The Game Animal Council has launched our brand new online hunter training platform, Better Hunting, and it is available and free to use for hunters and other backcountry users wanting to develop their hunting and outdoor skills.
The platform is made up of 28 separate modules across two broad subject areas, Hunting Essentials and Firearms Essentials.
- Hunting Essentials includes NZ specific outdoor and hunter safety and skills with everything from weather forecasting, navigation, river crossing, first aid, preparation, access, game animal management and other bushcraft and hunting skills.
- Firearms Essentials is about learning safe and successful firearms use. This includes maintenance, sighting in, storage and transport, and technique.
- Better Hunting also includes skill-building games, digital trip intentions, ballot calendars and more.
Better Hunting is free to access at betterhunting.nz and can be used on a laptop, tablet or phone. Courses can also be accessed offline through the free mobile app. Just create an account and get learning. The platform saves your progress as you go so you can dip in and out as often as you like.
Check out the short preview video below.