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Diamond Jubilee special issue

EXPOSED: WWT's secret plan for a lead ban

Leaked papers reveal aim to ban all lead shot

Olympic shooting hopefuls push for selection

Trap shooters' strong World Cup performances give Team GB's Olympic shooting squad selectors something to think about.

Shooter cleared of airgun crime

Airgun owner cleared after 18-month fight

Flooding in England and Wales

Wading birds' nests washed away in the rain

New shooting challenge from Browning 16-17th June

The first Browning L200 Game Challenge will take place on June 16-17 at Westfield Shooting Ground, Gloucestershire.

Shooting Times Woodcock Club dinner raises £4,000

The 28th annual Shooting Times Woodcock Club dinner, sponsored by Glenfarclas whisky, was held recently at Eastnor Castle, in Herefordshire.

BASC blasts Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust lead shot plan

BASC attacks Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust: “charity is outside its remit in trying to kick-start a health scare over lead shot”

Beretta World Sporting Championships 2012

The UK's biggest sporting clay shooting competition for Beretta owners will take place 6th-8th July.

Backing Hunting

A new document sets out why hunting in the British countryside is essential

National Shooting Week: National Shooting Week starts June 2nd

This year’s National Shooting Week starts on Saturday, June 2.

Blackgame comeback

Numbers of blackgrouse have doubled in the North

Shooters push for Olympic selection

Trap shooters' fine performance at World Cup

BASC blasts WWT’s lead shot plans

Trust accused of working outside its remit

Clay shooting: 120 enter UK's largest clay shoot for gamekeepers

The UK's largest clay shoot for gamekeepers saw 120 keepers compete in the National Gamekeepers' Organisation competition at the Checkley estate.

Government to consult on microchipping

Could compulsory microchipping be on the cards

Government consultation on microchipping of all dogs

The Government has confirmed a short consultation on how to introduce more comprehensive microchipping of dogs.

Test event misery for GB shooters

Poor performance in warm-up to Olympics

Kent wildfowlers buy woodland

Purchase to safeguard fowling in Medway

Kent Wildfowling & Conservation Association extends shooting rights

The highly successful wildfowling club purchases its 11th parcel of land in four years, bringing the total to more than 2,200 acres owned by the association.

Olympic shooting: Olympic Shooting Test Event misery for GB shooters

Rain not the only reason for a washout in Woolwich as Team GB’s shooting team comes up short at Olympic test event.

Police say ring if you want to go shooting

Police in Northumberland call for all shooters to inform them of their location every time they go out shooting.

Shoot advice service

An advisory service for lowland shoots managing both wild and released game has been launched by the GWCT

Shoot clays with the British Olympic Shooting Squad

British Olympic Shooting Squad: William Evans and Bisley Shooting Ground are inviting guns to raise money for the British Olympic Shooting Squad.

Shooting bodies meet EU threat to lead shot

The use of lead shot is coming under fire at an EU-wide level

BASC to hold Young Shots' days in the South West

Do your kids have an interest in country sports? The British Association for Shooting & Conservation is laying on four introductory days across the South West this spring and summer.

Just Cartridges: Cartridge retailer offers discounts for next season

Just Cartridges are offering discounts across the board. Shooters will save £7.50 per 1,000 off all list prices and £5 per 1,000 off all Bin Ends prices.

Police say ring if you want to shoot

Police force demands shooters' whereabouts

Lead shot ban: Secret plan to ban all lead shot from Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust

Leaked papers reveal the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust's campaign aims to focus public concern on consumption of game that has been shot with lead.

Edward's pheasant on the verge of extinction

Edward's pheasant: The Edward's pheasant, a cousin to pheasants found in the UK, is in danger of dying out.

Natural England scraps 50-year vision for England's uplands

The Government’s nature advisory body goes back to the drawing board on its vision for England’s upland areas.

Cuppas raise over £1,000 for Gamekeepers' Welfare Trust

Gamekeepers' Welfare Trust: Visitors at the British Shooting Show drank for the Gamekeeper's Welfare Trust.

Olympic Shooting Test Event - Mens Skeet Finals

From the ISSF at Woolwich Artillery Barracks, the Olympic Shooting Test Event - Mens Skeet Finals.

Predator control: Conservation groups call for future predator control

Scottish conservation groups call for future Government funded conservation measures to include predator control.

Badger case overturned

A man convicted of damaging a badger sett was found not guilty on appeal

UK shooting organisations unite to meet EU lead shot threat

The UK’s shooting organisations have come together to respond to a threat to the continued use of lead shot in the European Union.

Snipe numbers hit by wind-farm construction

A study has shown the impact on breeding bird species by wind-farm construction

Public funds for predator control?

Scottish conservation groups call for funding

Snipe shooting affected by wind farms

A new study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology has shown that densities of red grouse, snipe and curlew declined in areas around wind turbines studied during their construction and, in the case of snipe and curlew, numbers did not recover after construction work ended.

Natural England scraps moor plan

A 50-year vision for upland areas is dropped