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    What iv been up to..

    Hi guys,

    its been a long time since iv posted on here, thought id explain where iv been for so long...

    about a year and a half ago I decided I wouldn't be happy unless I followed my dream and tried to become a full time gamekeeper, so after a lot of thought I realised I would have to go at this full throttle or I wouldn't get what I wanted. and if I had failed I would be happy knowing I tried.

    so I quit my job and started to volunteer full time on a large pheasant and partridge shoot in Lancashire. I had experience of trapping and shooting and had done a lot of beating and some gundog training previously so this stood me in good stead.

    After 6 months of volunteering and living in my caravan man cave (purchased for 50 quid!) I was put forward by the head keeper I was helping out for a position on a small duck shoot also in Lancashire.

    I got the job and have been working there full time as a single handed keeper since. and I couldn't be happier, im literally living the dream.

    its a duck shoot mainly with some pheasant and partridge, we put out about 7000 birds each year.

    I now spend my days out all day in the country side feeding my birds as well as vermin control (trapping,snaring and shooting) as well as dog training and prepping for my shoots on a Friday.

    so now everything is starting to settle down I have some spare time to do more bushcraft and post on here.

    thanks guys

    Shep!

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    Hiya Shep, welcome back and congratulations mate.. Not many people achieve their full dreams, and being happy in what you do is worth more than you can put a price on.

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    thanks mate, yeah.. id still be doing it for free if I didn't have bills.. its so rewarding.

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    Welcome back Shep, good to see you have got a job that you enjoy doing.

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    thanks mate

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    Well done Shep,(Friend added),"Live the Dream",so many leave it until its too late....
    Its a good number of birds your putting out.But when one enjoys ones "work" its not a chore.
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    thank you pal.. that was my worry, so wanted to grab it both hands.. cheers

    Shep

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    Congratulations on that achievement. Speaking from experience of doing the same in another line of work/lifestyle it's always going to be worth it :-)
    Life took me in another direction eventually...but I look back on that period of my life as the happiest in my life, only surpassed by watching the boys grow up :-)
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    Lucky you and well done

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    thank you very much pal.. was a hard road to get here but would do it all over again

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