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  2. About BASC
    1. Council and Constitution
      1. Council minutes
      2. BASC Council
      3. Council Elections
      4. AGM minutes 2009
      5. BASC Constitution
      6. BASC Council Members
      7. New members of Council
      8. BASC Committees
      9. BASC Council Elections
        1. Elected members who continue on Council
    2. BASC Policies
      1. BASC policy on lead shot and other sporting ammunition
      2. BASC Policy On Raptors
      3. BASC statement on the Hunting Act
      4. BASC Child Safe Policy
      5. BASC Policy on Wildfowling
    3. BASC Vacancies
    4. Directions to BASC Head Office
    5. History of BASC
    6. Departments
    7. Why join BASC?
    8. AGM Minutes 2009
  3. Shooting
    1. Airgunning
      1. Meet the team
      2. BASC Airgun Membership
      3. BASC Air Rifle Code of Practice
      4. Useful links and information
      5. How to...Rabbit shooting
      6. Air gun targets
      7. UKAHFT
    2. BASC coaches
    3. BASC Training courses
    4. Clay Shooting
      1. Meet the team
      2. CPSA
      3. Simulated game shooting
      4. Coaching
      5. Shooting grounds suited to game shooters for practice
      6. Providers of simulated game shooting
    5. Deer Management
    6. Disruption of shoots
    7. Firearms
    8. Game Shooting
    9. General licences
    10. Glossary of Shooting Terms
    11. Health & safety
    12. Lead & Non-Lead Shot
    13. Muzzle Loading
    14. Pest and Predator Control
      1. Meet the team
      2. General Licences
      3. Pest control permission slip
      4. Shotgun Code of Practice
      5. Lamping Code of Practice
      6. Air Rifle Code of Practice
      7. Trapping Pest Birds Code of Practice
      8. Trapping Pest Mammals Code of Practice
      9. Fox Snaring Code of Practice
      10. Use of a Dog Below Ground
      11. Woodpigeon Code of Practice
    15. Quarry Identification
    16. Rural land purchase and management
    17. Shooting and VAT
    18. Shooting leases and shooting agreements
    19. Shooting Seasons
    20. Target Shooting
      1. Meet the team
    21. Wildfowling
    22. Woodpigeon shooting
      1. Meet the team
      2. General licences
      3. Woodpigeon code of practice
      4. Respect for quarry code of practice
      5. Pigeon shooting - the basics
      6. How to...
    23. Severe Weather
  4. Conservation
    1. Meet the team
    2. Green Shoots
      1. Green Shoots films and publication
      2. About Green Shoots local projects
      3. Green Shoots in Cheshire
      4. Green Shoots North Wales
      5. The Somerset Levels project
      6. Green Shoots in Dorset
      7. Green Shoots in Northern Ireland
    3. Guidance and Factsheets
    4. Partnerships
    5. Rural land purchase and management
    6. Shooting leases and shooting agreements
    7. Suggested reading list
    8. Wildlife Habitat Trust
    9. Services
    10. Contact us
  5. Departments
    1. Conservation
    2. Deer Management
      1. Meet the team
      2. Stalking Schemes
        1. BASC Deer Management Scheme Arran
        2. BASC Thirlmere Stalking Scheme
        3. BASC/Forest Enterprise Deer Management Scheme King's Forest
      3. Best Practice Guidance
      4. Deer Information
        1. Consultations
        2. Reviews
          1. Scope review - Leupold VX-L 4.5 - 15 x 56LR
        3. Research
          1. Deer, Deer Stalking & The Future
        4. Recommended Reading
        5. S&C Articles
        6. Species Information
      5. Advice
        1. Deer Seasons
        2. Humane Despatch of Animals - Insurance Information & Form
        3. Night shooting and out of season shooting
        4. Road Traffic Accidents - How can you help?
      6. Wild Boar
        1. Best Practice
        2. UK Distribution
        3. DEFRA Consultation
        4. Firearms Requirements
        5. FAQ
      7. Trophy Measuring
      8. Deer Advisory Committee
      9. New Wild Game Guide Launched
      10. Working with Dogs for Tracking Deer
      11. BASC & The Deer Initiative
      12. Deer Stalker Training
      13. Related links
      14. Deer Stalker Network Wales
      15. Services
      16. Best Practice Guide – 10% discount for BASC Members
      17. Insurance
      18. Contact us
    3. Firearms
      1. Meet the team
      2. BASC members services
      3. The Home Affairs Committee Inquiry Into Firearms Control 2010 - A GUIDE FOR SUBMITTING EVIDENCE
      4. EU changes to UK firearms legislation 2010
      5. Olympic Revolver Ban
      6. Airgunning
      7. Guidance and Fact sheets
      8. Certificate forms and fees
      9. Violent Crime Reduction Act
      10. Knives - advice and guidance
      11. Police involvement with shooting
      12. Taking firearms abroad
      13. Controls on Deactivated Firearms - A Consultation
      14. Related links
      15. Contact us
    4. Game and Gamekeeping
      1. Meet the team
      2. Gamekeeping
        1. BASC Guidance for completing the Poultry Registration Form
        2. Game Licences
        3. Gamekeepers' Advisory Committee
        4. Gamekeeping as a Career
        5. Heather Beetle outbreaks
        6. LPG Gas Advice
        7. Rearing Game Birds Without Emtryl
        8. Rural Crime
        9. Shooting leases and shooting agreements
        10. The Gamekeeper: Professional Countryside Manager
        11. Welfare of Animals During Transport
        12. What is Game Management?
        13. Woodland Conservation and Pheasants - GCT guide
        14. The Rodenator and other similar devices
        15. BASC Grey Squirrel Control
        16. Gamekeepers’ special powers
        17. Gamekeeping Seasonal tips
        18. Gameshooting
      3. Game Shooting
        1. Driven Game
          1. Meet the team
          2. Picking-up Code of Practice
          3. Code of good shooting practice
          4. Respect for quarry
          5. Gundogs code of practice
          6. Transport of beaters
          7. Shotgun code of practice
        2. Grouse Shooting
          1. Meet the team
          2. Picking-up Code of Practice
          3. Code of good shooting practice
          4. Respect for quarry
          5. Gundogs code of practice
          6. Shotgun code of practice
        3. Rough Shooting
          1. Picking-up Code of Practice
          2. Code of good shooting practice
          3. Respect for quarry
          4. Gundog code of practice
          5. Woodpigeon
          6. Shotgun code of practice
          7. Lamping code of practice
          8. Meet the team
        4. Disruption of shoots by demonstrators
        5. BASC Guidance on Shooting and VAT
        6. Biodiversity and Green Shoots
        7. Game Licences
        8. Game Shooting Advisory Committee
        9. Lead and Non-Lead Shot
        10. Lowland Game Shooting Study
        11. New Wild Game Guide Launched
        12. Quarry Identification Guide
        13. Rural Crime
        14. Rural land purchase and management
        15. Shooting in the UK
        16. Shooting leases and shooting agreements
        17. Quarry species and shooting seasons
        18. Welfare of Animals During Transport
        19. Woodland Conservation and Pheasants - GCT guide
        20. Beaters and pickers up ,employed or self-employed?
        21. Gamekeeping
      4. So you want to be a Gamekeeper?
        1. Frequently asked questions
        2. Colleges offering gamekeeping courses
        3. How to become a gamekeeper
        4. What BASC does for Gamekeeping students
        5. Gamekeeping as a Career
        6. The Gamekeeper: Professional Countryside Manager
      5. Diary
      6. Rural land purchase and management
      7. Advice and Fact Sheets
      8. Related links
      9. Services
      10. Insurance
      11. Keepers’ Tips
      12. Contact us
    5. Gundogs
      1. Meet the team
      2. Gundogs news
      3. Gundog events diary
      4. Gundog Clubs and Societies
      5. Gundog Advisory Committee
      6. Regional Gundog Advisory Contacts
      7. Gundog Results
        1. 2009
          1. West Country Game Fair 2009 gundog results
          2. Crufts Results 2009
          3. Kent Game Fair, Maidstone, Kent - March 28 - 29
          4. BASC Team Challenge in conjunction with Sherborne show 25th May 2009
          5. Results for the Queen Anne Cup 2009
          6. Warwickshire & West Midland Game Fair 2009 - BASC Gundog Scurries Results
          7. BASC West Essex Committee Novices/Open Gundog Test 14 June 2009 - Results
          8. Results of Novice Gundog Test Sunday 6 September 2009 at Coates, Cambridgeshire
        2. West Country Game Fair 2010 gundog results
        3. Crufts Results 2010
        4. Northern Ireland annual gundog day on 20th March 2010
        5. Kent Game Fair on 27th and 28th March
        6. Gundog results - Gamekeepers’ Fair, Catton Park - 17-18 April 2010
        7. Gundog results - British Falconry & Raptor Fair - 2-3 May 2010
        8. BASC North East Essex Gundog Test at At St.Osyth Priory 23 May 2010
        9. Sherborne Castle Country Fair - Retriever Team Challenge - 31st May 2010
        10. BASC West Essex Committee Novices/Open Gundog Test - 16 May 2010
        11. Queen Anne Cup 2010
        12. BASC Wales Country Fair, Bodelwyddan Castle - Gundog events
        13. CLA, Ragley Hall - 23 – 25 July 2010 - Gundog Scurries Results
      8. BASC at Crufts
        1. How to Enter
        2. Crufts Results 2009
        3. Crufts Results 2010
        4. Crufts 2010 Gallery
      9. Tail docking
        1. England
        2. Wales
        3. Scotland
        4. Northern Ireland
      10. Gundog Gallery
        1. Gundog training day held on March 27 in St Clears, Carmarthenshire
        2. Hall Farm team at Crufts 11-14 March
        3. Gundog day - Larchfield Estate - 20th March 2010
        4. Crufts 2010 Gallery
        5. Save the Children Gundog event - June 2010
        6. Ladies gundog training Day - 15th May 2010
      11. BASC Team Challenge
      12. BASC – Tower Bird Trophies
      13. A guide on the use of starting pistols
      14. Canine Hip Dysplasia
      15. Dog to DNA
      16. First-Aid in the Field
      17. Fit for the Job
      18. Related links
      19. Insurance
      20. Contact us
    6. Political Affairs
      1. Meet the team
      2. How to lobby your MP
        1. Contacting your MP
      3. Current issues
      4. Consultations
      5. The Shooters Charter
      6. Related links
      7. Contact us
    7. Research
      1. Meet the team
      2. News
        1. Lead v Steel
      3. Publications
        1. Information & fact sheets
        2. Reports & survey results
      4. Research projects
      5. Monthly Literature Review
      6. Related links
      7. Services
      8. Contact us
    8. Rural Land - Purchase and Management
      1. Meet the team
      2. Looking for land
      3. Clay shooting
      4. Conservation
      5. Conservation Grants
      6. Farm Subsidies
      7. Game shooting
      8. Grouse shooting
      9. Guidance and Factsheets
      10. Open Access
      11. Rough shooting
      12. Shooting leases and agreements
      13. Wildfowling
      14. Windfarms advice note
      15. Woodland conservation and pheasant guide - GCT guide
      16. Contact us
      17. Services
      18. Useful links
    9. Shooting Standards
      1. Meet the team
      2. BASC Coaches
        1. BASC Airgun Coaches
        2. BASC Safe Shot Assessors
        3. BASC Shotgun Coach Award Scheme
        4. BASC Shotgun Coaches
        5. BASC Coaching Lines
      3. Health & Safety
      4. BASC Training Courses
        1. BASC Coaches
        2. BASC Ladies’ Training Days
        3. BASC Shotgun Coach Award Scheme
        4. BASC Shotgun Safe Shot
        5. Basic Metallic Cartridge Reloading Course
        6. Carcase Inspection and Butchery
        7. Deer Stalking - Intermediate Deer Courses
        8. Deer Stalking Pre-DSC Level 1 course
        9. Deer Stalking Certificate- Level1
        10. Deer Stalking Certificate- Level2
        11. Firearms Awareness Courses
        12. Improve your shooting with BASC
        13. Northern Ireland Training Courses
        14. Novice Dogs for Deer Course
        15. Range Days to be held at Bisley
        16. Safety Officers Course
        17. Sporting Rifle Course
        18. ST-2 Shooting Simulator from Marksman Training Systems
        19. Wild Game Meat Hygiene Level 2 (FSA) Training Dates & Venues
      5. Shooting Standards News
      6. Codes of Practice
      7. Code of Good Shooting Practice
      8. Education
        1. The Countryside Foundation for Education
        2. BASC Codes of Practice
        3. Green Shoots
        4. Useful links
        5. Facts for teachers
      9. Information and fact sheets
        1. ST-2 Shooting Simulator from Marksman Training Systems
        2. Spent and misfired shotgun cartridge disposal
        3. Shooting leases and shooting agreements
        4. Risk Assessment For Clay Grounds
        5. New Wild Game Guide Launched
        6. Eye Dominance
        7. BASC Child Protection Policy and Procedures
        8. The Shoot Managers Seminar
        9. Pest and Predator Control
        10. Quarry Identification
        11. General Licences
        12. Shooting Seasons
      10. New Wild Game Guide Launched
      11. Services
      12. Contact us
    10. Trade
      1. Trade Benefits
      2. Trade Fact sheets
      3. Meet the Trade Officer
      4. Trade Directory
      5. Join
      6. Contact Us
    11. Wildfowling
      1. Meet the team
      2. Wildfowling Advice
        1. Waterfowl Shooting and Severe Weather
        2. Lead Shot Guidance and Regulations
        3. Rural land purchase and management
      3. Wildfowling Liaison Committee Minutes
        1. Summary of the Minutes of the Wildfowling Liaison Committee meeting 06/03/10
        2. Summary of the Minutes of the Wildfowling Liaison Committee meeting 17/09/09
        3. Summary of the Minutes of the Wildfowling Liaison Committee - 28/02/09
        4. Summary of the Minutes of the Wildfowling Liaison Committee meeting 30/08/08
        5. Summary of the Minutes of the Wildfowling Liaison Committee meeting 16/02/08
        6. Summary of the Minutes of the Wildfowling Liaison Committee meeting 21/07/07
        7. Summary of the Minutes of the Wildfowling Liaison Committee meeting 03/03/07
        8. Summary of the Minutes of the Wildfowling Liaison Committee meeting 23/09/06
        9. Summary of the Minutes of the Wildfowling Liaison Committee - 04/03/06
        10. Summary of the Minutes of the Wildfowling Liaison Committee meeting 10/09/05
        11. Summary of the Minutes of the Wildfowling Liaison Committee - 05/03/05
        12. Summary of the Minutes of the Wildfowling Liaison Committee - 04/09/04
        13. Summary of the Minutes of the Wildfowling Liaison Committee meeting 28/02/04
        14. Summary of the Minutes of the Wildfowling Liaison Committee - 30/08/03
        15. Summary of the Minutes of the Wildfowling Liaison Committee - 22/02/03
      4. Wildfowling Permit Scheme
      5. Wildfowling Clubs & Links
      6. Services to wildfowlers
      7. Rural land purchase and management
      8. BASC Wildfowling Conference 2010
      9. BASC Wildfowling Conference 2011
      10. Lead Shot Legislation and Lead Shot Alternatives
      11. Suggested lead shot rules
      12. Services
      13. Contact us
  6. Media
    1. Press releases
    2. Key Issues
    3. Consultations
      1. Responses to consultations
    4. BASC Appeals
      1. Shooting in the media - please help to give shooting the best tools for the job
    5. BASC Films
      1. History of BASC - short film
      2. Green Shoots - short film
    6. Glossary of Shooting Terms
    7. Interviews
    8. Meet the team
    9. Related links
    10. Publications
    11. Contact us
    12. Merchandise catalogue
    13. Shooting: The Facts for Journalists
    14. Summer Prize Draw 2010
  7. Events
    1. BASC Training Courses
  8. In Your Area
    1. Midlands
      1. Ladies Training Days
      2. Midlands News
      3. Midlands Diary
      4. Galleries
        1. Young Shots Activity Day – Rangemore Estate, Staffordshire 21st August 2010
      5. Midlands Training Courses
      6. Services
      7. Young Shots - Win a Day Driven Game Shooting
    2. Northern
      1. Northern News
      2. Northern Diary
      3. Northern Young Shots
      4. Northern Training Courses
      5. Services
    3. South West
      1. South West Diary
      2. South West News
      3. South West Young Shots
      4. South West Training Courses
      5. Services
    4. Wales
      1. Wales News
      2. Wales Diary
      3. Wales Galleries
        1. Ladies gundog training Day - 15th May 2010
        2. YS Day at Llandegla Shooting Ground on April 8th
        3. Gundog training day held on March 27 in St Clears, Carmarthenshire
        4. BASC Wales Ladies Country Sports Experience Day - 14 June 2010
        5. The BASC Wales Country Fair 2010, Bodelwyddan Castle
        6. Save the Children Gundog Event - June 2010
        7. South Wales Joint Council Inter Club Competitions
      4. Wales Training Courses
      5. Youngshots days - Wales
      6. Ladies days - Wales
    5. Scotland
      1. Galleries
        1. BASC Scotland Country Fair held at Cardross Estate - 8-9 May 2010
        2. Youngshots - Wigtown 21 August
      2. Scotland News
      3. Scotland Diary
      4. Scotland Training Courses
    6. Northern Ireland
      1. Northern Ireland Galleries
        1. Gundog day - Larchfield Estate - 20th March 2010
        2. Young shots day - Field of Dreams, Bangor - 24 April 2010
        3. National Countrysports Fair at Moira on 29th/30th May
      2. Northern Ireland News
      3. Northern Ireland Diary
      4. Northern Ireland Training Courses
      5. Guide to the Lead Shot Regulations in Northern Ireland
      6. Ferry travel on Irish Sea
    7. South East
      1. South East News
      2. South East Diary
      3. Target Rifle and Stalking
      4. South East - Youngshots
        1. FAQs
        2. Young Shot Discount Card
        3. Young Shot Events
        4. Young Shot Advice & Information
      5. South East Training Courses
      6. Services
    8. Eastern
      1. Eastern News
      2. Eastern Diary
      3. Eastern Galleries
        1. Young Shot’s Training Day in Herts on the 7th April 2010
        2. BASC and Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust Young Shots' Clay Shoot 13 April 2010.
        3. Hall Farm team at Crufts 11-14 March
        4. Ely & District Wildfowlers' Association presentation to Hazel Lambert
        5. Basc North East Essex Gundog Test held At St. Osyth Priory On Sunday, 23 May 2010
        6. BASC Eastern Region Countryside Awareness Day at Grint Land near Thurlton on May 19th 2010
        7. Youngsters from Springwood High School at the Heacham Wildfowlers' Clay Shooting Ground on 13 July 2010.
        8. Quiz and Game BBQ Night at the Queen's Head, Hawkedon on 15 July 2010
        9. Young Shots' Training Day held on 4 August at the Fennes Shooting Ground
        10. Young Shots' Training Day on Tuesday, 27 July at Heacham
        11. Young Shots' Training Day on Thursday 29 July at Sporting Targets, Riseley
      4. Eastern Training Courses
      5. Services
  9. Codes of practice
    1. Wildfowling
    2. Picking up
    3. Sporting Agents and Guides Offering Inland Goose Shooting
    4. Air Rifles
    5. Code of Good Shooting Practice
    6. Deer Stalking
    7. Disruption of Shoots by Demonstrators
    8. Flight Ponds
    9. Fox Snaring
    10. Gundogs
    11. Horses and Shoots
    12. Lamping
    13. Respect for Quarry
    14. Shotgun
    15. Transport of Beaters
    16. Trapping Pest Birds
    17. Trapping Pest Mammals
    18. Use of a Dog Below Ground in England and Wales
    19. Woodpigeon Shooting
  10. Join
    1. Individual
    2. Clubs and Syndicates
    3. Trade Membership
    4. Airgun Membership
    5. Volunteer
    6. BASC Members Insurance
    7. Membership Benefits
    8. BASC Jobseekers’ Concession
    9. Member get a member
  11. How to
    1. Conservation
      1. Cover Crops and Conservation
      2. Dig this - How to create a pond
      3. Give your waders a chance - Breeding Waders
    2. Deer Stalking
      1. Trophy Measuring and BASC - A New Initiative
    3. Gamekeeping
      1. Briefing your guns
      2. Building release pens
      3. How to improve your shoot
      4. Keepers’ tips on … stopping your birds from straying
      5. Keepers’ tips – Biosecurity
      6. Pesticide Storage
      7. Dealing with redundancy
      8. Use gas safely in the game rearing field
    4. Gundogs
      1. A time bomb that’s ticking - Dealing with ticks.
      2. Bandaging Part 1
      3. Bandaging Part 2
      4. Bandaging Part 3
      5. Breeding - Think before you breed
      6. First-aid in the field
      7. Hot dogs - dealing with heat stroke
      8. How to deal with a collapsing gundog
      9. Stop the cough - kennel cough is at best uncomfortable and at worst fatal
      10. Howard Kirby - Gundog Guy: Staying steady
    5. Guns
      1. Buying Guns at Auction
      2. Get set for the season - Gun Check
      3. Home loading for beginners
    6. Pest Control
      1. Lamping part 1
      2. Lamping part 2
      3. Pigeon Shooting for beginners - easy as pie
      4. Rabbit Shooting
    7. Shooting
      1. 10 point plan for improved game shooting
      2. Eye Dominance Test
      3. How Much Lead? The Way Forward
      4. How to beat the bad day blues
      5. Improve your shooting - the mount and swing
      6. Going on Safari
    8. Wildfowling
      1. Decoying
      2. Guide To Wildfowling In The Uk - Part 1 - The Essex Coast
      3. So you want to go fowling …
  12. Members area
    1. My details
    2. Subscriptions
    3. Elections
    4. Periodicals
    5. Membership Card
    6. My Shooting
    7. BASC Shop
    8. Appeals
    9. Associated Websites
    10. Draw Tickets
    11. Change Password
    12. Request advice
    13. BASC Trade Member Logo

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