Hi. AGAIN but I think I should reintroduce myself.

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Tulloch

Tulloch

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My name is David Tulloch

I am the syndicates manager and other titles (running joke) on behalf of a massive syndicate and game management company based in the North and Northeast of Scotland.

I like my position and I am proud to be part of team that provides the best opportunities for stalkers to feel the freedom of lone unaccompanied stalking in some of the best forests the Highlands can provide.

Let me start by telling you about myself.

I shot my first deer before I was 13 and gralloched my first deer before that , my passion is not deer but Grouse and I part trained to be a grouse keeper when I was younger after spending some time in the army. Family difficulties struck and I gave up my position possibly given up the best chance of the best outdoor education I could possibly gain, but life is life.

I truly love writing and I like writing articles and my first experience of this is when I was featured on an addition of Salmon Trout and Sea trout Magazine in the early 90's on an article on fishing in the area I lived. I also wrote a number of articles for Shooting Times when I was a trainee keeper.

Anyone who knows me will know I have always been into shooting, from a young age I was around firearms and shotguns and it always seem to speak to me. I won a number of target competitions through club competitions and through Scouts and cadets but hunting was always my thing.

I still write articles and independent reviews through Fieldsports Scotland and I really enjoy it.

Over the years I have been a great advocate of fair shooting policies and tried to help people to get into the sport. I like to offer equipment advice where I can and try pass on the knowledge taught to me from others. I have spent a lot of my time trying to broaden my experience in the shooting world and one of the most fun things I have done in the last couple of years is competing in the K&M Gap Grind in Tennessee, USA where I was placed 80th out of 360 competitors, although I choked and screwed the first day it really did open my eyes to the real truth about shooters in the U.S and their utter respect for the sport and the people in it, something that is lacking in the U.K. Through this I learned the value of BC over velocity and the finer art of long range shooting.

I maybe 40 years of age but every day I am learning and if a day comes I am not learning then I am dead.

First and foremost I am a father of 4 kids and they are my life, I am not rich by any means in fact I am not comfortable financially so I can offer the best budgeting advice that I go by.

My pet hates are those who pick on and bully people, there is just no need for it.

You might wonder why I am giving you my life story well, a lot of people thought I just appeared out of the woodwork one day and was handed this job and opportunities I have but I have worked hard and earned every bit of stalking I have and I do like to try share.

I shoot . 6.5 Creedmoor, .270 , .243 and .22lr with my Creedmoor and .270 both being Tikkas , my .22lr's are CZ and my .243 is a Browning Abolt2.

I review for Zeiss, Thomas Jacks and Bestard Boots all independent so able to give my honest opinion.

So there you have it , I am an open book.
 
One of the best introductions I have read on this site. Always nice to see where others are coming from. Welcome on board. How did you get into the GAP Grind? Can't be many UK competitors. I don't know if you have seen that PRS style shooting is starting up in the UK.
 
Welcome, David.

I think you kindly offered my friend’s son a free, introductory day of shooting instruction and stalk (on Facebook this week.)

Many thanks,

Ben
 
srvet said:
One of the best introductions I have read on this site. Always nice to see where others are coming from. Welcome on board. How did you get into the GAP Grind? Can't be many UK competitors. I don't know if you have seen that PRS style shooting is starting up in the UK.
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Hi Mate ,

A friend if mine is one of the Highest placed competitors in the Core and PRS series, he invited me to be his amatuer and I made the 18 hour trip back in time to Tennessee.

I think I am one of very few Brits or maybe even the first Brit to compete . The got my name wrong though , The whole weekend they called me David Scotland which was a source of amusement.

Anyhow, it is an experience I believe that every shooter should experience and it really does clear up some myths about the American shooting world.

I was made very welcome and I cannot believe how amazing shooting in the US was.

Well worth the trip.
 
xavierdoc said:
Welcome, David.

I think you kindly offered my friend’s son a free, introductory day of shooting instruction and stalk (on Facebook this week.)

Many thanks,

Ben
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Possibly did mate , I shoot every day so I am always up for helping newbies out , just the other dayba lad had a dilema on what calibre to buy , I allowed him to shoot my 3 cf's and now he is buying a .243

How can newbies learn with just words on a screen?
 
Lovely idea to do a reintroduction! Would be great if some of the other long-standing members would follow your example and do the same. I'm sure there's plenty of folk on here who originally introduced themselves as amateurs or newbies, in need of help and guidance, who are now relatively experienced deer managers, able to offer advice to those beginners coming up the ladder behind them.
Updates would be nice.
 
VSS said:
Lovely idea to do a reintroduction! Would be great if some of the other long-standing members would follow your example and do the same. I'm sure there's plenty of folk on here who originally introduced themselves as amateurs or newbies, in need of help and guidance, who are now relatively experienced deer managers, able to offer advice to those beginners coming up the ladder behind them.
Updates would be nice.
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Not a bad idea, actually... I saw a chap joined from London recently in comparable circumstances to how I did years ago. I mean to answer but I've acquired a new baby in the interim and my hands have been a bit full... Ha! There's an update for you.
 
VSS said:
Lovely idea to do a reintroduction! Would be great if some of the other long-standing members would follow your example and do the same. I'm sure there's plenty of folk on here who originally introduced themselves as amateurs or newbies, in need of help and guidance, who are now relatively experienced deer managers, able to offer advice to those beginners coming up the ladder behind them.
Updates would be nice.
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Just thought, I have been a member for five years and for the last year or two I have hardly been on although I kept meaning too. So this week I popped back up and renewed my trade membership and started posting again, So out of politeness I thought a reintroduction was in order.
 
Tulloch said:
My name is David Tulloch

I am the syndicates manager and other titles (running joke) on behalf of a massive syndicate and game management company based in the North and Northeast of Scotland.

I like my position and I am proud to be part of team that provides the best opportunities for stalkers to feel the freedom of lone unaccompanied stalking in some of the best forests the Highlands can provide.

Let me start by telling you about myself.

I shot my first deer before I was 13 and gralloched my first deer before that , my passion is not deer but Grouse and I part trained to be a grouse keeper when I was younger after spending some time in the army. Family difficulties struck and I gave up my position possibly given up the best chance of the best outdoor education I could possibly gain, but life is life.

I truly love writing and I like writing articles and my first experience of this is when I was featured on an addition of Salmon Trout and Sea trout Magazine in the early 90's on an article on fishing in the area I lived. I also wrote a number of articles for Shooting Times when I was a trainee keeper.

Anyone who knows me will know I have always been into shooting, from a young age I was around firearms and shotguns and it always seem to speak to me. I won a number of target competitions through club competitions and through Scouts and cadets but hunting was always my thing.

I still write articles and independent reviews through Fieldsports Scotland and I really enjoy it.

Over the years I have been a great advocate of fair shooting policies and tried to help people to get into the sport. I like to offer equipment advice where I can and try pass on the knowledge taught to me from others. I have spent a lot of my time trying to broaden my experience in the shooting world and one of the most fun things I have done in the last couple of years is competing in the K&M Gap Grind in Tennessee, USA where I was placed 80th out of 360 competitors, although I choked and screwed the first day it really did open my eyes to the real truth about shooters in the U.S and their utter respect for the sport and the people in it, something that is lacking in the U.K. Through this I learned the value of BC over velocity and the finer art of long range shooting.

I maybe 40 years of age but every day I am learning and if a day comes I am not learning then I am dead.

First and foremost I am a father of 4 kids and they are my life, I am not rich by any means in fact I am not comfortable financially so I can offer the best budgeting advice that I go by.

My pet hates are those who pick on and bully people, there is just no need for it.

You might wonder why I am giving you my life story well, a lot of people thought I just appeared out of the woodwork one day and was handed this job and opportunities I have but I have worked hard and earned every bit of stalking I have and I do like to try share.

I shoot . 6.5 Creedmoor, .270 , .243 and .22lr with my Creedmoor and .270 both being Tikkas , my .22lr's are CZ and my .243 is a Browning Abolt2.

I review for Zeiss, Thomas Jacks and Bestard Boots all independent so able to give my honest opinion.

So there you have it , I am an open book.
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Sir it sounds like you are very busy working and doing what you love can I ask do you have members who shoot from a high seat and do you have people who are or have a disability that stops them doing so If so I have been working on a high seat that is a lift so you can shoot from a wheel chair or have a good seating position to shoot from its powered from larger cell phone battery which will allow to go up and down many times it is in the design stage but looking for shoots who would be interested just because you have walking issues it need not stop you shooting thank you for the time to read this I live on the borders
 
moatman said:
Sir it sounds like you are very busy working and doing what you love can I ask do you have members who shoot from a high seat and do you have people who are or have a disability that stops them doing so If so I have been working on a high seat that is a lift so you can shoot from a wheel chair or have a good seating position to shoot from its powered from larger cell phone battery which will allow to go up and down many times it is in the design stage but looking for shoots who would be interested just because you have walking issues it need not stop you shooting thank you for the time to read this I live on the borders
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It sounds very good what you are doing , we as company actually take nothing to do with highseats, we dont construct or maintain them and syndicate members are told to use high seats at their own risk

regards
 
Tulloch said:
My name is David Tulloch

I am the syndicates manager and other titles (running joke) on behalf of a massive syndicate and game management company based in the North and Northeast of Scotland.

I like my position and I am proud to be part of team that provides the best opportunities for stalkers to feel the freedom of lone unaccompanied stalking in some of the best forests the Highlands can provide.

Let me start by telling you about myself.

I shot my first deer before I was 13 and gralloched my first deer before that , my passion is not deer but Grouse and I part trained to be a grouse keeper when I was younger after spending some time in the army. Family difficulties struck and I gave up my position possibly given up the best chance of the best outdoor education I could possibly gain, but life is life.

I truly love writing and I like writing articles and my first experience of this is when I was featured on an addition of Salmon Trout and Sea trout Magazine in the early 90's on an article on fishing in the area I lived. I also wrote a number of articles for Shooting Times when I was a trainee keeper.

Anyone who knows me will know I have always been into shooting, from a young age I was around firearms and shotguns and it always seem to speak to me. I won a number of target competitions through club competitions and through Scouts and cadets but hunting was always my thing.

I still write articles and independent reviews through Fieldsports Scotland and I really enjoy it.

Over the years I have been a great advocate of fair shooting policies and tried to help people to get into the sport. I like to offer equipment advice where I can and try pass on the knowledge taught to me from others. I have spent a lot of my time trying to broaden my experience in the shooting world and one of the most fun things I have done in the last couple of years is competing in the K&M Gap Grind in Tennessee, USA where I was placed 80th out of 360 competitors, although I choked and screwed the first day it really did open my eyes to the real truth about shooters in the U.S and their utter respect for the sport and the people in it, something that is lacking in the U.K. Through this I learned the value of BC over velocity and the finer art of long range shooting.

I maybe 40 years of age but every day I am learning and if a day comes I am not learning then I am dead.

First and foremost I am a father of 4 kids and they are my life, I am not rich by any means in fact I am not comfortable financially so I can offer the best budgeting advice that I go by.

My pet hates are those who pick on and bully people, there is just no need for it.

You might wonder why I am giving you my life story well, a lot of people thought I just appeared out of the woodwork one day and was handed this job and opportunities I have but I have worked hard and earned every bit of stalking I have and I do like to try share.

I shoot . 6.5 Creedmoor, .270 , .243 and .22lr with my Creedmoor and .270 both being Tikkas , my .22lr's are CZ and my .243 is a Browning Abolt2.

I review for Zeiss, Thomas Jacks and Bestard Boots all independent so able to give my honest opinion.

So there you have it , I am an open book.
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Great introduction :thumb: welcome back to the SD.john
 
Tulloch said:
My name is David Tulloch

I am the syndicates manager and other titles (running joke) on behalf of a massive syndicate and game management company based in the North and Northeast of Scotland.

I like my position and I am proud to be part of team that provides the best opportunities for stalkers to feel the freedom of lone unaccompanied stalking in some of the best forests the Highlands can provide.

Let me start by telling you about myself.

I shot my first deer before I was 13 and gralloched my first deer before that , my passion is not deer but Grouse and I part trained to be a grouse keeper when I was younger after spending some time in the army. Family difficulties struck and I gave up my position possibly given up the best chance of the best outdoor education I could possibly gain, but life is life.

I truly love writing and I like writing articles and my first experience of this is when I was featured on an addition of Salmon Trout and Sea trout Magazine in the early 90's on an article on fishing in the area I lived. I also wrote a number of articles for Shooting Times when I was a trainee keeper.

Anyone who knows me will know I have always been into shooting, from a young age I was around firearms and shotguns and it always seem to speak to me. I won a number of target competitions through club competitions and through Scouts and cadets but hunting was always my thing.

I still write articles and independent reviews through Fieldsports Scotland and I really enjoy it.

Over the years I have been a great advocate of fair shooting policies and tried to help people to get into the sport. I like to offer equipment advice where I can and try pass on the knowledge taught to me from others. I have spent a lot of my time trying to broaden my experience in the shooting world and one of the most fun things I have done in the last couple of years is competing in the K&M Gap Grind in Tennessee, USA where I was placed 80th out of 360 competitors, although I choked and screwed the first day it really did open my eyes to the real truth about shooters in the U.S and their utter respect for the sport and the people in it, something that is lacking in the U.K. Through this I learned the value of BC over velocity and the finer art of long range shooting.

I maybe 40 years of age but every day I am learning and if a day comes I am not learning then I am dead.

First and foremost I am a father of 4 kids and they are my life, I am not rich by any means in fact I am not comfortable financially so I can offer the best budgeting advice that I go by.

My pet hates are those who pick on and bully people, there is just no need for it.

You might wonder why I am giving you my life story well, a lot of people thought I just appeared out of the woodwork one day and was handed this job and opportunities I have but I have worked hard and earned every bit of stalking I have and I do like to try share.

I shoot . 6.5 Creedmoor, .270 , .243 and .22lr with my Creedmoor and .270 both being Tikkas , my .22lr's are CZ and my .243 is a Browning Abolt2.

I review for Zeiss, Thomas Jacks and Bestard Boots all independent so able to give my honest opinion.

So there you have it , I am an open book.
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Hi, that is an impressive re-introduction although it is few years old as I read it. It was however your detailed post and review of the Zeiss Victory HT 10x54 which drew me into this site, I'd never heard of it previously. Following a day on the hill with an old friend a couple of weeks back, he had his trusty 10x56 Swaros of which I feasted my eyes onto. Several years back I had a pair of Zeiss Night Owls 8x56, Ive had many Zeiss binoculars over the years, 10x40 & 7x42 Dialyts, Night owl, currently 8x42 Victory SF and 8x40 Victory SFL. Delighted as I am with both current pairs (and my Zeiss 18-45 spotter) I still consider the Night owls the best of all which I have owned, it was only the weight which caused me to change. Ive owned Leica and Swaro EL's but Zeiis is my preference, their colouration suits my eye. I am contemplating getting the 8x54 HT's but would like to try, field test a pair, before committing. Do you know of anywhere (preferably Scotland) that do field trials of that model. My enquiries lead me to think it is not a popular binocular, likely due to the size and trying to find a stockist who holds them is proving difficult.
Any advice would be grateful if at all possible. Thanks.
 
I’m glad you got to come to the US and get an honest assessment of our people. YouTube and various hunting shows, as well as the media, often portray us in a rather poor light.

And long range shooting is a blast isn’t it? Years ago while in graduate school I met a friend that was a long range guy, whereas I was a devotee of the shotgun. We traded knowledge and each served as mentor to the other. For a short while I was shooting open sight Garand matches and enjoyed them thoroughly. I also realized that I could pour a great deal of money down that hole if I wasn’t careful…..
 
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