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Complete the HCAP Course for only €120IFA Countryside offers its members another opportunity to avail of subsidised participation in approved deer stalking training and certification, in partnership with and facilitated by Deer Alliance HCAP and subsidised by IFA Farm Business Skillnet for IFA Countryside members.
Certification is now mandatory for all first-time applicants for a Deer Hunting Licence (DHL) intending to hunt on either Coillte forest property or on private land, and Deer Alliance HCAP is fully approved by the National Parks & Wildlife Service for this purpose.
HCAP Course (Workshop and MCQ) will take place on Saturday 29th June 2024 , 10.00 to 5.00 p.m . at the Woodford Dolmen Hotel , Kilkenny Road, Carlow, Co Carlow, R93 N207.
The Range Test for successful candidates from this MCQ will take place at the Midland Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly on Saturday 6th July 2024 .
For more information on Deer Alliance HCAP, see www.deeralliance.ie or you can view the full syllabus here .
Membership of IFA Countryside includes a range of membership benefits including access to subsidised training and shooting insurance as required by Deer Alliance HCAP for purposes of the Range Test which follows the HCAP MCQ for successful candidates.
Members can avail of discounted cost of only €120 to include Training Workshop, Stalker Training Manual, MCQ & Range Test. Manual will be posted shortly after booking is confirmed.
If you are not a member of IFA Countryside, call Barbara on 01 4260368 or complete the Request to Join Form here at https://ifacountryside.ie/membership/.
FIREARMS FOR RANGE TEST
HCAP Candidates who do not have access to their own deer-legal rifle have two options open to them. If they have a friend who has a deer-legal rifle and is prepared to let the candidate use that rifle for the Range Test, that is permitted, provided that the friend holds a valid Firearm Certificate for the firearm in question, holds valid shooting insurance and is present with the Candidate on the Range at all times. Alternatively, the candidate can avail of a Club Rifle in calibre .243, available from the Midland Range. Booking must be made at least two weeks in advance and is subject to Garda vetting. The current cost of rifle hire is €60.00, to include ammunition sufficient for the standard Range Test. Candidates with no previous experience of full-bore rifle shooting may be required to undertake basic tuition and competency testing on a one-to-one basis at the Midland Range (to include the Range Test Course of Fire but not as part of the Range Test), the current cost of which is €150.00 (one person, one day tuition and test preparation). Hire of a Club rifle and/or arrangements for tuition and test preparation, including all costs, are entirely a matter between Midland Range management and personnel, are outside the ordinary HCAP process and Deer Alliance HCAP has no responsibility or obligation in this regard. For further information about use of a Club firearm for the HCAP Range Test, contact John Paul Craven (Range Operator), 086 823 2641 or Tony Saunders, 087 097 7589.
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Kilkenny Road,Carlow,R93 N207,IE, Kilkenny, Ireland
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