Your Instructors
Instructors Commitment / Policy for Firearms Courses

Your Instructors

Both instructors, Don Ratych and Ken Drover, have extensive knowledge of Canadian Firearms legislation and gun handling. Both have been involved in competitive shooting sports and hunting for several decades. Both remain involved in all shooting sports including bow hunting, muzzleloader hunting, reloading ammunition, big and small game hunting and handgun shooting.

Both instructors are familiar with antique and modern firearms and ammunitions.

Both Don and Ken hunt frequently throughout the year by hunting turkey and varmint in the spring and by hunting small game, bear, moose and deer in the fall. They have also hunted various other big game species in Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia.

Instructors Commitment / Policy for Firearms Courses

Don Ratych and Ken Drover are committed to your firearms and hunters education. Both feel that the safe handling of firearms and hunting equipment are paramount to simply passing the courses. Injuries from accidents are not acceptable.
In the past your instructors have offered students to attend remedial firearms and hunting classes until the student was confident in their knowledge and, especially in their firearms handling. Your instructors have never charged students for remedial classes since 1994.
A new policy change at the Ontario Chief Provincial Firearms Office will not allow for this practice in the future although your instructors will still welcome you back for remedial hunter education classes. This program is run through the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters and so this course is not subject to the new policy change.
Your instructors can still offer remedial hunting classes at no expense to the student but additional firearms courses will be at the expense of the student.

New Cancellation Policy January 2008- READ CAREFULLY
Please book the dates for courses carefully as we cannot refund course fees without 30 days prior notice for any reason.