Shooting knobbers/yearlings

[Heym SR20]

a bit like what will happen to edinburgh financial services if Independence comes our way!

Dont go there - that's why we all have spend our time in London!

 

[User00003]

also don't forget that the yearling males are by far the most destructive from a fraying perspective.

 

[Tackleberry270]

Opps I totally misread that, thank you for pointing that out. Long day Apologies to Tackleberry.

no offence taken anyway! I think we all posted roughly the same thing at the same time before refreshing the screen!

 

[Tackleberry270]

Knowing how a couple of estates work perhaps this is referring to opportunities to cull young animals free of charge whilst out for the opportunity of a mature animal. I know one finds it too much hassle to even take paying clients out for cull animals and would rather do it themselves.

 

[pitiliedon]

Unfortunately the costs to the estates of going to the hill to shoot a mature stag is the same as shooting a knobber stag. The cost of a, man, vehicle , ATV and ghillie if your lucky ,makes coming off the hill with one stag a day a marginal exercise. In the past i've offered clients the opportunity to take a poorer young animal or more , gratis after a mature cull animal has been grassed , as chance /time/ circumstance allowed. Taking the cull from across the age classes is vital as in each age cohort there will be strong and poorer animals, i would no-more shoot a young spiker with velvet above his ears than i would a young royal. Too many people leave a" young" 6 pointer to improve, they can, but in reality it's better to be well rid, as it is likely older than you think and in anycase if it was growing well it would have probably been an eight or better. Far better to remove this class of animal than a really strong spiker. imo

 

[Squeeze the Trigger.]

well put pitiliedon, the first decent responce from someone who sings from the same hymn sheet as myself.....