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Organisations Get Together to Promote Great British Game Week
The BASC’s Taste of Game and the Countryside Alliance’s Game-to-Eat have joined forces to launch Great British Game Week to be held later this mont...
Brilliant October Sport
On Saturday I was lucky enough to be invited to the shooting adventure of the season. I packed my Land Rover and, with my Labrador and cocker spani...
Tracking and Protecting Woodcock
Woodcock – Scolopax rusticola
Image by Ronald Slabke (Own work) <CC-BY-SA-3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
In depth studies, advanced technology ...
Outdoor clothing for every season
With so many highly technical and clever materials and features produced each year, choosing your clothing and footwear according to the season can...
Semi-Driven Shooting Buyers Guide
Semi-Driven Shooting is a fantastic sport and offers the best of both worlds! The shooting season runs from 12th August (‘the Glorious Twelfth’) to...
Beating Clothing Buyers Guide
Please find below our beating clothing guide for shooting clothing and footwear that is ideally suited to beating. For those of us who love country...
Poults Update - Freedom from the pen!
22/09/2014 Update
I have now opened the pens and the birds are stretching their wings. The young pheasants are enjoying real freedom and are slowl...
GWCT Woodcock Watch
For those who want to know more about the habits and migration of the iconic woodcock, the GWCT have pioneered a satellite tagging project to see j...
Responsible Wetland and Wildfowl Shooting
The Countryside Alliance and BASC have united to reinforce the message that lead free shots must be used when wildfowl shooting in England and Wale...
Understanding Modern Clothing Materials
Understanding Modern Clothing Materials
What it is, what it does, benefits, why use, when use?
With a cornucopia of words to describe modern day ma...
Understanding Footwear Materials
When choosing your footwear for any specific activity it is important to understand the terms used to describe your boot/shoe. With our feet carry...
What is Hind Stalking?
Deer Stalking is the term used for hunting and shooting Deer in Scotland. Hind Stalking refers to the cull of female Red Deer and their calves.
Th...
The Value of Shooting for Britain's Wildlife
For those of us passionate about our countryside it is great to see BBC’s Countryfile leading the debate on the value that shooting brings.
A well ...
CAP Reforms
Farmers – helping wildlife, the environment, fishing and shooting
The newly announced CAP reforms have “greening” measures whereby farmers will hav...
Shooting and Stalking Clothing Buyers Guide
Shooting and stalking is rewarding and often very challenging… dealing with the extreme of our climate is just the beginning.
It is anything but st...
Sweet & Creamy Autumn Pheasant & Apple Casserole
Feeds 6 (or 8 when there are small children involved!)
Scrabbling around the deep freeze for inspiration, I found two slightly forlorn looking whol...