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CORONAVIRUS: All Party Parliamentary Group on Shooting and Conservation on shooting’s future

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Shooting and Conservation, spoke to BASC and provided an insight into his work in Westminster and shares his views on what the shooting community must do to ensure

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CORONAVIRUS: Advice on shooting activities in England

BASC and other rural organisations have updated their advice for shooting, work on shoots and pest control in England following the government’s latest changes to the regulations for fighting Covid-19.  We must stress that these changes have been made in

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The Shooting Show – February roost shoot with Geoff Garrod

Don’t miss the latest episode of The Shooting Show, available now on YouTube! With the game seasons over, Audley End head keeper Geoff Garrod is on the latest episode of The Shooting Show as he turns his hand to some

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General licences in England extended

Defra have extended the temporary general licences in England until the end of July. BASC have said that this gives a “window of certainty to the rural community.” BASC say that they “will continue to work with Defra and parliamentarians

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Latest news round-up

We’re giving you a quick dose of some of the stories you might have missed over the last few weeks. Wales plans ‘catastrophic’ GL change Natural Resources Wales (NRW), the body that issues the general licences in Wales, has announced

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The Shooting Show – back out pigeon shooting with Geoff Garrod PLUS news from The Game Fair 2019

With the General Licences (mostly) restored, Geoff’s back out doing what he does best, and we’re out filming him on a hot day’s decoying. Though pigeon shooting is something Geoff’s enjoyed all his life, here he emphasises that crop control

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General licences: what’s the latest?

Six weeks on from the original withdrawal of three general licences for the control of pest bird species, confusion still reigns. For shooters everywhere, questions are still being asked. What can we shoot now? What do we need to apply

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