i work the yorkshire area and have never had a situation where shooting, ferrets, or birds ect were needed. its crawling about under houses looking for dead rats spraying for fleas and during the summer getting stung by wasps. but i enjoy it...apart from getting stung. i agree with the last post work for a big company first i have been going for 2 years now and still building the business up i hope to make a small profit this year last year i was £4000 down