Wild food
Healthy, packed with flavour and easy to cook, wild game meat is the ultimate free-range ingredient for your table.
What is wild food
Game as food is indisputably one of the key justifications for game shooting. Therefore, promoting the benefits of eating more game as a sustainable and healthy alternative to farmed meat is an important part of BASC’s work.
To deliver our vision, we bring together partners from shooting and food production/marketing organisations to ensure game meat is recognised as a healthy alternative protein source.
We also support other sectors of the food industry through sponsorship, particularly where we can encourage adding value to game such as charcuterie, butchery and pie making.
Shooters need to promote and eat game meat to ensure the future of shooting. This means eating what you shoot and sharing it with others, perhaps by gifting game to friends and family, or cooking a dish which features game meat.Â
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Wild food features

Great British Menu star shines at Eat Game Awards
Callum Leslie took home the title of Game Chef of the Year at the Eat Game Awards 2026, while Ross Horrocks from The Caddy Mann was named Champion of Champions.

Book your free BASC shoot visit and small game meat hygiene training
Regional officer Ryan Darby gives an update on BASC shoot visits, which are free to BASC members and now incorporate small game meat hygiene courses.

Vote for the Eat Game Awards Champion of Champions
Cast your vote in the 2026 Eat Game Awards and help decide who will be crowned this year’s Champion of Champions.
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The latest news from BASC

Politicians pledge to support shooting at manifesto launch
Manifesto outlines a vision for the future of sustainable shooting and conservation in Scotland.

BASC criticises proposed 153 per cent NI licensing fee hike
BASC has criticised a proposed 153 per cent increase in Northern Ireland firearms licensing fees, opposing any rise without a full, transparent review.

BASC call to action on quarry species review
BASC is encouraging members and the wider shooting community to respond to a government consultation on proposed changes to quarry species and seasons in England, Wales and Scotland.

