– Rifle Skills for Advanced Deer Stalkers –

Competent Deer Stalker Awards

Our highly developed ‘Rifle Skills for Advanced Deer Stalkers’ Course is the next stage on from our ‘Rifle Skills for Developing Deer Stalkers’ course and gives deer stalkers who have spent a significant amount of time in the field, the opportunity to learn more, improve their accuracy and develop new rifle skills at extended ranges and in more complex scenarios. This course has been designed to improve your confidence, accuracy and abilities when using a deer legal rifle and provide an essential repertoire of skills and knowledge, that as you become more proficient, can be practically applied in the field when stalking deer.

In our intensive full day ‘Rifle Skills for Advanced Deer Stalkers’ Course, you will learn:

Areas Covered

Safe gun handling and protocols
Safety and backstops
Avoiding accidental discharge and how to handle misfires
Gun cleaning and maintenance
Calibre and ammunition selection
Rifle and scope setup
Marksmanship principals for accurate shooting
Deer anatomy and shot placement reactions
Ballistics and wind allowance adjustments
Bullet construction and impact effects
Hold over, setting up and using a ballistic turrets
Advanced shot placement for different scenarios
Adjustments for shooting at acute angles

Range and in field training

Scope fitting, bore sighting and zeroing a rifle from scratch efficiently
Tightening groups
Live firing on paper bulls eye, life-sized roe deer targets and steel ‘reactive’ targets in prone, standing with sticks, freehand and makeshift positions
Shoot from high seat both left and right handed
Accurate neck and head shot training
Cull stalking techniques and fast decision making
Accurate shooting at short and long range
Shooting with .17 hmr and .243 and/or .30-06 calibres
Use of Sauer rifles fitted with Swarovski scopes
Shot range up to 300 yards

* At the end of this course you will have developed your knowledge, skills and shooting accuracy and have the confidence to cleanly dispatch deer at distances up to 300 yards (weather conditions permitting). All candidates receive a Course Certificate which can be presented as proof of training for UK Firearms Certificate applications and variations. For people wishing to apply for a UK Firearms Certificate we have written a detailed step-by-step guide about what is required and how to apply here.

Course Cost £595*

One on One training with one of our professionally qualified instructors
Use of a precision rifle/scope
Stalkers equipment
Specialist tools for firearms/scope adjustments
Training material notes
PPE – ear and eye protection
Lunch and refreshments throughout the day
Competent Deer Stalker Awards ‘Rifle Skills for Advanced Deer Stalkers Certificate‘

*Ammunition charged at £0.50 for rimfire and £3 per round for centrefire cartridges. This course is suitable for people who have completed our ‘Rifle Skills for Developing Deer Stalkers‘ training, and other deer stalkers who have good rifle handling skills and a good amount of experience in the field. FAC and non FAC Certificate holders welcome. A Gift Voucher is available to purchase this course.

TO BOOK CALL 0203 995 5881 /0789 414 6643 TODAY

Key Info:

Availability | Courses run Monday to Saturday each week throughout the year. Courses can usually be arranged with as little as 48 hours notice.

Participant Guidelines | Minimum age is 17 (children under 17 may attend with an adult, but will not be permitted to shoot). We are able to accommodate people with disabilities at some of our venues (please check when booking).

Duration | The course starts at 9am and finishes at 5pm (other times can be accommodated upon request).

Venue | We offer this training course in 7 locations in the South of England and is delivered in an outside environment, not in a classroom. For people with access to their own land, by arrangement we can also deliver this training at your location, please discuss with our office staff when you call.

The Deer HUB is the Go-To place for all things deer stalking, offering best in class training, courses and mentored deer stalking all over the south of England. To BOOK on any of our TRAINING COURSES or for more information, please email james@deerstalkinghub.co.uk or call James Mott directly on 0203 995 5881 / 0789 4146643

I have been deer stalking for many years now and decided it was time to hone my skills a bit better. The Deer HUB are well known as excellent trainers so I thought I’d book on this advanced rifle skills course. The training helped me consolidate my existing experience and as well as learning some new techniques, I’m now way more knowledgeable and confident in my abilities to shoot consistently at longer ranges. Thanks Team!

Alexander W, Guildford