Shooters pride themselves as being custodians of the environment, and that means a lot more than just shooting the right animals, says Peter Carr Giving some thought to where you take the 4×4 is just one way you can reduce…
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Having a positive environmental impact
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Winter time stalking
As Thomas Nissen follows a team of hunters through the Latvian wilderness, he experiences more than just one kind of game The terrain is covered with a thin layer of snow and the temperature has dropped to minus 14 degrees,…
George Eustice named new DEFRA Secretary
In the latest cabinet reshuffle, George Eustice MP has been named as the new environment secretary. George Eustice comes from a farming background. He replaces the outgoing Theresa Villiers as the head of DEFRA. BASC says the appointment of George…
Tagged with: basc, countryman, Countryside Alliance, defra, environment, government, tim bonner
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SPONSORED: Norma Ecostrike™
In Norma’s Strike series, there is something for everyone, and now we’re looking at the Ecostrike. Ecostrike offers the latest in non-lead technology, with great weight retention and deadly accuracy. A light bullet surpassing a heavy one? Ecostrike™ makes the…
Every purchase you make from Fin and Game gives back!
Fin and Game are “absolutely delighted” to announce that they have become a member of 1% For The Planet. This means that every purchase you make from Fin and Game, 1% of every sale will go directly back to organisations…
Countryside issues matter to Labour, BASC rural reception told
David Drew MP addressing rural concerns at day 3 of the Labour Party Conference(Credit: BASC, Photograph by Elliott Franks) Shadow DEFRA minister David Drew MP told a rural reception at Labour’s autumn conference that uncertainty caused by Brexit risks damaging…
Daryl Crimp’s African hunt
Leading a team of three Australian hunters in Africa, Daryl Crimp encounters big cats, ancient art and a lost impala that they weren’t the first to find. A big tom leopard padded across the path in front of us, its…
Tahrmageddon
New Zealand has just come close to a cataclysmic mass cull of its tahr herd. Byron Pace uncovers how these plans came about and how they were stopped at the last minute
Tagged with: conservation, cull plan, environment, grazers, Mount Cook, New Zealand, NZ Tahr Foundation, tahr, tahr control, Westland National Parks
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Deer detrimental to natural forest development
Deer cause turmoil for woodland symbiosis by preventing forests from establishing, claims recent study.
Tagged with: 2014, Antonio DiTommaso, Anurag Agrawal, cornell university, countryside, deer, deer habitat, environment, forest development, forest welfare, ithaca NY, native flora, plos one, seed banks, study, usa, white-tailed deer
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Scottish stalkers told to get qualified
Scottish deer stalkers have been challenged to take the Deer Stalking Certificate Level 1 – or they may see laws introduced making them officially register and undertake a competence course before going out on the hill.
Tagged with: certificate, competence, deer, environment, natural, scotland, stalking, wildlife
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