Safe Shot Assessment – Northern Ireland
The assessment gives you the opportunity to demonstrate confident and safe use of firearms during quarry and target shooting.
Introduction to woodpigeon shooting
This one-day course has been designed to give you all the practical and theoretical knowledge required to confidently and competently shoot woodpigeons.
What is covered
- The law and general licences
- Quarry identification
- Safety when shooting in hides
- Reconnaissance and hide building
- Respect for quarry
- Pigeon shooting equipment
- Decoys and their use
- Hide discipline
Introduction to woodpigeon shooting
View the latest courses
Cost
BASC members: £110Â
Non-members: £135Â
Should there be insufficient bookings, BASC reserves the right to cancel the course. In the interests of fairness, BASC will aim to notify candidates of cancellation as soon as possible before the advertised start date.
We strongly recommend that fees for any accommodation you book be refundable as BASC will not be responsible for any losses candidates incur.
If for any reason you cancel your place on the course then the following scale of charges may apply:
| Â | Charge | Charge |
| Reallocation to another course (only available eight weeks or more before the course start date) | £25 | £25 |
| Second reallocation to another course (only available eight weeks or more before the course start date AND only in exceptional circumstances) | £50 | £50 |
| Cancellation more than eight weeks before the course start date | 40% | 30% |
| Cancellation less than eight weeks but more than four weeks before the course start date | 75% | 60% |
| Cancellation less than four weeks before the course start date | 100% | 100% |
Share
Airgun instructor
This course will equip the candidate with the knowledge, understanding, and awareness of a basic airgun instructor.
Fox snaring
Foxes can be prolific predators of gamebirds, ground-nesting birds, small mammals and young livestock and need to be controlled.
