DSC2 holders. How many stalks to complete 3 ICRs and at what cost?

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[SUB]I took 4 stalks and it cost me my fuel so lets say £30. Nothing to do with anyone being better than anyone else as everyone's ground and circumstances are different. I'm just interested in seeing what the mean average is.

Baguio

Running total:

Baguio 4 stalks £30
6Pointer 3 stalks £50
Stalker.308 6 stalks £50
ianc 12 stalks £200
Timbrayford 3 stalks £600
Limulus 5 stalks £245
1995rs 3 stalks £0
Eric Hamburg 16 stalks £500
Apache 8 stalks
Willie 12 stalks
Wingy 4 stalks
Stone 3 stalks
Bandit Country 3 stalks
Long_range_rob 3 stalks
Tackleberry270 3 stalks
berg 7 stalks
verminator69 4 stalks
willie_gunn 5 stalks
Ranger22 3 stalks
Dan Gliballs 3 stalks
[/SUB][SUB]Stalker48 3 stalks
trouble 3 stalks
davidm 6 stalks
nell 4 stalks
arron 4 stalks
Wingers243 3 stalks
Simiester 3 stalks
csl 11 stalks

Average for the 28 people who have replied so far is 5.25 stalks. Cost is too varied to give a useful and meaningful average as several people made money!
Please keep them coming.
Baguio[/SUB]
 
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One bottle of nice whisky no fuel picked up and dropped off at the door. 3 stalks same day two in the morning one in the evening.
 
12 stalks only mornings had to do some work to pay for fuel and contribution to expenses
 
baguio said:
[SUB]I took 4 stalks and it cost me my fuel so lets say £30. Nothing to do with anyone being better than anyone else as everyone's ground and circumstances are different. I'm just interested in seeing what the mean average is.

Baguio[/SUB]
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If you go for the 'traditional' route of AW stalks, the average amount of stalks required to complete three ICRs is fifteen.
However, the last time I quoted this figure (Which I have from an AW) I had a lot of quite critical responses, so maybe I shouldn't repeat it.
Oops, I just did.

The new Park deer DSC2 scheme's work out much better and therefore despite the quite high cost for say a 2-day park deer DSC2 it is actually the cheaper route.
And gentleman, when I say 15 I mean on average. So please no angry replies that you or someone you know did it in less than 15 stalks. Those that took 20 or more stalks will probably keep very quiet. ;)
 
Erik Hamburger said:
If you go for the 'traditional' route of AW stalks, the average amount of stalks required to complete three ICRs is fifteen.
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Is there a shooting someone down in flames emote?

No I think you are quite right, it could take that many if not more. At the moment I am 4 stalks for no deer and its the start of the fallow season, all I keep seeing is does!!! That's stalking, at this time of year a high availability of food everywhere, in a few months time depending on how your ground is farmed it could get better.... or worse..... also depends on the species, fallow being nomadic are hard, roe more territorial a little easier at the right time, but in a deer park at least they cannot disappear I guess, but my choice was for truly wild deer and I got a little lucky.
 
5 stalks. First aw charged me £150 plus £60 for the stalk then £35 for the carcass, then wanted to treat it as a training exercise.
2,3 cost me nowt and were successful
4 cost nowt but blanked
5th nowt and all icrs complete.
as a thank you I took the second aw for his first sika stag, a six point he neck shot and was a bit chuffed with.
 
Erik Hamburger said:
If you go for the 'traditional' route of AW stalks, the average amount of stalks required to complete three ICRs is fifteen.
However, the last time I quoted this figure (Which I have from an AW) I had a lot of quite critical responses, so maybe I shouldn't repeat it.
Oops, I just did.

The new Park deer DSC2 scheme's work out much better and therefore despite the quite high cost for say a 2-day park deer DSC2 it is actually the cheaper route.
And gentleman, when I say 15 I mean on average. So please no angry replies that you or someone you know did it in less than 15 stalks. Those that took 20 or more stalks will probably keep very quiet. ;)
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Can people please just answer the question. Rumours about fictitious numbers that carry no substance is what I am trying to get to the bottom of! Thank you.

Baguio
 
3 Stalks. Friday AM in Yorkshire, then up to Scotland and did my other two stalks in the Am and Pm the following day.

sorry forgot to mention, my Yorkshire stalk cost me £60 for the stalk, £40 for the shot and £40 to write up portfolio.
 
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I did 4 days stalking red's in Scotland. Got 3 signed off with no additional charges. I forget which order of days, but think we did days 1,2 and 4 off the top of my head.

(stalking I would have done anyway)
 
12 stalks @ £60 = £720
3 deer shot @ £40 = £120
3 DMQ paperwork @ £40 = £120
+ petrol (£? Lots)
Total = £960 + petrol


Always seen plenty of roe every outing but circumstance led to only 3 successful stalks. Didn't seem expensive at the time as cost spread over 1 year.

PS not my ground
 
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4 stalkes £200 + fuel @ £180 + a bottle of whiskey (not including registration fee)
Wingy
 
My own ground
3 stalks (2 stalks were on the same day)
AW for 2 ..CW for 1
L2 registration £105 I think
about £30 fuel
£35 for AW to fill in 2 culls and breakfast for both AW and CW
8 beasts were shot only 3 needed
my beasts and all sold to a local butcher
so came away with costs covered and extra spends
the beauty of doing it on your own ground
not all are as lucky
 
3 stalks.

No cost (to me) as it was paid for by my Individual Learning Account - remember them? And my AW (or at least his OH) provided an excellent breakfast on each occasion.
 
On my own ground. 3 stalks on 1 day. Cost of fuel £50. Gift for AW £40. Carcasses to game dealer, £150 approx. Total £60 in pocket :D
 
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