BASC Wild Boar Course. Anyone done it?

[GBR66]

I would estimate 50% of the SD members don’t know what that’s a picture of never mind what would you use it for and is it affected by low Wi-Fi speeds

Happy to admit I don't - guess it arcs marker and shot game. Do tell

 

[GBR66]

I would estimate 50% of the SD members don’t know what that’s a picture of never mind what would you use it for and is it affected by low Wi-Fi speeds

Happy to admit I don't - guess it arcs marker and shot game? Do tell!

 

[Koenig]

@jcampbellsmith

I well remember asking a colleague about a course he had done at work.

"It was a good three day course, crammed into five days."

That’s most Army courses, but then they have to cater for the lowest common denominator if you know what I mean.

 

[Stalker62]

I've done it ! Found it worthwhile , possible they might be using some of my pictures from Romania on the ID bit now sure it was only a day tho ? or maybe 2 max

@Jamouk



OK, well I have signed up for it - it's a day and a half.

I have booked a couple of nights accommodation and have 'sold' it to Mrs.S62 as a romantic mid-week break...

 

[NickJ]

Yes, did it with BASC near their HQ and Chris Brooks lecturing (1 day talks, 1 days assessment.) It was good.

I did it as:

A. thought I owed it to the species to learn some more about them if I was going to shoot them (I did in Croatia last year) and have shot the odd one in the UK. It was particularly useful for sex and age identification

B. for some countries I thought it would help post Brexit for some permits

 

[Jagare]

Sounds like a worthwhile course. We are lucky in Sweden that there are some good books available about boar . If I lived back in the UK that course would be on my to do list.

 

[Stalker62]

We are lucky in Sweden that there are some good books available about boar.

@Jagare

My joining instructions turned up yesterday.

@Tregullon

Included in the envelope was a 'thumb-stick' - turns out that this was a five 'page' leaflet on trichinosis. Difficult to hide my fellings of being a wee bit under-whelmed.

Anyhoo.

In the 'actual' literature, was the (inevitable) recommendation for a couple of books. Would have been nice, to have at least one of the damn things included in the price of the course.

In any event, these are now inbound:-

 

[Tregullon]

@Jagare

My joining instructions turned up yesterday.

@Tregullon

Included in the envelope was a 'thumb-stick' - turns out that this was a five 'page' leaflet on trichinosis. Difficult to hide my fellings of being a wee bit under-whelmed.

Anyhoo.

In the 'actual' literature, was the (inevitable) recommendation for a couple of books. Would have been nice, to have at least one of the damn things included in the price of the course.

In any event, these are now inbound:-

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Yes. I didn't necessarily expect anyone would act on my recommendations. Even when I was paid for my advice, it was usually ignored!

 

[Jagare]

@Jagare

My joining instructions turned up yesterday.

@Tregullon

Included in the envelope was a 'thumb-stick' - turns out that this was a five 'page' leaflet on trichinosis. Difficult to hide my fellings of being a wee bit under-whelmed.

Anyhoo.

In the 'actual' literature, was the (inevitable) recommendation for a couple of books. Would have been nice, to have at least one of the damn things included in the price of the course.

In any event, these are now inbound:-

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This is a excellent book but only available in Swedish. Good to see there are a couple of English books available now. Boar are a fascinating game animal with a biology and management style different to deer.

 

[Moray Outfitting]

They should've just incorporated a wild boar module into the existing DSC1, instead of starting a new course.

There are at least 4 questions on Boar diseases in the level 1 game hygeine paper now! J

 

[VSS]

There are at least 4 questions on Boar diseases in the level 1 game hygeine paper now! J

Level 1 game hygiene? What's that?

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Level 1 game hygiene? What's that?

Its the one you have to pass before moving on to Level 2-3-4-5 game hygiene tests.

 

[8x57]

@Jagare

My joining instructions turned up yesterday.

@Tregullon

Included in the envelope was a 'thumb-stick' - turns out that this was a five 'page' leaflet on trichinosis. Difficult to hide my fellings of being a wee bit under-whelmed.

Anyhoo.

In the 'actual' literature, was the (inevitable) recommendation for a couple of books. Would have been nice, to have at least one of the damn things included in the price of the course.

In any event, these are now inbound:-

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Stalker why don't you try this book - Wild Boar in Europe by Cabanau, Laurent Book The Cheap Fast Free Post | eBay



I have a copy and though some of the translation may be a little off (just a few words) I thought it to be a very good book and one that I've enjoyed reading. It's also one that has held my interest enough for me to keep going back to.

 

[Stalker62]

Stalker why don't you try this book...

Thank you for the recommendation.

These two just got lobbed over the fence...



It's a fine line between learning, and becoming a bore about boar.

 

[Stalker62]

Well now.

I have started off, by diving into Martin Goulding's book.

Here is as word I had never heard of.

Pannage

Pannage is the practice of releasing livestock-pigs in a forest, so that they can feed on fallen acorns, beechmast, chestnuts or other nuts. Historically, it was a right or privilege granted to local people on common land or in royal forests across much of Europe.



Who knew?

 

[8x57]

Pannage traditionally common practice in the New Forest and the Forest of Dean.

 

[Tregullon]

Pigs tend to open up woodland. There are downsides ofc, but a managed population in a decent patch of forest "a good thing" imho

 

[User00053]

Heard the word pannage used as slang to describe a nice sized eating fish along with panner.

 

[VSS]

Well now.

I have started off, by diving into Martin Goulding's book.

Here is as word I had never heard of.

Pannage

Pannage is the practice of releasing livestock-pigs in a forest, so that they can feed on fallen acorns, beechmast, chestnuts or other nuts. Historically, it was a right or privilege granted to local people on common land or in royal forests across much of Europe.

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Who knew?


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I thought that was fairly general knowledge, but clearly not!
Another word for you to add to your new vocabulary is venville.
A similar concept, but whereas pannage refers to turning foraging livestock such as pigs into woodland to search for acorns and beech mast, venville was the practice of turning grazing animals onto moorland and commons.
The enclosures acts during the 18th century put an end to most of it, but not all.

 

[Stalker62]

I thought that was fairly general knowledge, but clearly not!
Another word for you to add to your new vocabulary is venville.

Venville - why that is simply lollapalooza...