BASC Young Shot Alex Dalby received a great thirteenth birthday present in November. He had a wonderful time on his very first shoot near his Rutland home, bagging a hen and then a cock pheasant on the first two drives. Alex took them home, dressed them and made a delicious
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
Gamekeeping students from Hartpury College in Gloucester won the BASC Gamekeeping College Clay Shoot, coming first out of 21 teams from colleges across the country.
BASC South East held a Young Shots “Deer Management Day” on October 29th 2013. The venue for this event was the New Forest by kind invitation of the Forestry Commission, and their Keepers/Rangers. Children of varying ages attended the day and assembled within the historic Verderers Court, which adjoins the
Northern Ireland Justice Minister David Ford is considering lowering the age at which young people can have supervised access to shotguns and airguns to 12 years. The change has NOT happened yet, as it will have to be agreed by the Justice Committee prior to implementation however BASC and others organisations believe that 10 years of age would be more appropriate as this is the age of criminal responsibility in NI.
Young Shots from the North of England experienced coastal wildfowling for the first time at an event run by Preston and District Wildfowlers’ Association and the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
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Become a Young Shot Junior Membership (Under 21) The British Association for Shooting and Conservation is the representative organisation for sporting shooting in the UK. We welcome membership from all who share our aim of high standards of sportsmanship. £ 31 per year Junior BASC members’ benefits BASC has
