Robert Mackay with his first pheasant, shot with a 1939 English .410 boxlock ejector, 11 grams of no.7 shot. Robert had six shots on a very windy day, apparently performing much better when his father didn’t try to help!
Marta Jacyna is BASC’s communications officer. She is passionate about the countryside and enjoys deer stalking and foraging for food.
Sparsholt’s history stretches back 125 years. Fifty years ago, the college pioneered the country’s first dedicated gamekeeping course.
The wind, rain and mud did nothing to dampen the spirits of a group of youngsters who attended a BASC Young Shots game day in East Sussex in January.
More than 550 school children attended a three-day educational event at the Ledston Estate last week hosted by Countryside Learning and BASC.
