Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly’s All Party Group on Country Sports recently visited one of Northern Ireland’s leading game shoots at the Baronscourt Estate in County Tyrone. The visit was arranged by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC NI) and the estate. MLAs were given a tour Read more…
A proposal to tax sporting estates in Scotland brings a real danger of unintended consequences affecting jobs, conservation management and business viability, according to BASC Scotland. The reintroduction of business rates for shooting and deerstalking estates, announced as part of a series of “radical” land reforms by Scottish First Minister Read more…
A cross-party group has been set up in the Welsh Assembly to promote shooting and conservation. The group has been set up by Assembly Members and will be supported by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). It was officially launched at the Senedd Read more…
Government proposals to increase the fee for the grant of a shotgun certificate from £50 to £79.50 with proportionate increases in other licensing fees have been welcomed as fair by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). If agreed these will be the first increases in fees for 13 years.
BASC members are being asked to use a revolutionary online mapping system to record the arrival of migratory species such as woodcock and wigeon. The information will help to build up a valuable picture of different species and the environment. Woodcock are wading birds which typically rest in woodland during Read more…
The UK’s largest shooting organisation, The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), has welcomed the Northern Ireland Department of Justice’s (DoJ) decision that firearms dealers in NI will not have to establish and maintain electronic registers under a new EU directive. Initially, the department had put forward a proposal Read more…
A web-based general election campaign site which helps people to lobby their parliamentary candidates on shooting has been launched by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). The website will also identify where MPs elected to the next parliament stand on shooting. The site is the only UK lobbying Read more…
Try a taste of game during Great British Game Week 2014 Game dishes will be served across the country as part of Great British Game Week which celebrates all that is great about British game and is aimed at introducing people to the taste of game. People will be able Read more…
A decision to end the use of a dedicated Crimestoppers number as part of a police campaign on firearms security has been welcomed by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). BASC opposed the use of a dedicated Crimestoppers line, which it said was neither necessary nor appropriate and Read more…
