Capreolus club

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enfieldspares said:
Wow! For £425 (PLUS VAT)....yes I jest not it's £425 plus VAT I can obtain a PDS Certificate Level 1. For as the website states (I quote) "Obtaining the PDS1 Certificate is also recognised as a crucial first step in obtaining a Firearm Certificate, or variation to an existing certificate to shoot deer." *

And after that a PDS Certificate Level 2 at £1,975 (PLUS VAT). Oh and there's a Land Assessment Course and a Woodland Stalker Course also.

* PDS1 - PROFICIENT DEER STALKER
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Nothing like complete and utter lies about it being needed to get an Fac :thumb:
 
kes said:
Interesting as Cernunnos was the name of the most important celtic/ancient British gods and was replicated by a man wearing the boiled skull of a red deer with holes enlarged for the eyes of the man. Anyone advise how that club got its name ?
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Cernunnos Motor Cycle Club is a pagan-orientated motor bike club that was formed in 1996 by a small band of people with a number of common interests: two of these interests are biking and having a good time.

Cernunnos (pronounced Kur‑nun‑noss) is the Celtic pagan God of the woods. Sometimes shown as a human body with a Stag's head and sometimes, as in their patch design, a man with horns - hence his other title of, The Horned One.

pagan
[ˈpeɪɡ(ə)n]

NOUN
  1. a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions.
 
magnificent 7 said:
Been this evening and looked at two bits of ground deer on both cracking high seats positioned well and the two bits of ground are certainly nice the drive to from Richmond and back to Elstree uncovered even more deer in the area seen some cracking groups of fallow
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Nice journey with current road traffic, but a normal day, that could be 2 hours.
ELstree is just down the road from me
 
I'm a member and have done some guiding for club members in Scotland over the last few years. It certainly does fill a niche but it's a very successful venture and the concept is really quite clever. Yes it's expensive and no it's not for everyone but all the experiences I've had with ckub members have been positive. I feared they'd be snobby and up their own arses but the opposite is generally true. As for the price, well who wouldn't aim for the higher end of the market when starting a business? I joined because I moved from Ireland and had no hunting permissions and needed help with my FAC application. I also love the excuse to head down to the smoke a couple of times a year to meet other members and have a catchup over a beer.
 
Jason Doyle said:
I'm a member and have done some guiding for club members in Scotland over the last few years. It certainly does fill a niche but it's a very successful venture and the concept is really quite clever. Yes it's expensive and no it's not for everyone but all the experiences I've had with ckub members have been positive. I feared they'd be snobby and up their own arses but the opposite is generally true. As for the price, well who wouldn't aim for the higher end of the market when starting a business? I joined because I moved from Ireland and had no hunting permissions and needed help with my FAC application. I also love the excuse to head down to the smoke a couple of times a year to meet other members and have a catchup over a beer.
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Out of interest what do you mean by you needed help with the fac application ?
 
I think if it works for you great ! Obviously its not for everyone but that’s life , my only concern is the false advertising about their course being needed as a “ crucial step to getting fac or deer cal “ misguided at best downright lies at worst
 
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I'm not a member but have found the County Deer Stalking website and Peter Jones who runs it to be useful sources of information, particularly their stalking videos and equipment reviews. All credit to them for finding a niche with the Capreolus Club. It's not going to be for everyone and doesn't have to be.

As for clubs generally, I tend to go with the Groucho Marx dictum quoted above ;)
 
enfieldspares said:
Wow! For £425 (PLUS VAT)....yes I jest not it's £425 plus VAT I can obtain a PDS Certificate Level 1. For as the website states (I quote) "Obtaining the PDS1 Certificate is also recognised as a crucial first step in obtaining a Firearm Certificate, or variation to an existing certificate to shoot deer." *

And after that a PDS Certificate Level 2 at £1,975 (PLUS VAT). Oh and there's a Land Assessment Course and a Woodland Stalker Course also.

* PDS1 - PROFICIENT DEER STALKER
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This I believe is their own made up course. To my knowledge it is not a recognised qualification as DMQ Level 1 and 2 are. But then some people are easily parted from their money.
 
Tim.243 said:
Many people use paid stalking as a "good reason to possess" which will come under help for their application...

Tim.243
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Indeed but no need to join the club could quite easily book a couple of separate paid stalks and would be much cheaper , I fear it’s more to do with the magic course that the police love
 
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