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Shooting legislation, firearms law, game shooting news and countryside policy — ShootingUK covers it all, first and in depth. When a firearms bill moves through Parliament, when snaring regulations change, when a landmark legal ruling affects game shooters, deer stalkers or airgun owners, our dedicated news team reports it before anyone else.
We go direct to the people who shape the sport. BASC, the Countryside Alliance, leading gunsmiths, shoot managers, game dealers and the industry’s most respected voices all contribute comment and analysis built around the issues that matter to shooters, gamekeepers, landowners and fieldsports professionals across the UK.
Firearms licensing, lead ammunition, animal welfare legislation, conservation funding, rural crime — if it affects shooting, it is covered here. Our coverage extends across game shooting, deer stalking, airgun law, pest control, driven shoots, wildfowling and Scottish and devolved countryside policy, reported by a team with direct access to the organisations and legal experts who shape the sport.
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Sussex shooting ground rocked by £30,000 theft
Thieves have made off with £30,000 worth of Weihrauch air rifles in a raid on Polowood Shooting Ground in Brighton
By Hollis Butler
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More licensing chaos: 18 days or two years?
Major BASC investigation reveals more than 1,000 shooters stuck on temporary permits as worst forces take two years to process certificates
By Hollis Butler
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Beretta World 2025 attracts international competitors
The 2025 Beretta World Championships attracted close to 1,000 shooters to West London Shooting School over three days in July
By Hollis Butler
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Grouse season 2025: A challenging year ahead
With just days to go until the Glorious Twelfth, Shooting Times contacted leading moorland experts to assess how this year’s grouse season is shaping up
By Hollis Butler
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How we’ll manage threatened species
We need to argue our case if a policy on harvesting threatened species sustainably overseas feeds into a UK review, says Conor O’Gorman.
By Conor O'Gorman
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Will black grouse return to the Peak District this decade?
A groundbreaking conservation initiative is taking shape to reintroduce black grouse to the Peak District’s uplands by 2030
By Hollis Butler
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AI to help track declining curlew
Conservationists tracking curlew across Wales have ditched the tedious task of manually sorting through thousands of camera trap images
By Hollis Butler
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VWH Hunt photographer has full body wax for charity
Hunt photographer Daniel Hague volunteered to have his entire body hair waxed in front of a 60-strong audience at the VWH puppy show
By Hollis Butler
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Tories target grey squirrels and muntjac through new bill
A peer has tabled an amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill that would legally require the culling of grey squirrels and muntjac
By Hollis Butler
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Labour fails everyone on animal welfare
Animal rights activists accuse the Government of dragging its feet, while countryside folk demand science and evidence-based reforms
By Hollis Butler
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