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"Dave P" <davepnojunk@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:2q5q6aFri79aU1@uni-berlin.de:
> Been offered a place on a syndicate which covers 2000 acres of mixed
> woodland & open ground with red, roe and sitka deer. Unlimited
> access, all kills to the rifle. What kind of price would you expect
> to pay per annum?
How many stalkers are there?
What was last years cull numbers?
Have you seen last years cull records?
Are you expected to correctly cull or are you out there as a slayer? (in
other words are you going to manage the deer with-in a management plan or
are you just going to stalk the deer and shoot an appropriate (hopefully)
beast?)
You have obviously been told a price but you must have your concerns
(hence your post), what is your concerns?
I pay anything from £70 to £2000 for stalking rights but before I go and
pay my money, I need to see evidence of deer activity and speak to the
landowner.
For me it’s all about management and not slaying, I can rent a days
slaying for £5 which will give me as many deer as I shoot, that’s trophies
inc.
One of the down sides to stalking is that generally speaking if you have
to share the stalking, you can bet your last £ that someone else will mess
things up in one way or another. For example a friend of mine joined a
syndicate last year (500 acres of prime fallow stalking), June of this
year he found a shot doe, laying next to her was her kid (all knew which
member it was but he was the originator of the syndicate). That would be
the end for me, I would likely be arrested and sentence for several
charges of GBH. So my advice is if you don’t know the chaps involved,
think about leasing your own patch. Surprisingly it’s not that expensive
and of course you’ll have the opportunity to manage any resident deer. The
woodland trust tenders woodland for stalking and generally speaking deals
can be struck. The FC will also tender but they can cost upwards of
£000’s. It’s also worth remembering that if you’re only out there to slay
for meat then 50 acres of prime land is better than 3000 acres of sparse
land.
I’m not sure if I’ve been of any help but that’s my 2p’s worth.
One last point, before you spend thy money make sure there are deer
present, I’ve been to land where you would bet a weeks wage there would be
deer, I’ve even spoken to the land owner who has confirmed masses of deer
but the only tracks and jumps I could find were sheep. I was later told
that this landowner had conned another chap the year previous and at £500
for 400 acres it would have been a very costly mistake.
John
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