how to become a gamekeeper

[david mc 1]

just asking what the best way is about goin to become a gamekeeper my cuzzin is leaving school and he is certain thats wat he wants to be any info will help cheers

[RubyTex 1,957]

He'll be best off going to one of the colleges, seems to be now a piece of paper means more than the experience IMO

[milegajo 595]

Buy some pheasant poults. Raise em. Then charge for the privilege of shooting em. I can see a window for urbanisation too. Raise em in your garden then let the neighbours know when they'll be released. All can stand on their postage stamps and shoot em as they fly over (straight up so as to stay legal and preserve sky dishes etc).

 

What oh chaps! Now the proletariate can be Hooray Henrys too! Hooray!

[BEARINATOR 2,872]

He'll be best off going to one of the colleges, seems to be now a piece of paper means more than the experience IMO

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[gonetoearth 5,144]

college is great sparshalt being for me the pick but am bias , but the first step is go around estates try and get some beating prove your worth voulenter for any thing to help the keeper , get involved , its hard work , cleaning out rearing huts cleaning feeders drinkers filling feed bins hoppers on shoot days get there early help with setting up the day just make your self invaluble , then if it is still you target apply to a college and get some qalifications experience and a qaul make you a bit more employable and enjoy the best days of your life i wish you luck and dont give in

[danw 1,748]

college is great sparshalt being for me the pick but am bias , but the first step is go around estates try and get some beating prove your worth voulenter for any thing to help the keeper , get involved , its hard work , cleaning out rearing huts cleaning feeders drinkers filling feed bins hoppers on shoot days get there early help with setting up the day just make your self invaluble , then if it is still you target apply to a college and get some qalifications experience and a qaul make you a bit more employable and enjoy the best days of your life i wish you luck and dont give in

 

 

spot on :thumbs:

[Ideation 8,216]

It's helpful if you get known as a good lad, who is responsible, handy round a shoot etc. Will really help, if you know a few fok, when it comes to looking for a job. A lot of jobs are never really advertised publicly.

[RubyTex 1,957]

college is great sparshalt being for me the pick but am bias , but the first step is go around estates try and get some beating prove your worth voulenter for any thing to help the keeper , get involved , its hard work , cleaning out rearing huts cleaning feeders drinkers filling feed bins hoppers on shoot days get there early help with setting up the day just make your self invaluble , then if it is still you target apply to a college and get some qalifications experience and a qaul make you a bit more employable and enjoy the best days of your life i wish you luck and dont give in

 

This i've just got to get round to the college bit, there's lads coming straight outta college getting work but if you don't have that magical piece of paper, you're fecked no matter how much you've done

[danw 1,748]

college is great sparshalt being for me the pick but am bias , but the first step is go around estates try and get some beating prove your worth voulenter for any thing to help the keeper , get involved , its hard work , cleaning out rearing huts cleaning feeders drinkers filling feed bins hoppers on shoot days get there early help with setting up the day just make your self invaluble , then if it is still you target apply to a college and get some qalifications experience and a qaul make you a bit more employable and enjoy the best days of your life i wish you luck and dont give in

 

This i've just got to get round to the college bit, there's lads coming straight outta college getting work but if you don't have that magical piece of paper, you're fecked no matter how much you've done

 

 

f*****g crazy aint it I would and always did take lads with experience over college I know it's a generalisation but I worked on the theory that a lad with experience already knows how hard the job really is where as a college lad usually has the idea that the jobs a piece of piss and that they should get a headkeepers job straight from school LOL ask any lad as went to college how many in his class made it as a keeper aint usually many

[sikastag_1 689]

Going to college is good and well, but students are churned out year after year with no jobs lined up, if you want my opinion mate go to Thurso college is the way forward, work based courses, best of both worlds.

[sikastag_1 689]

And paper doesn't come before experience lads, when do you ever read in a keepin advert must have xxxxxxx qualifications, it says experience, when really we all know it's who you know lol, good luck to your mate anyway

[RubyTex 1,957]

college is great sparshalt being for me the pick but am bias , but the first step is go around estates try and get some beating prove your worth voulenter for any thing to help the keeper , get involved , its hard work , cleaning out rearing huts cleaning feeders drinkers filling feed bins hoppers on shoot days get there early help with setting up the day just make your self invaluble , then if it is still you target apply to a college and get some qalifications experience and a qaul make you a bit more employable and enjoy the best days of your life i wish you luck and dont give in

 

This i've just got to get round to the college bit, there's lads coming straight outta college getting work but if you don't have that magical piece of paper, you're fecked no matter how much you've done

 

 

f*****g crazy aint it I would and always did take lads with experience over college I know it's a generalisation but I worked on the theory that a lad with experience already knows how hard the job really is where as a college lad usually has the idea that the jobs a piece of piss and that they should get a headkeepers job straight from school LOL ask any lad as went to college how many in his class made it as a keeper aint usually many

 

a lad who's been on the job even just as a 'taster' with his local shoot knows the crack! ie up at all hours, all weathers, busting your bollocks, chasing birds (not the human kind either!!), i've picked up a shotgun a handful of times in all my time as an underkeeper so a lot of people will be disappointed at the lack of shooting...i miss it!! Doing a bit of unpaid 'keeping over the winter and i'll hopefully get back into a paid role next year.

[danw 1,748]

I would advise the lad to get round every game farm he can now for next years season not only will he gain experience rearing but he will get contacts and for sure in this game it is who you know as was said above most jobs won't be advertised so it is up to him to put in the leg work.

 

 

Rubytex hope you get back full time mate do you have anything lined up?

[david mc 1]

cheers lads for the great reply's

[RubyTex 1,957]

Rubytex hope you get back full time mate do you have anything lined up?

 

possibly in North Yorkshire but i've heard nothing back for a while. Other than that i'll just see what vacancies arise after the current season ends and go from there.

 

David mc let us know how he gets on if he does decide to go down the deep dark route that is game keeping