CHASA Dedicated Hunter Status

CHASA Competence Courses are offered at your branch to help you, as a member, expand your knowledge of hunting and nature.

This course is in preparation for your dedicated hunters application.

The CHASA Proficiency Exam is written after the course. It is a three-hour paper and there is a practical section where you are expected to measure different sets of horns. There are also photos of different animal, bird and reptile species to identify. You must obtain 70% in this question paper to pass.

If you feel that you have enough knowledge and do not have to attend the course, you can either arrange at the branch to write the examination during the next scheduled examination session, or you can write this examination online.

Lectures are offered on the following topics: Camp Hygiene and First Aid, Shooting & Vital Organs, Hunting Methods & Tools, The Relationship between Hunter & Landowner, Tracking, Weapon Safety & Care, Ballistics, Disc Shooting, Animal Identification, Trophy Battle, Trophy Measurement, Carcass Storage Processing, Carcass Processing & Law Enforcement, Habitat Studies and Hunting Ethics.

The above course involves the theoretical part of the course. You must also pass the CHASA Practical Examination during an official CHASA Practical Examination offered annually by all CHASA affiliated associations across SA.

The latter consists of 9 shots on a life-size animal target shooting at the vital organs and you pass if you score 60% or 27 out of 45 in this test.

The nine shots are fired from the following shooting positions and distances:

·         3 shots from 100 m over a two-legged stick (sitting, standing or kneeling) to an Impala target

·         3 shots from 35 m standing to a Warthog target

·         3 shots lie position from 200 m on a Springbok target, the front part of the rifle may rest on sandbags.

Any centrefire calibre rifle may be used, but we would advise members to shoot this exercise with their hunting rifles of 6 mm / .243 or larger, as it is not desirable to hunt with a smaller calibre.

Different hunting rifles can be used for each of the three modules.

Once the above theory and practical has been passed, you can then start applying for your CHASA Proficiency Certificate as well as your CHASA Dedicated Hunter Status.

Please contact the responsible person of the branch closest to you for arrangements and dates.