The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has responded to comments made by Nick Alston, Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex, on firearms licensing.
BASC is hosting a farm walk at a premier UK grey partridge estate which has received national recognition for its wildlife-friendly farming.
BASC has today joined the nation in paying tribute to Her Majesty The Queen on her 90th birthday.
BASC Wales will host a Young Shots introductory day at the Commonwood Shooting Ground near Wrexham on 2nd June.
TASTE of Game, sponsors of the Speciality Meat Pie section of the British Pie Awards, were delighted that Sussex-based Mud Foods won their class with their game pie.
BASC has announced the dates of its Arran Stalking Scheme for the 2016/17 season. Bookings for the scheme will open at 10 a.m. on Monday 18th April and are on a first come first served basis. Due to an increased cull figure there will be an additional week for both Read more…
BASC will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Gamekeepers’ Fair this weekend by photographing what could be the UK’s biggest ever gathering of ‘keepers. There’s sure to be no shortage of tweed when gamekeepers gather in front of Catton Hall at 2pm each day for a group shot. Steve Bloomfield, Read more…
A report entitled ‘Agricultural Management and Climatic Change Are the Major Drivers of Biodiversity Change in the UK’ written by a group of organisations including the RSPB confirms the benefits to habitats and wildlife of conservation work connected to shooting.
More than 140 pupils from Darland High School in Rossett, North Wales, have tried their hand at clay shooting with coaches from the UK’s largest shooting organisation, BASC. BASC hosted two events to introduce pupils and teachers from the school to shooting. More than 60 Year 10 pupils and 82 Read more…
