An Essex teenager proved he was top Young Shot at a clay shooting competition.
Jack Greenleaf, from Weeley Heath, came out top at a Young Shots? clay shoot run by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT). He the won the perpetual trophy for overall highest score after being crowned High Gun in the 14 ? 17-years-old category, with a score of 48 out of a possible 50.
2,500 native hedgerow plants and 25 oak trees have been planted on three shoots in Cheshire by members of the UK?s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) after a grant of
Mink trapping has helped to boost the number of water voles, Britain?s fastest declining mammal, on a Cheshire river. The number of water voles on a 20 kilometre stretch of the River Gowy has increased over the past 18 months, thanks to work carried out as part of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation?s (BASC) Green Shoots programme.
There has been a surge in new shotgun and firearm certificates issued by the police, according to an analysis of latest figures from the Home Office by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The figures, which relate to 2008/2009, show the highest year-on-year rises in certificates on issue for both shotguns and firearms since records began in 1968.
As the general election campaign officially begins the UK?s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), is calling for people to use its unique online campaign to target candidates for their views on shooting issues.
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and Calor have joined forces to provide gas safety training for gamekeepers.
Awareness days on how to use gas safely in the game rearing field will be held in Somerset, Derbyshire and Cumbria.
By law shooting interests will be considered in detail before any decision can be taken on the creation of new coastal access rights, thanks to lobbying by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
Visitors to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) Gamekeepers’ Fair 2010 could be in with a chance of winning more than
