Roe deer pest control

[Night Hunter 109]

Hi Ive recently been recomended to a client who has asked me to control roe deer and he requires me to invoice him for the work but Im not sure what the going rate is,would you bill per visit/per beast/or per year.

 

In the past I have just kept the carcass and this is the first time I have been asked to bill for my services but with rising fuel and ammunition prices etc this may be an oppertunity to cover some expenses although I have been stalking for 15+ years I may also have to fork out for my DCS1+2.

 

I have walked the ground and there is visual signs of deer dammage grazing at shoulder height and young saplings have been topped also severe brashing at knee height I estimate probably 20-30 deer but the ground is not fenced in and there may be quite a few more,there is poor vehicle access so everything that is shot will have to be extracted manually in the roe sack.

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated pm me if preffered cheers.

[vincy 3]

mate i would just tell him its a free service and that your happy to keep the deer you shoot unless he wants any

[Night Hunter 109]

mate i would just tell him its a free service and that your happy to keep the deer you shoot unless he wants any

I will probably suggest that to him and that if he is required to bill for the service that he can take me on his books as part time or something like that mate,I think It could open up a few more oppertunities for free stalking for me....but Im running out of freezer space and we are just at the start of the bucks lol I may have to sell a few to fund my DCS

[whippet 99 2,613]

mate i would just tell him its a free service and that your happy to keep the deer you shoot unless he wants any

i disagree , i suggest you register a buisness name and invoice him properly , you would pay a little tax- what ever you declare, you will be able to claim back your fuel etc, and even when you buy vehicles, claim for your mobile - everything which involves exspense with your job. be professional as you can as it will lead on from this job. the owner would like to tell everyone he has a pro stalker, this could be the start of agood thing.

its easy to register your own buisness and the benefits will astound you. look into it and get some one to help you who is self employed. go for it , and good luck

[Night Hunter 109]

mate i would just tell him its a free service and that your happy to keep the deer you shoot unless he wants any

i disagree , i suggest you register a buisness name and invoice him properly , you would pay a little tax- what ever you declare, you will be able to claim back your fuel etc, and even when you buy vehicles, claim for your mobile - everything which involves exspense with your job. be professional as you can as it will lead on from this job. the owner would like to tell everyone he has a pro stalker, this could be the start of agood thing.

its easy to register your own buisness and the benefits will astound you. look into it and get some one to help you who is self employed. go for it , and good luck

 

This may be a a viable option which sound great re.the tax benifits alone but I would have to find out what would be an acceptible fee to charge so as not to be too expensive. I have a mate that could help me with the business side of things.

 

If you had the oppertunity what do you think would be an acceptable fee etc to cover expenses.

[Foxy09 3]

Just work out your expenses for doing the work i.e fuel etc then charge him minimum wage per hour on the ground on top of that if your not fussed about the money, but do bare in mind if you do go down the charging him route you will need to have proper public liability insurance and the full method statements and risk assessments in place for carrying out the work.

[Chancer 23]

tell the fella you will take the deer free of charge,providing you have a buyer for them,!

 

a game dealer close to me buys all deer we used to shoot, he paid us by the weight of the beasts,

 

as for expenses just fill up your wheels and give the guy your recipt as proof for fuel etc,

 

find yourself a decent game dealer that will take them from you with no questions asked.

 

otherwise its a lot of work in your hands starting up a small buisness just for the sake of 20-30 deer,

 

youl profit from it in the long run

 

 

YIS CHANCER

[HUnter_zero 58]

i disagree , i suggest you register a buisness name and invoice him properly ,

 

 

Not sure I agree with this, there are all sorts of "other" problems like car insurance, which would need to be for business use, shooting insurance again business use and of course if anything was to go wrong, it seems a lot more sensible to claim compensation from a business than a private individual.

 

Personally, I'd simply do it for free, and sell the carcasses to recover costs.

Often then best way is to keep it simple.

 

Just my opinion

 

John

[DERBOY 18]

you allso need to have your food hygiene cert to sell to your game dealer or to the public.

best of luck

[john robbo 30]

mate i would just tell him its a free service and that your happy to keep the deer you shoot unless he wants any

i disagree , i suggest you register a buisness name and invoice him properly , you would pay a little tax- what ever you declare, you will be able to claim back your fuel etc, and even when you buy vehicles, claim for your mobile - everything which involves exspense with your job. be professional as you can as it will lead on from this job. the owner would like to tell everyone he has a pro stalker, this could be the start of agood thing.

its easy to register your own buisness and the benefits will astound you. look into it and get some one to help you who is self employed. go for it , and good luck

 

This may be a a viable option which sound great re.the tax benifits alone but I would have to find out what would be an acceptible fee to charge so as not to be too expensive. I have a mate that could help me with the business side of things.

 

If you had the oppertunity what do you think would be an acceptable fee etc to cover expenses.

Dont forget when you go pro you have to insure yourself BASC is no good and your truck has to be commercial insurance and your chiller has to be registered with the council etc etc. An accountant is useful also. I would suggest unless you take clients what you shoot will not make it viable.......Keep it ameature and share the meat.

regards John

[Durham(kev) 1]

Mate this is not a good place to get advise as people on here have different answer for different questions.

The best thing for you is if you want to look at starting your business with this (as it is a good line of work and on a bonus its your hobbie why not get paid for it) is to go down your local job centre as you can attend a "start your own business course" for free.look at the pro`s and con`s ring a few pest control people (out of your area, as people will give you false advise in your area as you will become a competitor to them).then make up your own mind as people are jealous and can give you false advise and turn you away with something that could earn you a few pennys.sorry mate but its down to you.But bare in mind that if he is paying you he will expect a professional service and for weighing the beast in that could be a good benifit as when you own your business you do your own books, if you can get what am getting at.its down to you at the end of the day mate

 

good luck

[wireviz 8]

If i get asked a price on a bit of ground were i am removing deer as a job and that it might not be sustainable year in year out. I charge £20 per hour and will charge a wee bit extra if i need to travel quite a distance . I tell them i will be there three hours moring and three evening so they know whats what

[Night Hunter 109]

I have taken onboard what everyone has said and I think setting up a buisiness might be more bother than its worth,I will suggest doing it the way I have done in the past and see how it goes in the first instance until I look into the legal side of setting up a business(free of charge and I keep the carcasses unless he wants the odd one or two).....and if he really wants to part with cash I will ask him to cover my expenses or take me on as a part time PAYE employee,vehicle insurance should be fine I think because I have travel to and from place of work and as said everything would have to be done on foot anyhow.

 

I would like to thank everyone for thier views and input.

Edited April 3, 2011 by Night Hunter

[Durham(kev) 1]

oh and business insurance does not change the amount you pay i have just put 35000 business miles a year on mine and did not change the amount.and the fact that you dont drive when you stalking you will not nearly need that many miles on yours,make sure you attend that course mate its on a night time so dont miss work,and you wont pay tax as you will not earn enough you will get the perks of your own business but if you do it part time play it clever and you wont pay tax look into it mate and i guess you already have shooting insurance that wont have to change because its not your sole line of work just as long as you have public liabilty insurance you will be fine and you dont employ anyone else,anyway dont take my advise or anyone else as i could be wrong as the same as everyone else but its not us pulling the trigger.look into it yourself them its only your self to blame.

[Night Hunter 109]

oh and business insurance does not change the amount you pay i have just put 35000 business miles a year on mine and did not change the amount.and the fact that you dont drive when you stalking you will not nearly need that many miles on yours,make sure you attend that course mate its on a night time so dont miss work,and you wont pay tax as you will not earn enough you will get the perks of your own business but if you do it part time play it clever and you wont pay tax look into it mate and i guess you already have shooting insurance that wont have to change because its not your sole line of work just as long as you have public liabilty insurance you will be fine and you dont employ anyone else,anyway dont take my advise or anyone else as i could be wrong as the same as everyone else but its not us pulling the trigger.look into it yourself them its only your self to blame.

 

I will definately look into it mate..thanks again