Deer Stalking Certificate (DSC1) assessment-only day
The Deer Stalking Certificate (DSC1) is designed for shooters who have recently taken up stalking and are seeking further knowledge and guidance.
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The Intermediate Deer Course is designed as a step between DSC1 and DSC2 and the aim is to advance and prepare students wishing to undertake the DSC2, and any novice stalker wishing to further their practical experience.
The two-day course will equip the candidate with the support, understanding and awareness required for the safe and correct way of shooting deer, retrieving, gralloching, carcass inspection and lardering.
It allows everyone to be supervised on their first kill and provides practical experience in preparing the carcass for human consumption.
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Stalking the deer or shooting from a high seat
Taking the shot and reaction to shot
Approaching the deer/follow up
Extracting and transporting the carcass
Gralloching and inspection of the carcass
Should there be insufficient bookings, BASC reserves the right to cancel the course. In the interests of fairness, BASC will aim to notify candidates of cancellation as soon as possible before the advertised start date.
We strongly recommend that fees for any accommodation you book be refundable as BASC will not be responsible for any losses candidates incur.
If for any reason you cancel your place on the course, the following scale of charges may apply:
 | Charge | Charge |
Reallocation to another course (only available eight weeks or more before the course start date) | £25 | £25 |
Second reallocation to another course (only available eight weeks or more before the course start date AND only in exceptional circumstances) | £50 | £50 |
Cancellation more than eight weeks before the course start date | 40% | 30% |
Cancellation less than eight weeks but more than four weeks before the course start date | 75% | 60% |
Cancellation less than four weeks before the course start date | 100% | 100% |
“A quick note to thank you very much indeed for delivering such a good course over these last two days.Â
I really enjoyed all of it, and I feel that I learned a great deal from you and your excellent colleagues.  It was all excellent, and the style of delivering the topics in the lecture room yesterday was really great. I found the course a very good step-forward from the DSC1 – and it was all very relevant for the things that we are going to need to be working on when the time to look at the DSC2 comes.
A very special thank you for letting me use your rifle – for which I am very grateful. I was sorry that I did not manage to secure a fallow with it – but in fact we managed well with all the discussion and practical hands-on opportunities, gralloching the two beasts that were shot. That also was a very good training session in which I learned a great deal.”
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