Socially-distanced grouse shooting set to begin

ESTATES have been preparing to hold socially-distanced shoots ahead of the grouse season beginning on Wednesday. Protocols have been developed and approved by the Scottish...

Shooting estates ‘could lead rural economic revival’

SCOTLAND'S shooting estates could spearhead a post-covid economic revival in the countryside after not furloughing staff during the lockdown, according to regional moorland groups. A...

Fishing set to return

The Scottish Gamekeepers Association has welcomed reports that the Scottish Government is set to ease some restrictions on local area angling when it sets out...
Some vandalism sees entire structures destroyed.

Poaching and vandalism rise

After several unsavoury incidents of poaching and vandalism - including £30,000 of damage when a pheasant shoot was deliberately destroyed, the vandalising of high seats,...

Rough justice

Shooting organisations have lauded as “extremely positive news” the news that Defra have objected to Wild Justice’s judicial review seeking to restrict gamebird releases, describing...
Barvas gamekeeper Angus Macleod stands on the estate’s moor (Photo: Angus Blackburn)

Water of life benefits Scottish sporting estate

The innovative field sports-funded buy-out of Barvas on Lewis by a crofting community which once rejected the gift of the estate is a microcosm of...