
Conservation in action – Winter 2025/26
Read our latest update on BASC conservation projects, including how you, your shoot or club can get involved.
Get information on the legal shooting season for mammals and birds in the UK.
Apply for funding for your project or make a donation today
Comprehensive information and advice from our specialist firearms team.
Everything you need to know about shotgun, rifle and airgun ammunition.
Find our up-to-date information, advice and links to government resources.
Everything you need to know on firearms law and licensing.
All the latest news and advice on general licences and how they affect you.
Game meat is the ultimate local, seasonal food, but we know very little about the carbon footprint of game meat in the UK.
In a bid to address this, BASC has commissioned Sustainable Footprints to calculate the carbon footprint of gamebirds, woodpigeon and venison in England, and we need your help.
We are conducting two separate surveys to help us understand the data better.
One is for shooters/stalkers, both recreational and professional, and the other is for gamekeepers, so please complete the survey which you think best describes you.
Game/ woodpigeon shooting and deer stalking survey, both recreational and professionalÂ
All responses will be anonymous to BASC – we will not see individual responses and will not be able to identify individual respondents.
Data collected as part of this survey will be used and stored by Sustainable Footprints in line with their privacy policy.
If you have any queries about this survey please contact Sustainable Footprints at info@sustainablefootprints.co.uk
Both surveys close at midnight on 10 May, so make sure you get your voices heard.

Read our latest update on BASC conservation projects, including how you, your shoot or club can get involved.

With nominations open for the 2026 BASC honours and awards, we catch up with previous recipient of the Payne-Gallwey Long Service Award, Susan Maidment.

BASC’s Dr Conor O’Gorman was named Media Contributor of the Year at the NEC Birmingham over the weekend.