Ministers will consider the trail hunting consultation carefully but declined to commit to wider Hunting Act reform. It ...

The National Gamekeepers' Organisation has urged ministers to add cormorants to the close season list as it responds to Defra ...

Five of the best competition clay cartridges for Sporting, FITASC and Skeet in 2026 – from nickel-coated premium loads to eco ...

Bruce Potts reviews the Benelli Lupo Alpha – a 3D-printed stalking rifle at £1,957 that scored 94/100 in our field test, used ...

New sentencing guidelines for illegal hare coursing came into force on 1 June 2026. BASC's Glynn Evans explains what they ...

BASC has announced the election of Will Wilkinson and Tomos Davies to its governing Council following the association's 2026 ...

Gundogs made history at Crufts 2026. A Clumber spaniel won the coveted Best in Show award for the first time in 35 years, while a yellow Labrador with more than 60 days picking up behind him took home ...

The Government has proposed sweeping changes to wild bird shooting in a consultation published this week, offering shooters something with one hand while tightening restrictions with the other.

A revival of the Theoben brand has been on the cards for some time and I first got wind of this exciting news in mid-2024. International Sports Brands (ISB) has become the UK distributor and I’ve been ...

Gamekeepers and farmers joined firefighters to contain a wildfire in the Pentland Hills, with land managers credited for helping prevent the blaze spreading across hundreds of hectares. Land managers ...

Palantir Technologies has been awarded a £9 million contract to replace the National Firearms Licensing Management System, which underpins the granting, renewal and revocation of firearms and shotgun ...

More than 275,000 birds were recorded in this year's Big Farmland Bird Count, with red-listed species featuring strongly.