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Craig83

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  1. To be honest with you pretty much all the digital stuff is cheap tac.

     

    It wouldn't be professional of me to talk about stuff out of turn. But you get what you pay for. Too many people are paying Vauxhall Corsa money and expecting Ferrari's

     

    Not saying for the masses digital night vision isn't adequate but please leave all the bitching behind.

     

    Horses for courses and al that

  2. The shooting agents Iv worked for and work for now only ever employ on ad hock basis. I have a full time normal job to cover this.

     

    The problem with the agents they need to make money as well to make it worth while the hassle, and in this day and age no one wants to pay a reasonable price.

     

    So self employed is the norm as far as in was aware. Easier for them to just pay your invoices

     

    As for the shooting agent not responding to any form of contact, I don't hear from mine for months at a time. I just put in my invoice in just before April and he pays by BACS.

     

    It's a tough game and every one wants to do the job so he has to accept the ups and downs of it. Because at the age of 25 there will be another 30 or so 25 year olds waiting to jump into his slot.

  3. I'm not sure there were two of them...(my wife couldn't quite get the other one in shot)

     

    The hotel we stayed at offered badger watching sessions where by they leave food on the lawn and the badgers come in within feet.

     

    I really wanted to educate every one of the damage they cause....but my wife kept my on the tightest of tight leashes

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    Yes I know some hunters from the continent who would love to see let alone shoot muntjac like this.

    I sort of hatched a plan to get them over a while ago but it didn't quite come off, I was kind of relieved in the end as I would have felt a bit pressure to deliver.

    Believe it or not there are at least other two bucks way bigger than this one still out there, I can't have guests on my land any more, and I can't afford to have any more mounted for a while so they are being left to pass on their genes for now.

    It's not too bad as we don't offer public stalking trips, just clients of the master who owns the estate.

     

    When I very first started out stalking I was tasked with only managing the muntjac. As that was all o was allowed to shoot I became really obsessed with trying to build

    A good gene pool and get the best heads.

     

    Happy times,

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