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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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NewsGundog trainer Darren Kirk counting down to Northern Shooting Show
Popular trainer Darren Kirk of Kirkbourne Spaniels is once again set to deliver all the gundog content at the Northern Shooting Show this May. From crowd-pulling demos to dynamic working tests, we mee...
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NewsUnmissable things to see and do at the Northern Shooting Show this May
Organisers are set to welcome 25,000 visitors to the annual Northern Shooting Show when it returns to the Yorkshire Event Centre in Harrogate on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 May.
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News
WIN a Seeland smock and shirt worth £245!
A decent smock and a good shooting shirt are essential bits of kit for any gamekeeper, beater or picker-up. Read on for your chance to win two great items from the good people at Seeland!
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DeerstalkingTotal wipe out – the impending plight of South Uist’s deer
An upcoming community vote could see the complete eradication of South Uist’s deer, the loss of jobs, and the end of a blossoming venison processing project.
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News“Burnt plots absorbed twice the amount of carbon as mown plots”
The mid-way findings of a 20-year study into moorland management - measuring carbon storage, water tables and species biodiversity on burnt, mown and unmanaged areas - have been published.
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Gear
WIN a wildfowling kit bundle worth over £1,500!
We have teamed up with the wonderful folk at Highland Outdoors, John Forsey, UK Shoot Warehouse & Eley Hawk to offer one lucky reader the chance to win wildfowling kit worth over £1,500.
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News‘Like taking the reindeer from the Sami people’
A National Trust for Scotland out-of-season deer cull in Scotland’s iconic Glen Coe could mark the end of life as they know it for the last of the ‘hill people’.
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CartridgesWIN an Eley Hawk steel game shooting bundle worth £313
To celebrate the game season, we’re giving one lucky ready the chance to win a game-shooting bundle worth over £313 from leading UK manufacturer of shotgun cartridges, Eley Hawk.
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Clay cartridgesEley Hawk sponsored shooters make history for Team GB!
Amber Hill and Lucy Hall brought home an impressive haul of medals from international events during the 2022 clay shooting season, and the cherry on the cake was an Olympic quota place each!
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Gundogs
Gundog theft awareness week
Gundog Theft Awareness Week aims to raise awareness of gundog theft and its prevention; it is estimated that nearly half of all stolen dogs are working gundogs.
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