Shooting Times & Country

Wet and wild

One of the things that keeps me going as a GWCT adviser is the very real conservation benefit that comes from the many projects that my client shoots have been carrying out over the past 38 years. Helping people to enjoy better sport is very satisfying, but knowing that our countryside is richer because of the works of these good people really is the icing on the cake.

No matter how good a shoot already is in biodiversity terms, there is always something extra that could be done to deliver that little bit more. So, alongside improving the way that you do things, how about embarking on a new capital project

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