Shooting leases and shooting agreements
To secure your shooting opportunity, BASC strongly recommends that you take out a lease or shooting agreement with your landlord.
How economically viable is late-season shooting?
Released gamebird numbers decline throughout the season, making end-of-season shooting more unpredictable. This study investigates the financial impact such variable bird availability has on shoots.
We have commissioned a study with the GWCT to assess the economics of late-season shooting. The study will look at how the variability in the pre-shooting survival of gamebirds on large shoots can cause a mismatch between a fixed late-season demand for birds and their supply.
This unpredictable or short supply of birds can be a cause for uneconomic and excess releasing, as more birds are released than needed in order to offset years with poor pre-season survival. We hope that this study will provide insight into the financial burden of variable bird supply.
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Advocating for sustainable shooting through self-regulation
For shoots looking to elevate their commitment to self-regulation, assurance schemes provide an avenue to do so.
Assessing the relationship between foxes, game birds and predator control
We investigate the suggestion that gamebird release supports high fox population densities.
