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
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will host two new attractions at its Gamekeepers? Fair 2010. Visitors to the event at Catton Park in South Derbyshire on 17th and 18th April will be able to visit Stalking 2010 ? a dedicated deer stalking and management village. There will also be a new food hall which will showcase local and national producers and suppliers of high quality food and drink.
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will sponsor the England team in this year?s World Hunter Field Target Association (WHFTA) championships.
The WHFTA, in collaboration with Countryman Fairs, will host the championships at Kelmarsh Country Fair at Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire, on 4th and 5th April.
Game and wildlife management students from across England and Wales competed at the first clay shoot challenge for students of gamekeeping organised by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). Eighty eight students from nine colleges tackled a difficult 100 bird sporting layout at the BASC Gamekeeping College Challenge at Doveridge Clay Shooting Ground, Derbyshire, on 16th March.
