Game and Gamekeeping
The BASC Game and Deer team provide expert and practical advice to help you develop your shoot and your shooting. Join us now.
For specific advice please contact the Game and Deer Department on 01244 573019 or email
The BASC Game and Deer department offer a range of benefits and services to members. The top five game and gamekeeping services offered by the team are:
- To promote high standards and good game conservation practice throughout game shooting and gamekeeping.
- To provide advice on all aspects of game, habitat and shoot management through bespoke publications and the provision of expert advice.
- To work with, and provide advice to, UK and European government agencies on aspects of game shooting and game management.
- To provide shooters and gamekeepers with professional full-time representation.
- To ensure that gamekeeping and game shooting activities are proportionally treated within exotic disease planning and disease outbreak management.
Gamekeepers’ Welfare Trust STAG Training Course
This half day course has been specifically designed for gamekeepers ghillies and stalkers and those with management responsibilities within the gamekeeping profession and shooting community.
The course covers 3 sessions:
- Professional Journey
- Mental Health & coping Strategies
- Team Motivation
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Events & Training Courses
March 2019
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26 Mar 2019 |
Shotgun Safety Officer Course - Cambridge Gun Club, Cottenham **Fully Booked** |
| Cambridge Gun Club, Chear Fen Farm, Cottenham |
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27 Mar 2019 |
Pre DSC1 - Thirlmere, Keswick, Cumbria **Fully Booked** |
| Thirlmere Recreation Hall, Thirlmere, Keswick |
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28 Mar 2019 - 31 Mar 2019 |
Deer Stalking Certificate 1 - Target Sport Centre, Charmouth, Dorset |
| The Tunnel Target Sports Centre, The Tunnel, Charmouth |
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28 Mar 2019 - 31 Mar 2019 |
Deer Stalking Certificate 1 - Thirlmere, Cumbria |
| Thirlmere Recreation Hall, Thirlmere, Keswick |
BASC Membership
- £10 million liability insurance for your shooting
- £250,000 legal expenses cover for firearms appeals
- £50,000 personal accident cover
- Free firearms technical helpline
- Free legal liability helpline
- Exclusive offers
Glynn Evans
Head of game and deer management
01244 573 019 email
Glynn is head of game and deer management. Before coming to BASC he was a fulltime keeper for over 25 years working on estates in Gloucestershire and Norfolk including over 20 years on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.