Don't miss these key points that must be included in a sporting lease when renting land for shooting
Gamekeeping
How to make a shoot day run smoothly
Advice from gamekeeper Andy Swallow will help you run your shoot day smoothly
Keeper: Moor restoration
When it comes to moor restoration, there is proof that radical solutions work
Student Gamekeepers win college awards at Lackham
Winners of the Wiltshire College Lackham's awards ceremony, Celebration of Success
College leases 5,000-acre grouse moor to give students hands-on experience
Askham Bryan College secures lease of grouse moor to give students hands-on experience of managing heather.
BASC’s chief: “My door is always open to the NGO”
In his first public speech, BASC's Richard Ali paves the way for closer working between the UK’s shooting organisations.
Kings Cover Crops: Expert advice from Richard Barnes
Cover crops: The Allerton Project in Leicestershire is home to a significant game cover crops development project.
RSPB takes down ‘anti gamekeeper’ children’s game
RSPB takes down ‘anti gamekeeper’ children’s game: A recent children’s computer game on the RSPB’s website has angered fieldsports organisations. "Raptor Mountain" required the player to dodge shotguns, traps and poison to help birds of prey survive.
Find your local Game Farm
Find your local Game Farm: Find Game Farmers in your local area, search for suppliers of pheasant & partridge poults, feed and supplies.
UK’s Wildlife Crime Unit wins reprieve from government cuts
The future of the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) has been safeguarded for another year thanks to Government funding, environment minister Richard Benyon has announced.
Demand for qualified gamekeepers bucks youth unemployment trend
Gamekeeping courses: Scottish gamekeeping colleges are reporting they are receiving strong demand for qualified students from shooting estates and the sporting industry.
A prospective keeper
Q) I go beating and help out on a shoot, and I would like to have a career as a gamekeeper. However, I am finding it difficult to come across anyone who would be prepared to take me on and give me a chance to enter the profession. I am…
UK WILDLIFE LAWS SET FOR MAJOR OVERHAUL
Wildlife laws set for overhaul: The Game Acts could be first to go as Law Commission begins public consultation on revising wildlife legislation.
