BASC members are being reminded to cast their vote in this year’s BASC Council election. Ballot papers have been sent out to all BASC members with the March edition of Shooting & Conservation magazine and online voting is now open via the BASC website. The 12 candidates for the five
With campaigning in the general election in full swing, people who shoot are being asked to contact their local candidates to check their position on shooting and to provide them with information about the value of shooting. BASC’s dedicated General Election campaign website allows people to contact their local candidates
The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has teamed up with premier country sports retailer Orvis to host a South West members’ social evening in Sherborne on 24th April. The evening will provide members with the opportunity to both socialise and get expert advice
Visitors to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation’s (BASC) Gamekeepers’ Fair this weekend (11th and 12th of April) will be able to shop at more than 200 trade stands and see a range of arena demonstrations. There will be Taste of Game cookery demonstrations, a food village and a
A proposed ‘landfill tax’ in Wales could help boost biodiversity projects run by people who shoot, according to the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). BASC has outlined the benefits of shooting and conservation in its response to the Welsh Assembly Government’s consultation on
Individuals and pairs are being urged to put themselves forward to take part in a fundraising clay shoot which promises to be a highlight of the spring. The 2015 Countryside Clay Shoot will be held at the prestigious Six Mile Bottom shooting estate in Cambridgeshire on Saturday 23 May 2015.
BASC has issued a reminder to members that new firearms licensing fees came into effect from 6 April, the first change since 2001. The new fees, which were agreed by a Home Office working group, which included the police, BASC and the British Shooting Sports Council, are compliant with Treasury
Rural Skills students from the Wallace Hall Academy in Dumfriesshire received hands-on shooting coaching with shotguns and air rifles under the tuition of BASC Scotland
“Shooting’s contribution to conservation can sometimes be conveniently overlooked, but it is significant.”
