Game shoots can help farmers to establish and manage conservation areas under new Ecological Focus Areas (EFAs) announced by Defra today (10th June). The EFAs are designed to encourage more land to be sympathetically managed for wildlife. European regulations under the Common Agricultural Policy require 5% of arable land on
Gerber, a leader in the development of premium quality knives, multi-tools and gear for 75 years, has teamed up with the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) for this year’s CLA Gamefair. The show, which takes place between the 18th and 20th of July
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Almost 300 people have tried shooting as part of a new programme being run by BASC and Browning. Two hundred and ninety one people took advantage of an easy introduction to shooting at the Highclere and Kelmarsh Game and Country Fairs after BASC and Browning teamed up to produce the
20,000 people have now been awarded the Deer Stalking Certificate 1 (DSC1) by Deer Management Qualifications (DMQ) – the major provider of awards in its field. The DSC qualification assesses the competence of the stalker in a number of areas including deer biology and ecology, the law, stalking techniques and
A majority of the UK’s newly elected MEPs have pledged their support for shooting after being contacted by members of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
Young people will experience a variety of countryside activities such as fly fishing, gundog training and clay shooting lessons at an action-packed event in the South West. The Introduction to Country Sports event will be held near Shaftesbury, Dorset, on 22nd June and has been organised by the British Association
A system to license the estimated half-a-million airguns in Scotland will be a costly and bureaucratic mistake, brought in as airgun crime has fallen by 75%, according to Scotland’s largest shooting organisation, BASC Scotland. BASC Scotland says airgun licensing is unnecessary, costly and impractical, despite the Scottish Government’s publication of
Natural England should simplify the complicated system which authorises the necessary control of certain species of birds, such as pigeons which damage farm crops, according to the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). BASC believes in reducing red tape and says that the current
