Admire

Just another shot of the Red Stag at Somerset.

Any one fancy taking on those points?

Name the deer

Can you name the deer? Yes they are Sika.

Just the type of identification we went through on the course.

Run in

Some of the enclosed deer running in for the afternoon feed.

Rifle Test DSC1

Smudge and Stephen on the range re the DSC1 rifle test. Even though it's just a paper target it made the heart race. Shots taken at 100 yards prone, 70 yards sitting and 40 yards standing.

Red Hinds Feeding

Some of the Red Hinds feeding in another of the enclosure's

Fallow Bucks and Sika Stag's munching on feed pellets.

This Sika Stag has a repaired broken back leg, rules the Sika population in the enclosure.

Fallow Racks

A couple of shots of the Fallow Bucks at the assessment centre...

Serious Stag

How about this lad? Bloody enormous!

DSC1 Weekend

Back home today from 3 and a half days of deer, deer and more deer training on the DSC1 course that we attended at Somerset. According to the course trainer, Tim Davies we have passed the assessment's subject to external verification. If this the case then we should know in about six weeks or hopefully less.

Overall the group shown was a good bunch with various levels of experience from not grassing a deer to a number of years in the field.

It's surprising that 9 men can turn to jelly when presented with exam papers to complete....