Code of Good Shooting Practice

To mark the start of the pheasant shooting season in the UK we thought we’d remind you of the Code of Good Shooting Practice.  Click here to see the full works, as published on the BASC website, but here’s a quick reminder of the Five Golden Rules:

• The safe conduct of shooting must show respect for the countryside and consideration for others.
• Shoot managers must endeavour to enhance wildlife conservation and the countryside, and they should follow the stocking densities recommended by the Game Conservancy Trust’s new guidelines.
• Reared gamebirds should be released before the start of their shooting seasons.
• Respect for quarry is paramount. It is fundamental to mark and retrieve all birds. Shot game is food and must be treated as such.
• Game management and shooting must at all times be conducted within the law and the principles of this Code of Practice.

The Code of good Shooting Practice is overseen by a Steering Committee comprising representatives of the following organisations:

• BASC
• Countryside Alliance
• Country Land and Business Association
• National Gamekeepers’ Organisation
• Scottish Gamekeepers’ Association
• The Game Conservancy Trust
• Scottish Rural Property and Business Association
• Game Farmers’ Association
• National Game Dealers’ Association
• Devon and Cornwall Association of Sporting Shoots

It is endorsed by leading sporting agents and game farmers.

If you have any valid concerns about how a shoot is organised or require further information then contact:

The Secretary, Code of Good Shooting Practice, Marford Mill, Rossett, Wrexham  LL12 0HL
Tel: 01244 573 019  Fax: 01244 573 013