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It was with a level of reserved understanding that BASC took the decision, on hearing plans for lockdown across the country, to issue advice against leaving the home for all but essential shooting. The decision was made imminently that, while we could advise our members on what was classed as essential shooting, it was always down to the individual to make the final call – after all, circumstances differ.
While deer stalking is quite obviously both undertaken alone and is a form of exercise, wholesale restrictions through lockdown were in the country’s best interests, and as responsible citizens we had to support that. That is not to say that your one session of local daily exercise could not incorporate a pair of binoculars and a walk around to check for deer disturbance or damage.