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Shooting news: firearms legislation, game shooting and countryside affairs
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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.
First with the news ⬇
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NewsHexamita on the rise for redlegs
<strong>An outbreak of disease among partridges in the south of England could lead to a poor performance on shoot days</strong>
By ShootingUK
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NewsNGO calls for end to RSPB’s “phoney war”
The findings of the charity’s controversial Birdcrime 2009 report receive a poor response from the shooting community.
By ShootingUK
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NewsBig cat sightings
<strong>Tony Jackson writes in response to Jackie Drakeford's article in the 8th of September issue (Have your say)</strong>
By ShootingUK
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NewsSSSI campaign in NI successful
<strong>Countryside groups led a campaign in opposition to an Amendment tabled during a debate on the Wildlife & Natural Environment Bill in the NI Assembly</strong>
By ShootingUK
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NewsIs it worth decoying pigeon on green rape stubble?
In previous autumns I have sometimes seen good numbers of birds feeding on greened-up rape stubble. What are they feeding on, and is it worth decoying them?
By ShootingUK
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NewsCountryside Alliance appoints new Chief executive
<strong>Former Countryside Alliance Eastern regional director, Alice Barnard aged 33 has been appointed the new chief executive of the Countryside Alliance</strong>
By ShootingUK
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NewsWhat’s the best colour for a pigeon shooting hide?
Is there any advantage in using different shades of hide netting. For instance what’s the best colour for winter use when all the leaves and grasses have gone?
By ShootingUK
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GearClean a shotgun sound moderator
Some believe that sound moderators are better after use and that a build-up of carbon is good.
By ShootingUK
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NewsNational Anti-Shooting Week launched by Animal Aid
The anti-fieldsports group Animal Aid has designated this week as National Anti-Shooting Week.
By ShootingUK
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NewsShooting groups angry at RSPB’s latest “Birdcrime” report
RSPB bird charity accuses shooters of conducting "war on raptors" and calls for greater regulation of gameshoots
By ShootingUK
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