A bit presumptuous Robin. I can assure you Gamekeepers are NOT subservient
Good luck Swompy. Work hard and the doors will open. Go prove yourself but it won't be easy.
Keepering skipped a generation with my Dad, who was a carpenter and my older brother became a accountant.
I Knew our local Keeper, Walt and used to help and beat whilst at school.It was a nice friendly, once a week shoot. Mid 80's I left school on a Wednesday and started as an Under-keeper on the Thursday. I was very lucky learning from a master. I went to Sparsholt for a year, 1x month at college, 3x months working on the shoot. Walt died in January aged 94.
From there I moved to a big commercial shoot, now that's a different story. Rearing 35,000 pheasant, partridge and duck. we had so many shoot days that we sometimes had 2x shoots running on the same day. VV hard work but the rewards were good.
From there I got a single handed position on a nice estate and enjoyed the freedom of working on my own.
In my keepering career I've yet to meet a subservient keeper and I'd like to see that said to one!
I was then approached by the MoD to work for them in Bird control.
14 years Keepering and Countryside management have left me with great memories.
7 Years ago I changed my position in the MoD.
Still part-time keeper, beater, picker up, tractor driver, lamper, ferreter, forrester............
All the best Harry.