BASC’s big issues
BASC tackles the big issues facing shooting and conservation at its first Southern Gamekeepers’ Conference, attended by keepers and shoot managers, at the Great Fulford
BASC tackles the big issues facing shooting and conservation at its first Southern Gamekeepers’ Conference, attended by keepers and shoot managers, at the Great Fulford
BASC chief executive Ian Bell explains the new Value of Shooting report , which shows how vital the sport is to rural economies. He is
The government’s decision to increase firearms licensing fees by more than double poses a threat to rural livelihoods and fails to deal with gross inefficiencies
www.dailymotion.com/video/x9azqs6 ‘Rural communities face steep ‘gun tax’ rise to boost police budgets’: That’s the headline in the Daily Telegraph, prompting fears among gun owners that
With a new government in power in Westminster, three people with a stake in the future of fieldsports and the countryside come together to talk
A group of Maasai came to Marford Mill, BASC’s North Wales headquarters, and taught the staff there dancing skills, how to throw sticks at small
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II had a lifelong love of the countryside. Born in Mayfair, she once told a friend that, if she hadn’t been Queen,
youtu.be/GCi5JQRX0Sc by Deborah Hadfield It’s time to scrap the existing gun certificate system across England and Wales and replace it with another. That’s the conclusion
youtu.be/X93ipWbnihU UK shooting and countryside groups are joining forces to commission new research into the economic, environmental and social value of shooting. BASC, Countryside Alliance,
Controversy over force-free approach to gundog training by Deborah Hadfield There’s a growing split at the heart of gundog training, and it centres on the
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F09b6SGDOR4 The flames and smoke from one lowland wildfire in Norfolk in July 2022 could be seen from miles away. The fire damaged 120 acres
www.youtube.com/watch?v=veDtyq0sX14 Antis target the grouse season. They know that disrupting a grouseshooting day will bring them publicity. Their biggest target is opening day, the glorious
by Deborah Hadfield Daniel Holmes from Bodmin Moor in Cornwall submitted his gun certificates renewal applications on January 2022. His firearms and shotguns certificates were
youtu.be/twiXg9H6Xuk by Deborah Hadfield There are rumours that poult prices have bust through the £10 barrier and gone as high as £17 per poult. If
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY0D0RdGxRA When Storm Awen blew through in November 2021, it took trees and powerlines with it. On the front line, with firecrews and the Army,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5l99gb6wwI James Davies-Cooke runs the beautiful Gwysaney Estate in North Wales. Today, he asks guests including Johnny Carter from TGS Outdoors and Garry Doolan from
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNRtSwFKxeU Antis have been trying it on in the run up to the Glorious Twelfth 2021. They claim that nearly half the Cairngorms is made
Bad news for shoots: driven game shooting should cease on Thursday 5 November and is expected to resume on Wednesday 2 December. England will return
Ben O’Rourke A few years ago, two gamekeepers, a policeman and a man from a wildlife charity went to a vet’s surgery for a
Curtis Mossop’s job is to get people into shooting. We join him pigeon shooting in Cheshire as BASC’s head of pathways to shooting explains how
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