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Shooting community prepares to fight “existential threat”
The Government has confirmed it will consult on merging the shotgun and firearms licensing systems, in what shooting organisations warn could trigger the biggest exodus in decades.
The proposals would require every shotgun owner to go through the same licensing process as rifle owners, fundamentally changing how half a million shotgun owners access shooting. Confirmation that the consultation will now definitely go ahead follows meetings between the Home Office and shooting organisations in recent days, and ends months of speculation about the Government’s intentions.
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NewsDEFRA unveils its new gamebird code
<strong>Shooters are being urged to respond to DEFRA’s long-awaited consultation on its reared gamebird welfare code</strong>
By ShootingUK
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NewsIdentifying corncrakes
<strong>Q) In September, my springer spaniel flushed a medium-sized brown bird while we were rabbit shooting in North Norfolk. It looked like a partridge except that it flew with its legs dangling. Co...
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Sabatti Mercury 870.308 Rifle review
Sabatti Mercury 870.308 Rifle review: The bargain Italian rifle’s stock goes up when Bruce Potts tests it in the field.
By ShootingUK
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NewsGun buying guide: 12 bore over-unders
A selection of the best 12 bore over-under guns for around £2,000
By ShootingUK
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NewsShoots Honoured at 10th Purdey Awards Ceremony
<strong>A 100-acre shoot from scratch, a fowling club next to an oil refin ery and a pioneering grouse moor all win top awards</strong>
By ShootingUK
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NewsCourt case against pigeon shooter is dropped
A court case involving a Lincolnshire pigeon shooter has been abandoned after a judge questioned whether it was in the public interest to prosecute.
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NewsA day with St Giles Estate Shoot
<strong>Shooting Times photographer Paul Quagliana enjoys a fine day of mixed sport on a well-planned, traditional estate in Dorset’s chalk hills</strong>
By ShootingUK
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NewsPromoting Scottish Fieldsports
<strong>Established in 2005 The Scottish Country Sports Tourism Group (SCSTG) markets and promotes Scotland's world-class fieldsports</strong>
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NewsShooting receives renewed support from main political parties
Shooting interests and sportsmen across the UK have received a boost as they gained the renewed support of each of the three main political parties at their respective conferences.
By ShootingUK
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