alberta boy
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Always a good idea , along with a few pressure dressings .
Heym SR20
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The most important kit on the hill is between your ears. It makes good decisions when you are fresh and well fed, it makes very poor decisions when tired and hungry.
Preplanning and working out escape routes, extraction routes as well as where beasts are likely to be and ways to stalk in etc is a very good way to spend wet evenings or time indoors. Google earth is brilliant as you get the 3D view. You can get to know the lie of the land quickly and use your experience from elsewhere.
Having all this already in your head, makes everything very much easier when out on the hill. You will spend less energy getting to where you need to be. And decisions will have mostly been permade.
But remember to take into account conditions on the day.
Most accidents are not the result of one wrong big decision, but cumulative effect of lots of little errors that lead you to lowering a Stag over a small cliff with yourself tied to the other end of the rope and only realising this as the rope goes tight and you get pulled over. Fortunately stag got stuck which saved you going over the next cliff - and yes this did happen to a good friend of mine.
And mostly just take one rifle to the hill with a group of two or three of you. You generally will only shoot one good beast. One rifle is enough, the others are just extra weight.
Preplanning and working out escape routes, extraction routes as well as where beasts are likely to be and ways to stalk in etc is a very good way to spend wet evenings or time indoors. Google earth is brilliant as you get the 3D view. You can get to know the lie of the land quickly and use your experience from elsewhere.
Having all this already in your head, makes everything very much easier when out on the hill. You will spend less energy getting to where you need to be. And decisions will have mostly been permade.
But remember to take into account conditions on the day.
Most accidents are not the result of one wrong big decision, but cumulative effect of lots of little errors that lead you to lowering a Stag over a small cliff with yourself tied to the other end of the rope and only realising this as the rope goes tight and you get pulled over. Fortunately stag got stuck which saved you going over the next cliff - and yes this did happen to a good friend of mine.
And mostly just take one rifle to the hill with a group of two or three of you. You generally will only shoot one good beast. One rifle is enough, the others are just extra weight.
snowgrouse20
Member
1. Roughly whereabouts in Scotland,
Can make a big difference.
2. How big an area is it and type of terrain,
Your neighbouring keepers may be 2 men covering 12,000 acres or so of prime Scottish bog and rock.
3. Possible Quad or Argo access later.
4. Ideally you want to be travelling as light as possible, especially if you're dragging Red Stags any distance, if you don't need a hank of rope why carry it with you.
5. It's a pretty big rucksack that can accommodate bivy bags, rope, tarps, first aid kit, sledge, harness, binos, range finder, Garmin or the like, piece (snap) drink, extra clothing, torch, shells, knife, gloves for gralloching, and finally a rifle.
As someone who stalks in the West coast on the most westerly point of Scotland, sometimes less is more, as it states in the DSC1 learn your terrain, but remember to enjoy it.
Ta much.
Can make a big difference.
2. How big an area is it and type of terrain,
Your neighbouring keepers may be 2 men covering 12,000 acres or so of prime Scottish bog and rock.
3. Possible Quad or Argo access later.
4. Ideally you want to be travelling as light as possible, especially if you're dragging Red Stags any distance, if you don't need a hank of rope why carry it with you.
5. It's a pretty big rucksack that can accommodate bivy bags, rope, tarps, first aid kit, sledge, harness, binos, range finder, Garmin or the like, piece (snap) drink, extra clothing, torch, shells, knife, gloves for gralloching, and finally a rifle.
As someone who stalks in the West coast on the most westerly point of Scotland, sometimes less is more, as it states in the DSC1 learn your terrain, but remember to enjoy it.
Ta much.
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