Gamekeepers, deer managers, land and river ghillies and forestry rangers.
Since then, we have
saved fox hunting foot packs TWICE
Reversed the tail shortening ban, to protect Scotland’s working dogs following a 7 year campaign
Secured a new offence for damage to legal wildlife traps
Helped save the red deer of South Uist from eradication
Mounted a successful campaign to exempt local angling from lockdown restrictions
Challenged (and continue to contest) a complete ban on lead shot
Helped secure a small business relief to protect small shoots from sporting rates
Lead a campaign to maintain stocking of salmon rivers as a tool to maintain populations
Opened our dedicated training centre, training over 1000 deer managers
Helped write a new course on muirburn and Scotland’s best practice guidelines for deer management
Developed the first ever course for using thermal and night vision equipment in wildlife management (see launch above)
Today, we also represent shooting and fishing syndicates as well as falconers, individual sportsmen and women, helping defend their pastime
We have the largest social presence of all similar bodies in Scotland and continue to be one of the most effective small representative organisations in the country- with a proven track record in supporting our members.
We have dedicated Grouse, Deer, Fishing and Youth Groups.
This is just a snapshot.
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