hookbones Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 I was a regular beater infact THE REGULAR BEATER for a shoot over a season giving both time to shoot days as well as work parties, I have the outlay of the fuel to get there n back, I provide the use of an air scenting dog ect ect ...I dont get payed, I dont get any rough/pigeon shooting,I dont even get a brew on a cold day...the only thing you got for all your sweat n ripped waterproofs was the beaters day held on boxing day. however upon arriving on said beaters day i found i was alone... no1 even bothered telling me they couldnt be bothered, a few days later i managed to get hold of the cpt and was told in a rather mater of fact way that as theres only me really beaten it had been decided to cancel it. I was disgusted by the way i was taken for granted n in 1 phone call felt all the pleasure beating gave me bleed away while mentally taking stock of all the weekends i could have been shooting or enjoyin my fine nubile lass.. both me and the shoot learned something and it boils down to this... beaters are a resource vital to the day and as such should be appreciated cos they can be gone in an instant look after them and be grateful because there will always be a shoot not to far away that will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbuss Posted January 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 (edited) Cheers guys, I've a load of offers from help from here and the shoot now has enough beaters courtesy of PW, for which they are VERY grateful! AB I think you're right about spreading yourself too thin. I'm guilty of it myself this season. It's only my second seasons beating and I'm on 3 shoots. I have managed to juggle them all but the missus is a bit cheesed off as she's hardly seen me at weekends all season, which is compounded by the fact I work away from home midweek! I will cut it back to the 1 or 2 smaller ones next year. HB that's a p!ss poor way to be treated I seem to be very lucky as all three of the shoots I beat on really value their beaters. Benefits vary - all pay, two at £25 and one at £20, but the later (the subject of this thread) is only half a day. 2 do beaters days. 1 provides a hot home cooked lunch with beer and port on tap, another provides a can of beer and home made cake. On all 3 you can always take a brace of pheasants or partridge. These are asides though, the banter is great the countryide stunning and the guns and keepers ALWAYS say thank you Edited January 6, 2010 by Blunderbuss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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