Autumn marks the party conference season, and BASC has been working hard across all parties to promote the virtues of our sport and ensure it continues to survive and thrive
All-party backing
BASC and the Angling Trust joined forces during the party conference season this year, hosting rural receptions at the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat conferences in September and October.
One of our strategic objectives is to get all-party backing for shooting, and that is why we work with all political parties to represent shooting’s interests.
The conferences are not only a valuable opportunity to showcase the positives that shooting has to offer society, but also to rise to the challenge of criticism of our sport.
For example, at the Labour party conference the Shadow Environment Secretary, Sue Hayman, MP for Workington in Cumbria, made the point that Labour wants to work closely with BASC, but that they want to see standards improving and more work on sustainability, in order to promote good practice and clamp down on issues such as the illegal shooting of raptors.
Our response was that shooting must be sustainable to survive, and that BASC and most shooters on the ground are squarely focused on sustainable shooting.
Social sustainability
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RSPB gives mixed message on shooting
Having recently attended the RSPB’s virtual AGM, Conor O’Gorman discusses the outcome of the charity’s year-long review of game bird shooting
Causeway for concern
Alan Jarrett’s renewed interest in reading takes him down memory lane to an offshore island duck flight that very nearly ended in disaster
Through a purple patch
The Garrows Estate is taking a conservation-focused approach to restoring the wildlife populations and biodiversity on the Scottish heather moorland.
When the wheels fall off
Losing form on a day’s shooting can be infuriating, especially if you’ve been shooting like a god up to that point. Simon O’Leary looks at some common causes and how to remedy them
Beaches, books & bad behaviour!
The annual Kay family vacation to Northumberland offers a chance to give the cockers a blast on the beach – although they don’t always shower themselves in glory, as Ryan Kay recalls...
Using the Stop whistle
Now you’ve instilled the basics, it’s time to up the ante with some more tricky distance work. Howard Kirby explains how to take the core Stop whistle command to the next level
The humble teal
They may be tiny, but as far as Rupert Butler is concerned, the appeal of this little duck is huge. He recalls some of his most memorable nights in pursuit of these aerial acrobats
Fab all-rounder
Mike is impressed with the Fabarm Elos B2 Field Notte, which offers great value for money, is suited to fieldwork or clays and is future-proofed for use with steel in all choke constrictions
CALL OF THE WILD
Dom Holtam reconnects with one of the purest forms of shotgun shooting as he walks-up woodcock over pointing dogs in the Scottish Highlands
A yen for the Fens
Tony Jackson recounts a memorable duck flight over an area of Fenland in Norfolk with his friend and author, the late Alan Savory
