To many turning deer stalking/management/control in to some kind of rocket science when its not. Lev one is more than enough if your selling a lot of meat then a MHC would be advisable. Even Nature Scot (Our government advisors) on there little pilots are only asking for lev 1.
Many of us are brain washed that we must be in one of the field sports associations to be insured. This is not so ! A decent household insurance will suffice and it will also cover loss and damage of your gun in use and in the safe etc.
Not a problem either but we need to submit cull returns and have L2 for both Tilhill and Fountain.
Not sure how you got the deer management as that might be the reason for the cert,s. I got the grounds mainly because i was on it before the planting or given it after. I have over 30 bits all small. From 4 acre to 150. Add that to the ground and its great stalking.
Syndicate has been on the ground since it was planted in the early 70's (I wasn't a member then!), now almost all 2nd rotation commercial conifers. about 1400 acres
To be fair plenty of professions require members to pay a yearly fee to a professional body to allow them to practice their career to ensure current knowledge and skills. Doctors, lawyers, plenty of tradesmen, the government contemplated making police officers pay to be allowed to work.
I totally understand the comparison with doctors and other professional bodies. But as I said earlier, those bodies provide considerable support to their members. I have absolutely no problem paying a subscription fee to a professional body if they provide something in return.
I probably had about 2 to 4 Level 2 stalks per season.
Probably not but they have eyes in the camp that’s for sure, more than 1 pair!
Though I very much doubt there are brains attached to the eyes…
Exactly this. The money is insignificant, and (has been pointed out) can be built into any AWs ‘business model’.
And yet the Assessors frequently seem wildly out of touch and obsessed with very idiosyncratic interpretations of the guidelines.
That's because the vast majority are not full time deer stalkers, and no doubt their experience is limited in many cases. Looking at companies house there seems to be only one on the board who is employed in deer management.
