River Tweed fishing museum set to open

A MUSEUM telling the story of rod and line salmon fishing on the River Tweed will open in Kelso on 4 September. Rod and line...

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...


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