Deermanagement
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Jes'...... the equipment many now carry 
Not just the required, rifle, a few spare rds, binoculars, knife and not required but useful stick (min single to a more useful twin).
Today's deer stalking pack mules look just like that, fanny bags, pouches, multiple knives, dangling thermals, bipods, range finders etc.. And not to mention the scaffolding, irrespective of whether it's made of carbon or not
A twin stick gives so much for so little under the vast majority of cases, if used correctly.
I remember the day, single stick, the one knife, just binoculars and rifle. No phone and life and stalking were so much more simple, where the need for fieldcraft to put you within range ensured you learned rather than letting a thermal do the work and the scaffolding do the rest
I'm nostalgic, maybe why I try to keep things to a minimum, drive 20+ year old vehicles that are capable of being repaired without the need for a main dealer and digital ID.
Venison prices were acceptable at this point, few dealers offering more for head shot animals, when they should be offering more for well treated animals On this subject, what is worth morein terms of quality...... a chest shot animal that was picked up from where it fell and returned to a chilled environment in good time compared to the head shot animal, gralloched on-site and opened up from sternum to pelvis, dragged through a bog or over dung covered fields to be thrown into a vehicle for the remainder of the day and delivered to the dealer the following day as a "higher value" carcass
My little observation for the day
Not just the required, rifle, a few spare rds, binoculars, knife and not required but useful stick (min single to a more useful twin). Today's deer stalking pack mules look just like that, fanny bags, pouches, multiple knives, dangling thermals, bipods, range finders etc.. And not to mention the scaffolding, irrespective of whether it's made of carbon or not
A twin stick gives so much for so little under the vast majority of cases, if used correctly. I remember the day, single stick, the one knife, just binoculars and rifle. No phone and life and stalking were so much more simple, where the need for fieldcraft to put you within range ensured you learned rather than letting a thermal do the work and the scaffolding do the rest
I'm nostalgic, maybe why I try to keep things to a minimum, drive 20+ year old vehicles that are capable of being repaired without the need for a main dealer and digital ID.
Venison prices were acceptable at this point, few dealers offering more for head shot animals, when they should be offering more for well treated animals
On this subject, what is worth morein terms of quality...... a chest shot animal that was picked up from where it fell and returned to a chilled environment in good time compared to the head shot animal, gralloched on-site and opened up from sternum to pelvis, dragged through a bog or over dung covered fields to be thrown into a vehicle for the remainder of the day and delivered to the dealer the following day as a "higher value" carcass My little observation for the day
