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Overview

You can complete the course lessons and quizzes as often as you prefer to aid your learning and understanding. To ensure you are well prepared for your in-person Assessment Day, we recommend that you are confidently able to score 80% or more on each of the quizzes.

Many people choose to support their DSC1 learning and general deer stalking knowledge development with the following resources:

The BDS Training Manual for Deer Stalkers (print version)

The BDS Field Guide to Deer Diseases

The BDS Field Guide to British Deer

Help & Support

Your live online Q&A session with our training experts will occur roughly two weeks before your Assessment Day. The session will be on Microsoft Teams. The team will email you details of how to join the session a few days before.

If you have questions before then, please use the form below to submit them to the team anytime.

(Working hours are 9-5, Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays)

Lessons & Quizzes

Course Content

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Introduction
Deer Biology & Ecology
Red Deer
Sika Deer
Fallow Deer
Roe Deer
Water Deer
Muntjac
Which Deer Species
British Firearms Legislation
England & Wales Deer Legislation
Scottish Deer Legislation
Northern Ireland Firearms Legislation
Northern Ireland Deer Legislation
Firearm Safety
Safety (Other risks)
Carcass Handling & Inspection
Ballistics & Zeroing
Deer Stalking Techniques
Humane Culling
Follow up
Guidance on Safety & Shooting Assessments

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