Ha ha last I heard the ID was THE way to sell your carcass .Does the DSC cover the food registration ?.Been selling deer for 40 years mate with no repercussions .
Never met a landowner that was concerned over the way deer were sold lol and never met one either that required anything other than a recommendation from another landowner .Yet again someone thinking they are better for a piece of paper lol ,cringeworthy .
For someone without the quals I’ve got plenty of stalking to last me out thanks .
I'm afraid it is
your post that I find extremely 'cringeworthy'!
Just because you've done it for 40 years and got away with it, doesn't mean you've been doing it right for that long! Also, without any quals, you are clearly selling deer illegally?
Maybe that's how you've been so lucky as there is no way of tracing anything back to you?
This kind of behaviour is exactly why venison is now likely to go from being a 'low risk' product to 'high risk' following a recent outbreak of Ecoli in Scotland traced back to venison. We are more than likely to see huge disruption in our EU export sales in the near future due to BREXIT. To then trash our home sales through negligence and the increased scrutiny over a high risk product (which will definitely lower the price of venison) should be a great concern for anyone of us that values or respects our industry.
You suggest above that some would suggest that holding DSC 1 "leads to a superior stalker as some would have us believe"? I don't think I've ever seen anyone suggest that it makes anyone a better stalker? What it does do though is provide the holder with a good underpinning knowledge of basic deer law, safety and firearms law, as well as an understanding and legally recognised qualification of how to put venison into the food chain which is clearly something you are currently lacking? Yes, DSC 1 course DOES highlight the requirement for Food Business Registration, and if you'd done it, you would have known that!
Just because you can't be arsed to do the job properly, your actions should not jeopardise the livelihoods of those that rely upon deer management and venison sales!
You may well have enough stalking to last you out, but your selfishness and arrogant stance could well ruin our industry for those that follow.
Well done!
MS