To return to the OPs question and things he felt should also be covered; "1.The elements for making a successful stalk; Wind direction, land assessment, likely locations, equipment list, shooting aid's.
2. Carcass management; how to undertake a gralloch in order to inspect the carcass, extraction and removal, equipment list, knife selection.
3. Management, Over shooting, disturbance, cull targets, management plans."
- All of these were actually talked about to greater or lesser extent on my own DSC1 course. They may not be on the "curriculum" for DSC1 but they were certainly addressed by our instructor in reasonable detail. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that all the additional talk over and above the set course content and meeting others with varying levels of experience was just as useful as the set content and if anything fired me up to learn more. At the end of the day it's only meant to be an introduction as such, a place from where your learning really starts. I suppose it also depends how much your are charged of course as to what you may feel you should get out of it.
2. Carcass management; how to undertake a gralloch in order to inspect the carcass, extraction and removal, equipment list, knife selection.
3. Management, Over shooting, disturbance, cull targets, management plans."
- All of these were actually talked about to greater or lesser extent on my own DSC1 course. They may not be on the "curriculum" for DSC1 but they were certainly addressed by our instructor in reasonable detail. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that all the additional talk over and above the set course content and meeting others with varying levels of experience was just as useful as the set content and if anything fired me up to learn more. At the end of the day it's only meant to be an introduction as such, a place from where your learning really starts. I suppose it also depends how much your are charged of course as to what you may feel you should get out of it.