PUSC Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Anyone got any revision tips for DSC1? Got mine this weekend and am interested if anyone knows any tricks for remembering the seasons/course material. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 focus on dates and identification ,but most of just enjoy it and have a good day , and good luck steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUSC Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 thinking I might make some quick notes under, calibres, identification (easy enough till you get a fallow doe that looks like a sika...), seasons, disease and meat - they seem to be the trickiest bits (for someone inexperienced in stalking) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 your nail it , nerves are a good thing , shows you give a **** , wait till you do your DSC 2 now that is mess your pants time hahaha I loved it . have you got the deer quest CD rom ? steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redgum Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 carry a piece of paper around with you with dates on and keep testing you have it right when you have a spare minute. As for ident, remember that Sika have white scent glands on the rear hock, fallow don't , the rest is easy. Enjoy it, the multiple answers make it easier, usually the correct one jumps out at you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpy69 Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 I was told when doing mine not to spend too much time worrying about the dates, the answers are multi choice so as Redgum says the correct one jumps out at you. Also, you will get only one possibly two questions on seasons so even if you balls those ones up you still have plenty of room for another couple of errors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 the issue with the dates is the difference between England and Scotland tends to trip people up so just keep testing yourself on cards. I used the jelen online test and that really makes it all a piece of cake as there are only a set number of questions and once you have done the revision you can keep testing yourself to find the weak areas. ID gets easier and easier the more pictures you look at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUSC Posted August 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Thanks for the tips. I am staying with a friend who did his earlier in the year and has a decent amount of stalking experience so will get him to tutor me a bit. Watching a few rutting videos to see behaviour in action too has helped! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) bet you don't get those videos on red tube Edited August 14, 2013 by al4x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUSC Posted August 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Red deer tube? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowin Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) Bit late but this site is good: http://www.dsctraining.org/ I drew a seasons diagram that really helped me. Edited August 15, 2013 by blowin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redgum Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Bit late but this site is good: http://www.dsctraining.org/ I drew a seasons diagram that really helped me. Looks like the wifes chore rota for the children, its confussed the hell out of me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUSC Posted August 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Haha could of done with that table. I passed though. skin of teeth on first section and full marks on H & S, Diseases and identification with decent groupings on marksmanship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtaylor Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) When I did my DSC1 we were allowed to have the dates on a card with us in the exam. It does defeat the object of having questions on them but the point was your are'nt going need the dates in the field at a moments notice, as you can easily look on the internet/card at home before going out. So long as you know if buck or does of the given quarry are in season or not then there isn't much real life point in leaning the dates off by heart. As for revision, go over the previous exam pictures of sex/species that and the diseases are the trickiest, meat hygiene is pretty much just common sense and the rest is fairly self explanatory. Good luck. Edited August 19, 2013 by rtaylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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