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Shooting Courses

If you’d like your course listed here for free, email ollie.harvey@futurenet.com– and send a photo!

Acorn Deer Management

Stalker training and firearms safety, guided training outings for anyone wishing to experience a deer stalk, through to candidates wishing to complete their DSC 2 certificate. Training courses from £80 per 3-4 hour outing, with the possibility to take a cull animal. Approved witnesses to the DSC2 certificate.

Contact: 07944 959380 or www.acorndeer.com

Ashgrove Wildlife Services

Stalking courses.

Contact: 01255 670094 www.ashgrovewildlife.com

Bangs, Bucks & Bullseyes

Improve first-shot accuracy, long-range accuracy and multipositional shooting with Keith Poyser. One-to-one and group tuition with a fun, relaxed, medalwinning and published instructor. 100-1,200 yards, with wind, bullet drop and position coaching. Come away with a tailored distance table for your rifle and round. Accompanied stalking available.

Contact: www. bangsbucksbullseyes.co.uk

BASC

BASC offer a wide range of rifle, shotgun and airgun courses alongside DSC1 and DSC2 nationwide. For information please see our website.

Contact: www.basc.org.uk01244 573018

Borders College

Located in the Scottish Borders, it offers National and Higher National certificate courses in game and wildlife management as well as the vocational option SVQ/ NVQ 1,2,3 (part time). Courses are constructed around a work placement on sporting estates throughout the year.

Contact: 08700 505152 www.borderscollege.ac.uk

British Deer Society

DSC1, DSC1 online learning course, DSC2, BDS deer management course, BDS deer awareness events/courses, ammunition reloading courses, range conducting officer courses.

Contact: 01425 655434 www.bds.org.uk

British Deer .co.uk

DSC1 online training, practice questions and species recognition.

Contact: www.britishdeer.co.uk

British Pest Control Training

Rabbits, moles, squirrels, rats and even cockroaches.

Contact: 0870 609 2687 www.bpca.org.uk

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