Matt Cross, Author at The British Association for Shooting and Conservation

The Judicial Review and its impact on shooting

Post published:10th November 2020

Freelance writer Matt Cross summaries Wild Justice’s judicial review and the recent outcome.

Protected: The truth behind Wild Justice’s claim of victory

Post published:5th November 2020

Freelance writer Matt Cross looks at Wild Justice’s claim of victory on gamebird licensing and the truth behind it.

A lost dog

Post published:30th October 2020

Matt Cross writes about the experience of his dog going missing and how gundog owners can prevent their dogs from getting lost or stolen.

Packham’s revelation on raptor persecution

Post published:27th August 2020

Freelance shooting journalist Matt Cross reflects on the suggestion by the RSPB and Chris Packham that as few as 100 people are responsible for raptor persecution in the UK.

A frank discussion on the ethics of trophy hunting

Post published:18th December 2019

An honest look at trophy hunting and the problems facing shooting in the UK following Defra's review.

A shooter’s view of the State of Nature report

Post published:8th October 2019

The idea there is a wildlife apocalypse is hard for me to believe. One evening recently I was in the car with my two daughters driving back down the stretch of river I look after.

Is satellite tagging reliable?

Post published:25th September 2019

In April this year, a satellite tag fitted to a golden eagle called Adam made its last broadcast from a vehicle turning circle on a grouse moor in Perthshire.

Matt Cross – A review of the current fieldsports climate

Post published:5th August 2019

I am almost a professional Wild Justice watcher. As a journalist and blogger, I have probably written more about them than anyone else. I knew them when they were just an entry on Companies House with their paperwork all in a mess, and I have watched their every move since. Despite all this, I was wrong about them.