To mark the start of the season, the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has highlighted the positive impact game shooting has on those who take part.
Fears this year’s Glorious Twelfth grouse shooting season could be the worst in a generation
The term ‘glorious’ was traditionally a nod to the sporting nature of grouse shooting, although today it is more applicable to the celebration of the litany of year-round benefits associated with grouse moor management.
The game shooting industry is seeking clarity from government over how it plans to ease coronavirus lockdown measures ahead of the start of the season.
“Diligent and dedicated” work of keepers is vital to conservation and the rural economy.
Quarry Species & Shooting Seasons Advice Seasons Species There are a number of gamebirds, waterfowl (ducks, geese and waders) and other bird species, as well as mammals, which can be shot legally. For many there is a close season when it is illegal to shoot them, and this helps to
The UK?s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), is gearing up for the start of the pheasant shooting season on 1st October.
BASC expects the new shooting season to get off to a good start despite the recession and the impact of a wet summer.
For decades, shooters enjoyed open season on magpies — a breed they considered to be vermin. Now, Natural Resources Wales has given the species new protections that take effect on 1 July.
