Do not disturb!!!

[Eric the Red]

It's not just the seasons I struggle with....

In what month does the roe rut usually begin?
a July
b August
c Sept
d Oct

During which month would you observe roe to determine the previous years recruitment?
a Oct
b March
c June
d August

There are a lot of questions with months/dates as the answer, I can remember everything else.... just not bloody dates!!!

Your answers here are right (if you weren't sure). Think about the cycle of the year. Cast Antlers, grow antlers - unlikely to shoot a buck in season without antlers (ID etc) - Rut is the prime of the year. Fawns drop when there's plenty of food etc (and cover for that matter). You count in March because there shouldn't be any new fawns and the yearlings have survived the winter, so numbers should be real - and there's little cover, so you should be able to see the GD things....!!

 

[Si]

Ok the season dates have started to stick....

November 1st (my birthday) until March 31st (end of tax year) for all females in England + CWD
April 1st (day after does end) to Halloween for roe bucks in England
August 1st to April 30th for all other males (remember not 31days in April)

Scotland dates are just weird.... but females start 10 days earlier than England
and finish day after valentines day.
Males are just too confusing

Still finding rutting months the hardest to learn, they catch me out every time.

 

[Klenchblaize]

Probably too late now but IF you have arrived at the correct answers c/o study rather than simply noting the correct tick box from one or other source that is out there, run through all questions/answers daily until they are as familiar as your times tables. I did this on the train home from London 5 days a week for nearly two months and passed with a 100% score.

Of course you have to be sure you have the correct answers!

In summary:

1. Research all questions and be sure you have the correct answers and understand why.
2. Learn the answers by rote.

Good luck

K

Highlight the correct answer

 

[Moray Outfitting]

Skipped a few posts, so may have missed - apologies if repeating something.

If the plain written word on something doesnt seem to be sinking in ( and keep in mind you often take in more than you think ) then try to convert into a picture/ sound memory.

These memories utilise a different aspect of the brain and retrieval system. We are each different - so always worth working through what works best for you.

So for seasons, try drawing it in picture form - either as a calendar type chart or as a pie type chart. I think the BDS did a version and there's an old one in G K Whitehead's Practical Stalking. Dont just look at a chart/ picture though - draw it yourself - this again reinforces the memory set.

Alternatively try sound approach. You can either put seasons ( or whatever ) to your favourite muzak - something simple and catchy or try mnemonics with a phrase that sticks in your mind - ideally one creating a picture/ image in your mind to help fix the detail.

Just be careful, 30 years on and Moh's scale is burned irrevocably in my mind!

 

[Si]

Thanks for all the advice fellas.... did the course with John Robson at yorkshireroestalking, course led by Paul Adkins and Andrew Treadaway-Hoare.
Passed all elements and drove home last night with the biggest grin ever

 

[teyhan1]

Thanks for all the advice fellas.... did the course with John Robson at yorkshireroestalking, course led by Paul Adkins and Andrew Treadaway-Hoare.
Passed all elements and drove home last night with the biggest grin ever

Well done

 

[Paul at Fechan]

never doubted you for a second! good man... well done Si!

 

[RickoShay]

Well done, it's a great feeling.

 

[VssF]

Thanks for all the advice fellas.... did the course with John Robson at yorkshireroestalking, course led by Paul Adkins and Andrew Treadaway-Hoare.
Passed all elements and drove home last night with the biggest grin ever

Well done Si. Now go put it all to good use and shoot some deer.

 

[Si]

I intend to.... and boar, and Ibex, and wolves, and Anatolian red deer, and Konya sheep

 

[blowin]

I realise that this is now irrelevant for the original poster but I made this when I did DSC and it worked for me. Maybe it will be of help to someone else.

 

[Si]

It's only when you see it like that, you realise how short the Scottish seasons are.

 

[Si]

never doubted you for a second

I did