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CCJs Loans Arrears and Bad Debt On The Increase

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

These days even the purchase of electronic items such as camcorder, T.V. Or washing machine is not complete without some salesman trying to get you to buy it on credit, or hire purchase. Then the sales pitch isn’t complete until they upsell on PPI (payment protection insurance) and a 5 year warranty. You see buying things on credit and getting credit thus getting in to debt is very easy.

The temptation of getting that car or holiday now rather than in 3 years time is quite compelling. Unfortunately a wage cut, divorce, accident or sickness or other lifestyle changes can make paying back the debt borrowed difficult. Because of this more and more people are suffering from bad credit and credit history problems with CCJs (County Court Judgments). Increases in IVAs (involuntary solvency arrangement) have also been found due to people stretching their monthly outgoings too far. On a more serious note bankruptcy cases have also increased.

If you have a bad credit history and have CCJs, IVAs, previous bankruptcys, defaults or mortgage arrears then borrowing in the future can be difficult. Most lenders will decline your loan applications. When potential lending companies do credit searches you CCJs, late or missed payments, defaults or bankruptcys will show up on your credit file. Conventional finance companies will usually reject your applications.

Fortunately these days a new type of lender has emerged. They have found that many people have bad credit such as County Court Judgments. Many will lend you £1000 to £100,000 either on a secured or unsecured basis. If you are a homeowner then the cheapest way to borrow is through secured lending visit ccjhelp.co.uk/ we have searched the market to find the most appropriate lenders for bad credit history customers. We also have a free ebooks to download to help you remove certain CCJs and repair you credit history.

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The Bad Credit Remortgage

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Remortgaging with Bad Credit History When looking to remortgage your aim is to switch to a deal that is more beneficial to you and saves you money/increases flexibility etc, whether this be sticking with your present lender or changing to another. The process of remortgaging with bad credit is the same as getting other mortgages, the difference being you are not purchasing a property.

What are the Benefits of Remortgaging?

Remortgaging is a chance to switch from an inadequate mortgage and take full advantage of current products available such as fixed rate, tracker or discount mortgages which can offer you more competitive rates. Choosing the right deal for you is just as important when remortgaging as it was the very first time. Consideration should be given on your prediction of future interest rates, your own risk assessment, your income and the balance of the loan outstanding. You will also need to weigh up your monetary needs and present circumstance. Bad Credit Remortgages also enables you to cut loose from a dissatisfactory lender as there is nothing to say you should stay with the same one. Doing either of these things when remortgaging may considerably reduce your monthly out goings. This is just one benefit of deciding to remortgage. Say for example you have a loan of £100,000 and are paying a rate of 7.5% interest; you then switch to another lender which has a rate of just 7% interest. This would mean you would be saving £31 each month, that’s nearly £400 per annum. Sometimes the money tided up in the house could be put to better use else where. For an amount larger than what is needed to repay your original mortgage, remortgaging can release some of this equity to put towards investing in a new business venture or maybe even another property.

How Long will the Process Take The process of remortgaging tends to be faster than that of a normal mortgage (but slower than adderson.com” target=”_blank bad credit loans) as in this case you’re not buying a property. The whole process without considering individual circumstances should take on average six weeks.

The Cost of Remortgaging As with your original mortgage, a survey to confirm the value of your property will need to be done as the first one will no longer be valid. Add onto this solicitor’s fees and administrative costs – however these will be lower than mortgaging for the first time and depending on your lender, they may be able to recommend certain people in association with them that could lower your costs. There maybe early repayment charges on your existing mortgage. This is when there is a penalty if you redeem the mortgage within a fixed period of time after commencing. For example this could be additional pay of three to six months or a percentage of the loan amount. When looking at the cost of a adderson.com” target=”_blank bad credit remortgage you also have to look at the possible longer term benefits of the process and the money you could save.

Quick Action Plan If still indecisive on whether remortgaging could work for you, run through the following points: First of all communicate with your existing lender and ask for a redemption statement. This indicates what, if any penalties you will be charged in the event of remortgaging, it also states the amount still left to pay on your current mortgage. When looking at a new mortgage deal be sure to look at all the small print and ask for the lender to show you clearly what your potential repayments would be. It is always useful to ask for something in writing to use as a reference. Add up all costs payable with any new lender i.e. the arrangement and administrative fees. Legal fees should also be added on, these will vary depending on where you go and the value of your property. Armed with these facts and figures you should then weigh up whether remortgaging will benefit you, whether the long term savings will outweigh the immediate costs of remortgaging.

More Surfing History

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Surfing has become popular throughout the 20th century and remains so today. The traditional view of a surfer is that of a stocky , square-jaws, blond male – made popular by movies, TV and commercials. The truth is different.

Although surfing was a male-dominated sport, adventurous women surfers can be seen all the way back to the times of the Polynesian Queens. Two notable ‘surfer girls’ were Eve Fletcher and Anona Napolean. Eve Fletcher was a California-born animator for Walt Disney and Anona Napolean was the daughter of a respected Hawaiian surfing family. The two pioneered the sport for modern women, winning surfing competitions up and down the California coast at the end of the 50s and into the 60s.

Hollywood was quick to be on the scene and with the 1959 film “Gidget”, surfing was flung far out into the mainstream, never to return to its humble, ritualistic beginnings. “Gidget” inspired a slew of “Beach Blanket Bingo” movies that brought surfing to a new generation of teens and inspiring a new genre of ‘surf music’ that accompanied films and made The Beach Boys more famous than Elvis in the 60s.

Surfing spread throughout all media and Surfing Magazine was born in the early 1960s by famous surf photographer, LeRoy Grannis. After that, other publications cropped up bringing more information on the sport, equipment and stars of the surfing scene. John Severson, an accomplished filmmaker and photographer, created Surfer Magazine, originally called “The Surfer”. These publications brought advertising, professional surfing, surf culture and publicity to the now very popularized sport.

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Accepting Credit Cards – Positives vs. Negatives

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Today there are hundreds of thousands of small & medium size businesses in this country that take orders via credit cards. In addition, every day in this country, there are hundreds of companies entering the world of e-commerce. They come from many industries including retail, internet, mail order, home based businesses, B2B, professional services, wholesale and mobile businesses. In many cases they are “taking the plunge” to accept credit and debit cards for the first time. Some are successful and some are not. As with any other business venture, the companies that do their homework typically have a better chance at being successful.

To help you start your homework, let’s look at the advantages of accepting credit cards for your business.

6 Benefits of Accepting Credit Cards

1. Convenience – You probably already know that accepting alternative forms of payment like credit and debit cards helps make it more convenient for people to pay you. This will increase your sales and profits. Some studies say by 30 -100% or more (Visa International).

2. Increases Your Credibility – Did you also know that advertising your acceptance of credit and debit cards increases your credibility? It’s true. The public knows that a Merchant Account status is not always easy to get and will look at you as more of a solid company -here to stay. “Hmmm… doesn’t accept credit cards? Is there some kind of credit problem I should know about this company?”

3. Increases Your Average Sales Order – Were you aware that you’re AVERAGE SALE AMOUNT GOES UP when you accept credit cards? Studies prove (and I am sure it’s true of most of us) that when we are ready to make a purchase and we are paying with a credit card we are more inclined to purchase the “upgrade” product or service. Human nature seems to cause most of us to be inclined to purchase the “better model or service upgrade” when we can finance the purchase with a credit card.

4. Impulse Purchases Go Up – Did you also know that your willingness to accept credit cards also causes impulse purchases to go up? Customers are more likely to purchase when they can use a credit card versus paying with cash or a check. For some reason human nature – especially in the US – causes us to think paying on credit is easier.

5. Increases Cash Sales – I bet you didn’t know that the mere presence of credit card logos at your business location increases CASH sales. A fascinating study was explained in the book Influence by Robert Cialdini. This scientific experiment documented that the mere presence of Master Card/ Visa logos will increase cash sales by as much as 29% in controlled studies – even though credit cards were not used! If your business accepts cash, this is an extra bonus of accepting credit cards and advertising that you do.

6. Cuts Back on Bad Checks and Collection Costs. -By accepting credit and debit cards through a reputable Merchant Account Provider, credit cards orders will be screened for fraudulent transactions. Some providers, like Cardservice International, will take extra steps on address verification, verifying the extra four digits on the credit card, and blocking selected credit card numbers, Internet protocols, names or addresses. These are extra safety measures you can take to find peace of mind that the orders you are receiving – particularly on the Internet – are legitimate. When a customer is a “slow pay”, a common collection technique is to call the customer and suggest they give you their credit card information over the phone right then to clear up the default. Without this option you would typically have to wait to see if the customer sends you a check like they said they would.

Disadvantages of Accepting Credit and Debit Cards

Like anything else, the benefits of increasing sales and profits by accepting credit and debit cards do not come without some risks. Sure, one disadvantage is that you have to pay a percentage of the sales that are paid to you with a credit or debit card in rates and fees. You also have to wait from one to three days for your money to post to your checking account. You should be aware of other issues also.

1.) Chargeback Risk – The customer who paid you with a credit card has up to six months to dispute the charge. Should they not be happy with the product or service, they would typically call you and negotiate a resolution. Should you decide to give the customer a credit than you will typically pay your Merchant Account Provider the same rates and fees that you paid when you accepted the charge – even though the money is flowing OUT of your account.

Worse yet, the customer may still be dissatisfied after calling you because you felt a credit was not justified. The customer may not call you at all.

In any event, the customer has the right to dispute the charge and write a letter to the bank that issued them the credit card they paid you with. The bank will contact the Merchant Account Provider who will then contact you to “retrieve” the signed receipt or possibly other evidence of the sale. This is called a “retrieval request” and usually costs $10 or more. The Merchant Account Provider may “charge back” the amount, which also has a fee of $10 or more. Consumer Protection Law will usually side with the consumer and not you.

Should the order be a Mail Order / Telephone Order (MOTO) or an Internet order then your defense is very weak because you may not have a signed receipt. Make sure your “Descriptor” includes your phone number. This is the name of your business which the customer sees on the credit card statement they get showing the charge. If your phone number is included the customer will have a greater likelihood of calling you first to resolve the dispute. This could save you both a Retrieval Request fee and a potential Charge Back fee.

2.) Your Money Can Be Held Back By the Merchant Account Provider. An ounce of prevention may be worth a ton of headaches. When you filled out your Merchant Account Application you were asked the type of business you have, the monthly volume of sales you anticipate, and the average order size you anticipate. The reason Merchant Account Providers run a credit report on you and are concerned about your business type and sales volume is because ultimately the Merchant Account Provider has to make good your charge backs if you are not able to.

Should you declare bankruptcy, not ship your product, provide your service inadequately, or even be running fraudulent credit card orders, the Merchant Account Provider could really be hurt. Because of this, a “Loss Prevention” department will watch your processing activities and has a good idea of the types of businesses that have greater risk to the Merchant Account Provider. A Merchant (or the sales rep) may describe the business differently than it really is in order to get the Merchant Account Application approved more quickly. Once the Merchant Account Provider finds this out, they may hold your funds until everything is straightened out.

Spikes in your processing above your average daily approved sales volume estimate and much larger average order sizes than you were approved for will also concern the Merchant Account Provider. Trouble sometimes arises when a Merchant is stacking up credit card orders waiting for their Merchant Account to both be approved and setup properly. The Merchant finally goes live and keys in a bunch of orders the very first day. Alarm bells go off.

The lesson learned is to make sure your business description, monthly volume estimate, and average order size (or average ticket) are all correct. If you have more than one business make sure you set up each business properly and separately. The expense to do this is not great compared to the risk. The right kind of credit card terminal, as example, permits multiple Merchant Accounts.

The Bottom Line

Make sure you keep your Merchant Account Provider informed. Are your sales seasonal – which could cause a spike? Did you make a large sale that you keyed into your terminal or software that is well above your estimate of average order size? Are you getting into another business all together? Save yourself some headaches and call first for advice from your Merchant Account Provider.

You also may want to look at the cost of NOT accepting credit and debit cards. Never mind all the hype about “My sales increased 500% because I started accepting credit cards.” – Although in some cases I have seen this to be true. DO think about the likelihood of getting even just a few “extra” orders for your product or service because you accept credit and debit cards. Based on your average order size, how much profit will you make on each of these “extra” orders. Add to that the savings on labor by possibly not having to send out invoices. What about the labor savings by converting to an electronic check service so you just enter the check information on the Internet. Add to that using credit and debit cards as a collection technique for your slow pays. I know it sounds self serving because I am in the business but it is hard for me to imagine ANY business not choosing to offer as many payment methods as possible to their clients and customers. The question becomes one of choosing the best method of accepting credit and debit cards – not whether to accept debit and credit cards for your business or not.

What this guide is all about is giving you the education to make a decision on a Merchant Account Provider, a bank, or even a third party processor based on a cost benefit analysis and your service needs.

About The Author
Scott Burke; President of iMAX Business Solutions in charge of sales, strategy, and execution and thus is responsible for managing all aspects of the company’s marketing, communications, new accounts, and support.
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Decide Your Brand and Model of the Car With Personal Car Loans

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Do you want to feel the beats of your heart by driving your reverie car in full speed? On the other hand, do you want to enjoy maximum luxury and comfort while sitting in your adored car? If your answer is yes, then, personal car loans are here to help you buy your favourite car. You would have given up this thought of buying your favourite car on numerous occasions due to your financial capabilities. Undoubtedly, to buy a car is a major investment, but if you want to have it, you can have it by procuring personal car loans.

As per the needs and financial capabilities, someone can opt for secured personal car loan or unsecured personal car loans.

Secured personal car loans: These loans can be obtained after offering security against the loan amount. Due to involvement of collateral in the form of property, a lender allocates some benefits to borrower such as low interest rate, easier monthly repayments, longer repayment period, and some sort of flexibility in terms and conditions. These loans cannot be availed by someone who is not able to offer collateral.

Unsecured personal car loans: For someone, who is not able to offer collateral against the loan amount can opt for unsecured personal car loans. However, there is an utmost risk for the lender due to non-involvement of collateral. Thus, a lender charges a bit higher rate of interest on the loan amount. However, these loans can be acquired after agreeing to bit hard terms and conditions, but they are free from any risk of repossession. Besides that, these loans come easily due to lesser paper work involvement in the processing.

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Consistency in Day Trading

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

If there is a single goal that a trader should have, novice and experienced alike, it should be consistency.

Studies have shown that over 80% of traders do not have a trading plan.

The most successful traders have a methodology or system that they use in a very consistent manner.

Even a bad plan that is used consistently will fair better than jumping from system to system.
Consistency is required in deciding the conditions under which you enter trades, exit trades, how much capital you commit to each trade.
Traders love excitement, and their view is, if they are in the market they may catch the big move. Well they may – but chances are they won’t.

Once you have a trading plan you need to have the discipline and patience to wait for the right opportunity. You can increase your chances of success greatly by simply waiting for the right trade.

Have a written trading plan with an edge. Start trading, making small gains and becoming comfortable with your feelings, and use discipline as your main weapon.

Systems with a high winning percentage reinforce discipline. If we are trading a system with a low percentage of winners, it becomes increasingly tempting to start skipping trades.

Having favorable odds with your system will help maintain the necessary discipline to operate the system exactly as it was designed.

Patience is a virtue in trading.

There is one rule: never break your rules. Plan your trade and trade your plan.

Remember rule no. 1. This in itself should help keep your emotions in place.

Trading successfully is by no means a simple matter. It requires time, market knowledge and market understanding and a large amount of self restraint

A good trade is made when you follow your trading plan to the letter regardless of a profit or loss result. It is a sign of a disciplined trader.

Have a trading plan that sets out your financial goals and why you are taking on this role of being an active investor. You should also have some personal development goals. Your personal development trading goal must be to become consistent.

A good way to trade is to wait for the market to CONFIRM a trend is under way, and jump on board. You may not buy the bottom or sell the high, but you can catch the major chunk in between.

We can’t predict anything the market is going to do. Instead, we react to the market.

Winning traders spend most of their time thinking about how traders will react to what the market is doing now, and they plan their strategy accordingly.

Systems with a high winning percentage are much more rewarding psychologically. No one enjoys losing.

Achieving consistency is no mean feat. As trader John Hayden states: “Indecisive traders will always produce inconsistent behaviour, and consequently inconsistent profits.”

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Take Finance At Your Easier Terms At UK Home Equity Loan

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Your home is an effective instrument for availing finance. You can simply take loan against home or take it against the equity in the home. The later option is considered as more benefiting in terms of availing loan at further lower interest rate and easier terms and conditions. UK home equity loan is one such financial product aimed at offering loan at easier rate of interest and low cost. A borrower of UK home equity loan can utilize it for whichever purpose like home renovations, paying for different expenses or urgencies like medical treatments, enjoying holiday trip, buying vehicle. The loan is useful in clearing previous debts and lightening your debt burden.

Equity in home is equal to the difference of current market value of the property that is home and the amount owed on it. The borrower will get UK home equity loan at least to the amount of equity. To avail the home equity loan borrower has to place the home as collateral with the lender. Thus the loan is well secured as in case of payment default the lender is free to sell the property to recover the loan. It is now clear that with the rise of market value of home, its equity rises.

One of the advantages of UK home equity loan is that it is offered at lower possible interest rate. This is because this loan is more secured then other secured loans. The interest rate is even lower then the rate on credit card. You can choose from fixed or variable interest rates. While fixed rate will remain the same throughout the loan period, variable rate though is generally lower initially but may escalates later as per the market rate.

The loan amount depends on the equity. Normally people opt for the home equity loan when they need smaller loan for a shorter duration but larger loan is also offered at lower interest rate. The loan in most of the cases is repaid in 5 to 15 years.

UK home equity loan goes by another name of home equity line of credit in which your home is pledge as collateral. This type of the loan works as credit card as each month the payment is made on the basis of outstanding balance. This results in gradual rise in available credit.

Prefer applying online for UK home equity loan as this way number of lenders offer you their loan packages which enables in choosing suitable one containing easier terms and conditions. Moreover, online lenders charge no fee on giving details of the loan or processing the application.

UK home equity loan makes available low cost finance to the borrowers as the loan is more secured through the equity in home. The loan is offered at easier terms and conditions without hassle. You can use the loan for variety of purposes including debt consolidation.

Andrew Baker has done his masters in finance from CPIT. He is engaged in providing free, professional, and independent advice to the residents of the UK. He works for loans website UK Finance World.For any type of loans, ukfinanceworld.co.uk/uk_home_equity_loan.html UK Home equity loans, personal loans, unsecured loans, secured loans, debt consolidation loan, mortgage in UK please visit ukfinanceworld.co.uk ukfinanceworld.co.uk

Danger in the Streets – How to Be Your Own Bodyguard (Part 1 of 2)

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

There is no doubt that violence in our community is increasing. Look at what happened in the wake of the New Orleans hurricane Katrina disaster. The criminals of the city took it upon themselves to further the trauma by committing all manner of violence and disgusting crimes towards others.

Violence simmers in every city. It is just below the surface – everywhere. Just walk down the wrong street, breakdown in your vehicle in the wrong neighborhood, make an inappropriate remark or even look at somebody the wrong way and you can be in a lot of trouble.

Police cannot stand on every street corner. Nor should they. Hoods know this. They might be violent but many of them are not stupid. They know exactly where, when, how and who to target for maximum impact.

We all know the problem. But what is the solution?

Well, simplistically it all boils down to two basic options:

stay at home behind locked doors (even then you may not be safe)
learn how to protect and, if necessary, defend yourself

Sure, we are under more and more surveillance all the time. Just look at how many cameras were operating in London at the time of the rail and bus terrorist bombings. Nowadays, you are being filmed all the time. Sometimes you are aware of it, often you are not. Do cameras protect anybody? No.

Cameras and to a large extent even the police are effective only AFTER the event. Cameras can provide evidence for Court proceedings. Police can make arrests. But how does any of that help you when you are trapped by a lunatic hell-bent on causing you damage?

In many cases drugs are the cause of violence. That was one of the theories put forward in the case of what happened at New Orleans. It was stated that as the many drug users became more and more desperate and demented for another drug fix they resorted to acts of extreme violence.

You cannot negotiate peace with a violent drug user because the drug is shielding the sensibility, sensitivity, compassion and humanity of the drug taker. All they see you as is a target capable of supplying them with their next fix.

We have now arrived at the point where you could be confronted by a desperate, violent person and there are no police or security guards anywhere in sight. What do you do? How can you be your own bodyguard?

In Part 2 of “Danger in the Streets – How to Be Your Own Bodyguard” I will outline some tactical responses that you can employ. However, if you prefer, you can go directly to my website and view more information on my two “Strike-Back” manuals. Having studied karate for 35 years I have put all my experience into their contents.

You can learn to be your own bodyguard. Stay with me and I will show you how.

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Unburden Yourself from Debts through Debt Consolidation Loans

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Maintaining social status and pretending what we are not, can be some of the reason that why we get into the trap of debts. This can be also being called as show-off, in which we spend lavishly and extravagantly in order to improve our financial and social reputation. And for such spending we take number of loans and make use of credit cards which further worst the situation. But, this can be a matter of worry if we don’t avail debt consolidation loans.

Debt consolidation loans are regarded as an effective means to solve debt problem. It consolidates and merges all the debts and pays them through a single payment. In other words the lender of debt consolidation loans combines all the debts and pays all our creditors accordingly and simultaneously we are left with a single monthly payment.

Debt consolidation loans can be availed with and without collateral. It totally depends upon us and our financial situation that which form we avail. But, generally it is seen that secured debt consolidation loan is always recommended as it offers comparatively low interest rate and longer repayment period. But, if we feel that it will be difficult for us to meet all the repayments then we should avoid taking secured debt consolidation loan. And, in place of that it is better to go for unsecured debt consolidation loan in which there is no risk on the asset.

Debt consolidation loan can also be availed even by all the bad credit scorers. All the bad credit scorers will be obliged to pay high interest rate but through this means they can improve their credit score by making timely and duly payments.

We should be little cautious while availing debt consolidation loans from the lender. That is, there is always a need to thoroughly go through each and every aspect of the debt consolidation loans. And, this is possible only through research which makes the task of determining the most competitive deal faster.

That offer of debt consolidation loans must be accepted which have lower annual percentage rate. Annual percentage rate in financial market comprises of two elements that is interest rate and other costs of the loan. Low annual percentage rate always helps in making easy repayments.

We should never forget to consider all the terms and conditions of the loan deal as a single unfavorable terms can emerge as a hurdle in smooth repayments. All the costs of the debt consolidation loan deal must be cleared in advance so that there is no confusion. And also we must make sure that there is no hidden cost in the debt consolidation loan deal.

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Deer Hunting Season is Open All Year

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

If you are like most deer hunters you think of deer hunting as a two-season affair, hunting and getting ready to hunt. For many people the hunting season only last a couple of months. The rest of the year is spent remembering the seasons past, dreaming/ planning what you are going to do when hunting begins, reading articles on deer hunting and talking to other deer hunters. As a wildlife biologist I spend a great deal of time in the bush during the off season. This is the time while doing my job of habitat management that I find next years stand sites and photo stations. Occasionally I will come upon a deer hunter in the woods in June, July and August. The heat, deer flies and mosquito’s are bad but here they are with an aerial photo or topo map in hand more than a mile from the nearest road. At first they are disappointed in seeing what they immediately perceive as the competition in “their woods”.

When they find out you’re a biologist they spread their map on the ground and begin interrogating you for every bit of information you have on the local habitat. Frequently they know as much or more about the local habitat then you do. They already know the bucks they see in summer months may be in a different piece of habitat come fall. If you ask them what they are looking for they give you a long list including old deer trails, doe concentrations, last years rubs, etc, etc. They also spend a lot of time looking at the ground. They also frequently are carrying trail cameras and some kind of attractant like C’mere Deer or dry molasses. When you ask them how successful they were in past years you never get a direct answer.

These people are serious deer hunters. Frequently they will ask for your card and you can expect a call at least once a year. I frequently learn much of what is happening on a piece of habitat and I trust their observations. Frequently they contact me at our Bruce Point Outdoors site to ask questions. I enjoy my contact with these deer hunters because they know the relationships between wildlife and their habitats and they have a genuine love of the outdoors. Deer season never ends for these devout hunters. It just goes from scouting to harvesting. Several of these woodsmen tell me the like the scouting season as much or more than the harvest season as they have the bush all to themselves. Get out and enjoy the deer season year around.

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