Dangerous Game Course

It’s just bonkers to send a bunch of kids out camping on an island of polar bears without them all being proficient with the rifle which their lives depended upon.
Unbelievable but of course with hind sight....
If nothing else each person should have been issued with bear spray, although I wonder if its sale is banned there?

This sounds like a good course, certainly in the terrible situation they encountered.

Cheers

Richard
 
We will be running others - including (I hope) an annual fun 'big bore' comp

I shall keep everyone in the picture

With regards to running one in the North - finding the right venue is essential as not many ranges will accommodate med to large caliber safely - especially at close range and on moving targets

For those considering coming in the future - make sure your FAC is conditioned for 'zeroing and practice' on suitable ranges etc etc rather than just zeroing

j

I know the Gardner Guns range at Eskdalemuir is cleared for .50 cal. It's a 2m range but has lots of shorter range and 'tactical' set ups.
 
Thank John for organising / running this course.

It was very thought provoking as well as extremely enjoyable with a good crowd of people.
 
Thank you John and Tif for all your efforts in putting on the course over the weekend. Very informative and enjoyable, hopefully more will be run in the future.
 
Sorry Scrummy, you've missed out on the chance to practice on the bad boy this time round.

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Hopefully John will run another course in the not too distant future - well worth the effort to journey into the Badlands of the Westcountry.
 
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Many thanks to John and Tif for putting on the weekend. Really good fun and I think I learnt a lot. The only downside is I now find myself perusing 375H&H rifles on guntrader...
 
I thought I was going along for just a fun weekend, to shoot a variety of targets, including some charging animal simulation. It was all of that, plus a lot more.

John, and Tiff, had given a lot of thought to target lay out, practising ejecting a dud round, quickly, and safely, to reloading loose ammunition blindfolded.

Most of the shooting was timed, to put you under pressure, and simulate a charging lion, & buffalo. There was a target sledge set up on an electric winch, starting at about 30m, and travelling at about 8ms, and you had to get two shots off, and ideally hit the two target points !

I'm not certain if I'll ever shoot dangerous game, but it will certainly help my driven boar shooting.
 
Many thanks to those intrepid folk that came (a long way for some) to the first DG weekend

A great bunch of guys that made the weekend a pleasure to run

The standard of shooting was extraordinary !

Congrats to Lee for the best double shot , however anyone could have claimed that crown on that final challenge

Lessons ?

Know your kit
Know your drills
Muscle memory is king
Shooting off Sticks kills when in proximity to DG

I hope to run the next weekend in April

Once again - a big thank you to those who came - a pleasure to meet you all

J
 
It was a great weekend! Certainly learnt a lot as well as having fun.

Was also good to meet great bunch of guys from the forum.

Would defo do it again!
 
I attended this event on the Saturday only so I can’t comment on the Sunday’s proceedings unfortunately.
I really wish I could have stayed for the Sunday but family commitments prevented it.
It was all very well organised, relaxed and very educational. I think that everyone attending the course learnt something useful. We were lucky with the weather and I even got to top up my suntan!
I must say that the guys on the course were some of the most sharp-shootin’est guys I’ve had the pleasure of shooting with and also great company.......I thought that the standard of marksmanship was pretty exceptional. It was great fun, very addictive and I was even quite pleased with some of my own shooting performances.
Some of the drills that we practiced highlighted just how easily things could go pear shaped on a DG hunt (like the time I poked the undead lion in the eye after completely forgetting to reload my rifle :scared:) and how important it is that you put in time to practice with your DG rifle under some pressure to make sure that you have formed the “muscle memory” to just do things instinctively when it matters most.
I learnt some new rifle handling techniques that I will utilise in future and I feel like a more confident and competent hunter after attending the course.
I feel that the skills we were working on were somewhere between being really handy with a shotgun, being a crack shot with a rifle and having the ice cold composure of a fighter pilot.....it’s just another level altogether.
I can’t wait to do it again and I’d strongly recommend it to anyone regardless of whether you want to hunt DG or not.
 
A superb couple of days with great folk. Thanks very much to John and Tiff for organising and running this course.

Apart from being tested under rapidly evolving situations it really highlights any shortcomings in your "flow" ( any part of your system that hinders you reloading, rechambering and getting back on target). It made me think a lot, as I'm sure it did everyone else about what's important and what to improve on.
The standard of shooting was really high which helped push me on a fair bit.
Warning...
It also may leave you wanting a bigger bore rifle!
Cheers gents I hope to come to the next one.
 
Many thanks to John and Tif for putting on the weekend. Really good fun and I think I learnt a lot. The only downside is I now find myself perusing 375H&H rifles on guntrader...

Don’t forget the muzzle brake as well. ;)
 
I'm really envious of you lot. It sounds like an amazing event. Well played, John and gang!

Kindest regards,

Carl
 
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