Members of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and friends enjoyed a taste of game and beer at the sixth Hook Norton Brewery Taste of Game evening at Banbury, Oxfordshire, on 4th February.
Thousands of extra copies of a police officer?s guide to lawful shooting have been printed to meet demand from police forces around the country. The guide, produced by the UK?s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), provides officers with information on situations where people will be involved in activities such as game shooting, deer stalking, wildfowling, pest control and target shooting.
DMQ Level 2 accredited witnesses will be contacted later this month about changes to the witnessing scheme.
Women are being invited to shoot for success at a number of training events set up by the UK?s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
Gundog owners in the South East are being offered a chance to improve their gundog training skills at specialist classes.
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has extended its highly popular National Taste of Game week into a fortnight-long event which will run from 6th ? 20th November this year.
Deer stalkers are being invited to take part in specialist courses run by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
Carcass Inspection and Butchery courses will be run in Sevenoaks in Kent during February and March. One of the aims of the course is to teach candidates the skills required to undertake the basic carcass processing required for home butchery.
Following a number of incidents, police forces are to be given information to help them identify people involved in lawful shooting. The UK?s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has published a new guide, The Police Officer?s Guide to Shooters, which is designed to help prevent misunderstandings and reduce interventions by the police.
Following BASC?s intervention this week the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) has renewed a key general licence which makes it legal to shoot woodpigeons and other birds to protect crops. The ability to legally control woodpigeons is of paramount importance for farmers and BASC welcomes the fact that WAG have now corrected the situation.
