The New Zealand Deerstalkers' Association Inc, promotes hunting as a lifetime outdoor sport through the Hunter National Training Scheme (HUNTS). This training programme is conducted at branch level under the guidance of a national coordinator and in partnership with Mountain Safety Council.
The programme syllabus covers the knowledge and skills to operate safely as a hunter in the New Zealand outdoors and teaches the ethics of fair chase and the principles of managing a sustainable game resource. Besides ecology and ethics, the course includes training in equipment, clothing, navigation, firearms, hunting techniques, photography, first aid and bush craft.
The course has proved popular with young adults and new members of the Association and NZDA is committed to continuing to deliver a quality product. Increasingly, specialist instructors have been brought in to deliver specialty items in the curriculum. The programme manual has been extensively revised and NZDA plans to develop, in partnership with other national organisations, a qualification based on unit standards and recognized by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.
The manual supports the practical hunter training course run by the NZ Deerstalkers’ Association
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An excellent read for new and experienced hunters
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