I have had contact from my own enquiry and spoken to one of those behind the organisation tasked with contacting folks and then one of the long estabished team whom i already know and have staked with a few times .
My own dog is 3 years old and not a puppy and i already have a dog who has tracked deer in heavy cover etc . Not many because i dont take shots that challege me but i can miss and i can wound ( a loose moderator caught me out on the range earlier in the week doing a bit of trajectory mapping , first occurrence thing for me) I once blew the rear leg off a fox because i hit a branch unseen in the scope! Its kind of tough to get a long track come up often enough TBF . i use the dog because i have to actually see blood . My dogs can run at high speed air scenting off the trod alone
but without wounded deer i cannot refine that, be a good way to refine my dog .
when the young dog qualifies i live in an area with a good population of deer , i can lay blood trails into areas populated by deer here and will do my level best to make training days . Travel many hundred miles ? cant afford to ! But i have good links and ground in Bowland, North Yorkshire and the lakes, so perhaps we can make the numbers to really make things happen fast all over the UK eh?
Nobody needs to be lectured after loosing a deer and nobody should expect the guy with a dog to defo find the beast but its worth trying with a tested dog.
Derogatory comments about the scheame, lack of contact back should honestly be kept to one's self the only money being spoken about is comming from candidates who wish to take the tests required for the dog and its not a lot . it isnt free to run the org , kitting out stands etc . Considering many will pay upwards of £200 for someone to take them on an armed walk
