Game shooting
Find out everything you need to know about game shooting, from getting started to what you can shoot, right through to honing your skills.
What is game shooting?
Game shooting is enjoyed by thousands of people from all walks of life. Game shooting includes walked-up, rough and driven days taking wild quarry.
Game shooting generally refers to the shooting of hares, pheasants, partridges and grouse and brings vital income to rural communities. Most importantly, shooting provides something very special for the table. Game meat is natural, wild, healthy and delicious.
Land managed for game shooting provides huge benefits to the environment. Practices that come about due to game shooting, such as the planting of cover crops, boost biodiversity. It resource in promoting biodiversity and assisting the UK to achieve the targets set in national and local biodiversity action plans.
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The latest news from BASC
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Fine shooting wins the day at Best In The Field
Displays of outstanding shooting took centre stage at this year’s Best In The Field Clay Shoot at Sporting Targets over the weekend.
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Scottish grouse licensing system opens today
NatureScot has opened its new system for grouse shoot licence applications from today, 15 July.
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BASC celebrates launch of SAYFC partnership at Royal Highland Show
BASC launched a new partnership with the Scottish Association of Young Farmers’ Clubs at the Royal Highland Show last week.