Try a taste of game during Great British Game Week 2015
17th November 2015
Game dishes will be served across the country as part of Great British Game Week 2015 which celebrates all that is great about British game meat.
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How best to handle game
17th November 2015
A Guide to Good Game Handling is being launched by the Code of Good Shooting Practice (COGSP). The guide gives step-by-step advice from handling game in the field, transport to the larder and on to the consumer. It stresses the importance of keeping shot game clean, rapidly cooling it and
BASC welcomes buzzard judgment
13th November 2015
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed the decision of the High Court to quash a decision by Natural England to refuse to issue a licence to control buzzards causing severe damage by killing young pheasants…
Shooting boosts conservation
13th November 2015
The importance of shooting’s contribution to conservation is highlighted by the reduction in government spending announced this week.
Infographic shows how shooting ban will destroy heather moorland
12th November 2015
The damage that a grouse shooting ban would inflict on the countryside is highlighted in an infographic produced by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation.
Women shooters ready for Olympic breakthrough
11th November 2015
Britain’s Olympic shooting team could make history by claiming its first ever medal in a women’s shooting event at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
BASC statement on the publication of the Law Commission’s Review of Wildlife Law
10th November 2015
Commenting on the publication of the Law Commission’s Review of Wildlife Law, BASC Chairman Alan Jarrett, said…
Win a pair of Beretta shotguns worth £14,400 in the BASC Winter gun draw
9th November 2015
BASC is offering the chance to win a pair of Beretta shotguns worth £14,400 in the BASC Winter Gun Draw 2015 / 2016.
Try a Taste of Game at Perth Farmers’ Market this weekend
6th November 2015
A project to encourage more people to eat game meat and show hunters the benefits of developing a market for game will be launched at Perth Farmers’ Market.
