DOLLSEYES Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 (edited) Last year ,we the beaters were asked by the shoot captain to tip the keeper.Do any other shoots do this? Edited July 19, 2008 by DOLLSEYES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogie Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 we dont on our shoot but i would be more than willing to tip the keeper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Last year ,we the beaters were asked by the shoot captain to tip the keeper.Do any other shoots do this? Not heard of that one round here. Do people pay to go beating round your neck of the woods then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Farmer Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 I presume you mean following a days shooting at the end of a season as I can't see why you be asked to tip otherwise? Have always understood that at the end of the season there is a 'keepers day' when the shoot captain or the esate owner will let the keeper have a day to invite his guests to come and shoot. The keepers then usually gives the hard working, underpaid, loyal members of the beating team the opportunity to shoot by way of a 'thank you'. What appears to have developed over the years is that the beaters now feel it is their right to shoot at the end of the season and don't feel they should have to tip the keeper. You really would not believe the ammount of beaters that get the ache if the keeper actually invites a guest to shoot and that person finds themselves in the 'hot spots' throughout the day!! Some people seem to loose sight of the fact that it's not about bagging as many as you can but about being out there with a gun over your arm and a dog at your heel. So in my opinion, and I know I am 'old school', if you are a beater and you are given that opportunity to shoot you should offer to tip. Don't faff around with the 'money in a hat' thing because there are a lot of tight fisted **** out there who don't feel they should, (or even worse will throw coins in!) and my friend you will all get tarnished with the same brush. A crisp £10 note in a hand shake is sufficient to say a small thank you for your days invitation and trust me it will speak volumes when it comes to sorting out who gets to go where roost shooting and who gets the first phone call when the pigeons are playing havock with the drill...etc. :yp: In a mjority of cases the tip will not get accepted because it is probably not expected but even if it is what's a tenner for a days sport!...... It's just a little harder to say thanks for a day when you got soaking wet, only had one shot at a 200 yard rook, put a hole in your wellies and some idiots dog decided it wanted to ride your bitch all day!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyR Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Well said that man. I couldn't agree more. and whilst I am at it - don't you just hate people who don't wave when they are coming towards you and you let them through in your car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markm Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 alot of beaters feel that they have some right to shoot at the end of the year I think you might find that a lot of people do beat for the keepers day (and being out in the countryside). I don't think many do it for the large pay of (often) £2 per hour. Shoots that don't give them (in my opinion) may find it difficult to get what are (when you take cost of dog, food, petrol etc etc) at the best volunteers or in most cases paying to help out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDFrain Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 spot on Giles, A little token gesture gets you a long way, i certainly would not be were i am without buying the odd few pints for keepers and farmers. at the end of the day it benifits us all. john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickshot Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Always Tip The Keeper. Always Have. Always Will. QS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 tip keeper's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprinter Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 If you tried to tip our keeper at the end of a beaters day you would probably not get to beat there next year as for filling him up with beer later in the evening he's quite partial to a bit of that esp as all the pressure of the season is over and he has put on a good show for the lads at the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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