Wildlife conservation and shooting may seem at first glance to be contradictory but there is actually a growing recognition that the two things go hand in glove. Game managers throughout the world have long maintained that they have a vested interest in conserving both game stocks and their environment so that they are able to reap another harvest in the future as well as what is being taken today...
There are about 3000 full time gamekeepers in the UK and a similar number who do the job part time. Game keeping is a very old profession. The first gamekeepers in Britain would have been the men who protected the deer from poachers in the medieval Royal hunting forests...
Whether a UK resident or an overseas visitor you must hold a shotgun certificate and, if you are shooting in Scotland or Northern Ireland, a licence to kill game certificate. This article talks about the requirements and how to go about arranging your licences.
