The Forestry Commission has established The Wild Venison Project to tackle growing deer population; harvests provide economic boost and tasty alternative.
2014
Venison for the masses: newly-funded supply chain in East of England
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Deer detrimental to natural forest development
Deer cause turmoil for woodland symbiosis by preventing forests from establishing, claims recent study.
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Valuing customer care
Melissa Volpi joins gamekeepers, ghillies and stalkers from four Scottish estates at BASC HQ in Trochry for a training day on how to deliver high standards of service to sporting clients
Rural crime network launched
Sporting organisations have teamed up to open a network to help police tackle rural crime.
PM steps in on licence fees
Increases in shotgun and firearms licence fees may have been blocked thanks to an intervention from the prime minister himself.
National Shooting Week 2014
This year’s National Shooting Week, running from 24-31 May, will be the “biggest and best yet” according to the Countryside Alliance
PACEC report 2014 is under way
Shooting organisations are asking members to report on their sport as the PACEC survey to gauge the value of shooting gets under way.
Countdown to the BSS
The British Shooting Show 2014 is now less than three months away – a milestone that’s been marked with some of the gun trade’s biggest names signing up to exhibit.
