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Win a Gamekeeping Experience weekend for 14-16 year olds
Youngsters aged 14 – 16 can be in with a shot of winning a place on a two-day, all-inclusive ‘Gamekeeping Experience’ at Newton Rigg College.
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Gundogs gearing up for Crufts 2014
Gamekeepers, beaters and pickers-up from across the UK are getting ready for one of the highlights of the gundog calendar – Crufts 2014. The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), will host the gamekeepers’ classes at Crufts. Gamekeepers, owners of working gundogs, gundog teams Read more…
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BASC welcomes watchdog scrutiny of regulations
A report from the independent Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC), which examines proposed regulation for sound supporting evidence, proper process and ultimate impact, has been welcomed by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
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“Scaring pigeons” proposal threatens crop protection
The protection of growing crops from the UK’s number one agricultural pest – the woodpigeon – would be severely damaged by a proposal put forward by Natural England according to the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
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BASC announces new dates for deer stalking on the Isle of Arran
The Isle of Arran Deer Management scheme, organised by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has new dates available for 2014/15 season. The scheme is designed to provide practical follow-on experience for BASC members who have completed the Deer Stalking Certificate Level 1 Read more…
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BASC increases members’ personal accident insurance cover
BASC members’ personal accident cover will increase for current and new members from 1st March 2014. BASC’s personal insurance cover is tailored to ensure members are covered for accidental injury when taking part in any lawful recreational shooting or conservation activity. The improved policy will provide members with an enhanced Read more…
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BASC seeks airgun coaches
More people are being asked to come forward to train as airgun coaches under a new coaching award run by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). David Ilsley from BASC said: “The award is not about teaching you how to shoot, it’s about Read more…
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Be clear on plastic bags
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is calling for transparency on proposed plastic bag charges in England. BASC has called for money raised from the sale of plastic bags to be spent on landscape-scale conservation projects and for the way the money is spent to be clear for Read more…
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Take time to report on your sport for the future
An email survey asking for information on shooting will be sent to a random sample of BASC members in the coming days. Information collected from this survey will help to inform a major report on the economic, environmental and social contributions of shooting in all its forms in the UK.
