We have always been happy to include views other than our own on this blog but we have not previously had many takers. The gamekeeper who has featured over the last few days is known to us and we believe, as he does, that his views are representative of a significant group within his occupation. We felt that giving him the opportunity to express those views in a way that made it impossible for him to be identified either by his peers or those who would find his views disgusting was important for the understanding of wildlife crime. We did exclude some comments about politicians, conservationists and members of the Royal Family and their spouses on the grounds that they were defamatory or contained abuse based on racial origin and sexuality or percieved sexuality. Otherwise we have allowed the author to express his views without let or hindrance.
We are prepared to host other guest blogs if people would like to submit them. They can be published anonymously as long as we are able to establish who the author is. We guarantee to protect the identity of contributors who need or wish to remain anonymous.
If anyone else in the gamekeeping or land management community would like to present thier views to either support or refute what has been said over the last few days then please get in touch. We would be particularly interested to hear from representatives of the Scottish Gamekeepers Association or C4PMC.
Wild Mammal Persecution UK 
Thanks for this rather depressing insight into a troubled mind.These people think they have a legal right to commit acts of cruelty on our wildlife, whether they care to recognise it as such or not. There is no doubt that there is a section of society that has no problem with killing wildlife for money, gamekeepers,pest controllers, Hunt staff et al, without mentioning those that kill for recreation.
Public awareness of the associated cruelty, and impacts on wildlife populations is paramount imo.
Power to your elbow.
I could write a blog about protected Polecats/ Pine Martens and the implications on the use of Spring Traps in the countryside, if you would like……
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Very laudable, too often Ive seen discussion on the criminality withing gameshooting kept within a conservationist bubble..understand your enemy has always been my mantra..but remember that the laws protecting our wildlife in this country have been hard won after long debate – including debate by those representing such as the gamekeepers you have quoted. At the the time, the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act was the longest debated piece of legislation in parliamentary history..So, ignoring and breaking such laws is not up to any individual who disagrees with them..wildlife protection is democratic will of the people – suck it up!
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So to be clear. You have found a gamekeeper, now retired but still an active supporter of country sports and said to (presumably) him. Would you like to write a blog for our anti shooting blog? And he said “yes please” and them for no apparent reason used the opportunity to confess to a long list of crimes? Is that what we are being asked to believe? I’m also fascinated with this electrified deer fence surrounding the perimeter of the ‘top estate’. I gave walked thousands of miles all over Scotland visted many many estates and have never come across one that had a ‘perimeter’ formed with a deer fence, particularly not an electrified one. Why? Well first their are the enormous cost and practical considerations of deer fencing a let’s say 20,000 acre highland estate. Apart from anything else how would you keep it live? Secondly it would be illegal. It would go to an access forum and they would say it had to come down and down it would come it is a clear breach of the land reform act. When you invent your next ‘interview’ try not to go so over the top and stick to places you know. That way you wont make that kind of error. There are others as well but the electrified deer fence is the most blatant and demonstrable piece of nonsense.
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No inventions Matt and we’re very sorry to have you make such a serious and completely unfounded allegation. If you have never seen that sort of fence then clearly you don’t know Scotland as well as you think. We are of course used to the response from supporters of shooting that any suggestion that they could ever do anything illegal is made up, all evidence of crime is ‘planted’ and they are the perpetual victims of a sinister group who seek to undermine their way of life. Unfortunately we know better and we suspect that you do too. The best way to improve the reputation of shooting and shooters is to acknowledge that crime does exist and that it needs to be tackled not to adopt a constant state of denial. People like you are sadly more damaging to shooting in the long run than our guest blogger.
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see https://revive.scot/why-revives/track-and-roads/… plenty of electric fences on scottish shooting estates.
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Matt’s the ‘acceptable’ face of shooting but he’s not that different to C4PMC and their ilk really. A denier of facts that don’t suit his narrative.
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Here here Check out his Twitter
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My local estate has electric fences. Visitors get harassed, followed, watched and accused of spying or interfering. I used to think that estates were an important part of the countryside providing employment and business until I started living in the country myself. Now I know the truth.
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