best practice download?

[scubadog]

Being a tight arse (and having access to decent printers at work) I plan on downloading and printing
a best practice manual.

I have looked on the websites and I can download each section individually. This would be a complete ball ache.
So I was wondering if anyone has an electronic copy of the whole thing?

Thanks in advance.

 

[cjm1066]

http://www.thedeerinitiative.co.uk/best_practice/

 

[Sharpie]

Being a tight arse (and having access to decent printers at work) I plan on downloading and printing
a best practice manual.

Don't be such a cheapskate, spend £15 for a lifetime's subscription to the original and best at http://bestpracticeguides.org.uk/subscription-temp

And don't risk a disciplinary for abusing your company's trust, which will cost them far more in materials than the SNH asking price.

You will get a fat ringbinder stuffed with high gloss laminated sheets of impeccable quality, as well as a perpetual free update service.

I have already received two deliveries of updated and new sections this year, the latest only last week.

I know (from the horses mouth) that the printing alone costs the Scottish Government at least three times the subscription price. As an English tax payer I see this as a small but welcome return for the subsidy I pay them.

 

[scubadog]

£15?
add the vat and postage and its £25!
I have adequate printing resources and ring binder equiptment stuff that work allow me to use!

CJM thanks, I already found the website. Was just hoping someone had the whole thing in one file or folder rather than having to go and download each section individually.

 

[Sharpie]

£15? add the vat and postage and its £25! I have adequate printing resources and ring binder equiptment stuff that work allow me to use! CJM thanks, I already found the website. Was just hoping someone had the whole thing in one file or folder rather than having to go and download each section individually.

No it is not. The gentlemen at the QUANGO and somewhat shady organisation that is Deer Initiative are charging that for their (I'll choose my words carefully) ripped off copy with no ongoing updates.

Buy the real thing from SNH and it will cost you exactly £15 including VAT, postage, packing, etc. Including lifetime updates. Postage alone costs them at least £5.

Follow my link to the subscription form and read it. Ignore any "Deer Initiative" distractions.

"Subscription requires a one-off £15 fee. " and "When you subscribe to the Guides you will receive updates, new guides and information about Best Practice Events and Workshops"

If you still want to be cheap, you can download all the stuff from http://bestpracticeguides.org.uk/guides and print it out for yourself, but you will be wasting your time, effort and life to make an inferior copy at quite some expense to your employer. And you won't get the lifetime updates, or invites to (generally free) Best Practice events, etc. etc.

You can lead a horse to water ...

 

[Trackerman]

£15 well spent for a fully laminated copy of Best Practice Guides and any future updates, money well spent. to SNH. Would cost you more in man hours to photocopy.

£15?
add the vat and postage and its £25!
I have adequate printing resources and ring binder equiptment stuff that work allow me to use!

CJM thanks, I already found the website. Was just hoping someone had the whole thing in one file or folder rather than having to go and download each section individually.

 

[Krico308]

+1 for the SNH Best Practice Guides.

The quality is outstanding.

 

[Mick9abf]

Think the postage was £9 when I got mine, TBH I wouldn't mine paying that on top of the £15.

 

[sussex stalker]

Totally agree, its the best £15 you could spend and the updates are regular and FREE you will be pleased to hear!!

No it is not. The gentlemen at the QUANGO and somewhat shady organisation that is Deer Initiative are charging that for their (I'll choose my words carefully) ripped off copy with no ongoing updates.

Buy the real thing from SNH and it will cost you exactly £15 including VAT, postage, packing, etc. Including lifetime updates. Postage alone costs them at least £5.

Follow my link to the subscription form and read it. Ignore any "Deer Initiative" distractions.

"Subscription requires a one-off £15 fee. " and "When you subscribe to the Guides you will receive updates, new guides and information about Best Practice Events and Workshops"

If you still want to be cheap, you can download all the stuff from http://bestpracticeguides.org.uk/guides and print it out for yourself, but you will be wasting your time, effort and life to make an inferior copy at quite some expense to your employer. And you won't get the lifetime updates, or invites to (generally free) Best Practice events, etc. etc.

You can lead a horse to water ...

 

[sussex stalker]

Rather than spending time downloading and printing, spend the time shooting a deer, that will cover the cost plus leave you some beer money

Being a tight arse (and having access to decent printers at work) I plan on downloading and printing
a best practice manual.

I have looked on the websites and I can download each section individually. This would be a complete ball ache.
So I was wondering if anyone has an electronic copy of the whole thing?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Chanty Wrassler]

Think the postage was £9 when I got mine,

Ditto

As shooters we tend to pay through the nose for stuff, this is the exception that proves the rule.

 

[DAThornley]

its easier to buy the laminated manual, well worth the initial costs its great to just have it in your library for reference at all times and should last forever due to pages being laminated, is the scotish version different to the english one?

 

[pinkfoot1]

Being a tight arse (and having access to decent printers at work) I plan on downloading and printing
a best practice manual.

I have looked on the websites and I can download each section individually. This would be a complete ball ache.
So I was wondering if anyone has an electronic copy of the whole thing?

Thanks in advance.

Don't be such a tightarse, next thing we know you will be advocating avoidance of fees by poaching, which is basically what you are doing by suggesting your download. SNH do a great job at a subsidised cost - please support them through morally correct channels and help maintain a highly ethical, moral stance for our sport.

 

[JabaliHunter]

I have the SNH version but downloaded the deer initiative ones so that I could read it on an iPad.
Probably a bit out of date now if they are being continually updated, but the files are about 120MB so don't know if emailing is practical and probably against copyright (I assume downloading for your own use is ok, but copying and distributing would not be).
Seriously though, it takes about 10 minutes to set all the files downloading simultaneously if you have good broadband....

 

[Sharpie]

is the scotish version different to the english one?

Yes, the England/Wales version contains additional information relevant to the different species, legislation and environment, and omits some Scotland-specific stuff.

It is probably best to buy the version most relevant to your stalking, and fill in any gaps by downloading and printing the relevant sheets from the other version.

I see that the BDS have reduced the price of the DI version from £25 to £15, but they do charge £6.90 for postage. At this price it is great value, but its a pity the free update service is not included.

http://www.bds.org.uk/BOOKD54

DI are happy for you to download and print your own copies, their terms of use make this clear.

http://www.thedeerinitiative.co.uk/best_practice/terms_of_use.php

 

[scubadog]

Don't be such a tightarse, next thing we know you will be advocating avoidance of fees by poaching, which is basically what you are doing by suggesting your download. SNH do a great job at a subsidised cost - please support them through morally correct channels and help maintain a highly ethical, moral stance for our sport.

Eh?
How am I advocating poaching?
The deer initiative and SNH allow you to download them!

 

[scubadog]

Rather than spending time downloading and printing, spend the time shooting a deer, that will cover the cost plus leave you some beer money

All very well except it is the time that I have plenty of at the moment. Both Deer to stalk and money is what I lack!

 

[scubadog]

Thanks anyways guys. I have now downloaded all the files and have printed them out myself on nice glossy paper and ring binded myself. Total cost £0 to both me and SNH!

 

[Steyer 6.5]

Don't be such a cheapskate, spend £15 for a lifetime's subscription to the original and best at http://bestpracticeguides.org.uk/subscription-temp

And don't risk a disciplinary for abusing your company's trust, which will cost them far more in materials than the SNH asking price.

You will get a fat ringbinder stuffed with high gloss laminated sheets of impeccable quality, as well as a perpetual free update service.

I have already received two deliveries of updated and new sections this year, the latest only last week.

I know (from the horses mouth) that the printing alone costs the Scottish Government at least three times the subscription price. As an English tax payer I see this as a small but welcome return for the subsidy I pay them.

​Ill have me some of that.

 

[LuckyEddie]

Thanks anyways guys. I have now downloaded all the files and have printed them out myself on nice glossy paper and ring binded myself. Total cost £0 to both me and SNH!

Question is when do you check for updates if you don't get them automaticaly.

Ed