Course Dates 

Dates have been confirmed as 

Weekend 1 - 20th & 21st Sept -Classroom and Butchery Sessions

Weekend 2 - 27th & 28th Sept - Classroom and Range

Weekend 3 - 17th - 19th Oct - Weekend away hunting

The HUNTS (Hunter National Training Schemes) are always popular and run by volunteers so it’s hard to run them more than once a year as it takes up a lot of the instructors time.

However there are also other ways to get into hunting – remember the shot is literally just 1 second of a hunting trip so learning about the outdoors and where to spot the animals, navigation, safety, getting fit and what to wear, carry with you etc is also part of the skills needed

Start with these steps :-

1. Apply for your firearms licence now – as it can take a while

2. Sign up for the online Better Hunting Course  which has been developed by the Game Animal Council or the Mountain Safety Skills Site 

3. Join as a member  and start to make connections with others, quite often you can go hunting with another member as they can supervise you with a rifle and you get to learn how to spot them

4. Sign up for our club trips – not just the hunting ones but they ones where we do work on huts or raise money as it’s often a great way to meet other members and the talk is always about hunting so you get to learn a lot that way too

5. Research the area on the DOC Website, find out where the local hunting spots are  

6. Start going out for walks and shoot deer with your camera . These are great opportunities to practice being quiet and getting as close as possible