Its just a money making scam.
Get yourself on a propper 4day DSC1 course run by either Ronnie Rose or the BDS and you will learn everything you need to know.
The shorter courses only teach you how to pass the test and are no where near the same bang fer yer buck
Hi Sweep, firstly I agree with you about Ronnie Rose (both the younger and the not so younger). A first class professional. I was inspired by both of them some 22 years ago whilst I was still at Sparsholt. Part of what I learned from them both is still with me now, and the lectures and field teaching delivered by them both was faultless.
However, as far as having a dig at people who are running shorter courses, I reckon you're off the mark there Sweep! It's not about how long the course is. It is about the content of the course. I could easily spread a course over 4 days, but lets be honest here, most of them are just relaying what David Stretton has written in his manual. And guys can sit at home by the fire, glass of whiskey, and read that for the price of the manual - and may I say an excellent manual it is too.
Our own DSCL1 courses begin on a Friday evening, and end on a Sunday afternoon. And as far as I am concerned our candidates pass the course by, a) reading the manual and digesting its contents, and b) listening to what is being taught on the course, and putting it into practice.
I can say with hand on heart that 22 years ago, I learned more from a two hour lecture from Ronnie Rose Snr., and a two hour woodland visit with Ronnie Rose Jnr., than I did on a 4 day advanced stalkers course by the BDS (No disrespect to the BDS). What I
'heard' from the BDS course was stuff that I'd already read and learned from books by Richard Prior, Andrew De Nahlik, and Kenneth Whitehead.
I echo comments made by other members that any training is good training, and I couldn't agree more, but don't just write off shorter courses until you know the structure of those courses, and what is taught on them.
Mike
(Jelen Deer Services)