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Angus Glens Moorland Group

The Angus Glens Moorland Group is a collection of rural estates throughout Angus highlighting business, community and conservation benefits of grouse moor management.

Cairngorms National Park Authority

The Cairngorms National Park Authority provides leadership for the Cairngorms National Park where many moorland estates are located.

Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (formerly the Game Conservancy Trust) is a British charitable organisation promoting game and wildlife management as a part of nature conservation, whilst working with the shooting and hunting community.

Glad Rags & Cartridge Bags

Glad Rags and Cartridge Bags is Scotland’s premier ladies shooting club. Everyone is welcome from ladies who have never taken a shot, right up to more experienced guns. The club’s aim is to encourage more ladies into what is a predominantly male dominated sport in a friendly, fun and relaxed atmosphere

NatureScot

NatureScot is the Scottish Government’s adviser on all aspects of nature, wildlife management and landscape across Scotland, and also helps the Scottish Government meet its responsibilities under European environmental laws, particularly in relation to the Habitats and Wild Birds Directives.

North Highland College, UHI

If you are looking for a career as a gamekeeper or in conservation management, this North Highland College operate courses in Gamekeeping with Wildlife Management to give you the practical, hands-on training you require.

Scotland's Regional Moorland Groups

Scotland’s Regional Moorland Groups are a collection of sporting estates from across six regions of Scotland. These groups represent the true grass roots. The boots on the ground whose job it is to look after and conserve the moorland habitat that you see around our iconic uplands. Here, they manage a variety of species, from deer to rabbits and foxes to crows, helping to preserve the environment and the industry that keeps them, our rural workers, employed, their families housed and brings in much needed income to local shops and businesses across their surrounding areas.

Scotland's Rural College

Scotland’s Rural College run Gamekeeping and Wildlife Management courses that cover practical aspects of game and habitat management, along with the running of field sport activities, such as shoot management. The course references a variety of game and wildlife such as grouse and deer.

Scottish Countryside Alliance

The Scottish Countryside Alliance is an organisation campaigning for all country sports, the countryside and rural way of life.

Scottish Field magazine

Scotland’s quality lifestyle magazine, established 1903.

Scottish Land & Estates

Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) is a membership organisation for landowners, rural businesses and rural professionals. SLE promotes the wide range of benefits land-based businesses provide: tourist attractions, leisure facilities and landscapes enjoyed by the public, as well as, housing, employment, tourism & enterprise and farming opportunities.

Shooting Times magazine

Shooting Times is the UK’s leading weekly shooting magazine

Taste of Game

Taste of Game promotes the use of game meat, its benefits and, of course, the great taste of game.

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation

BASC is a national representative body for sporting shooting.

The Gamekeepers’ Welfare Trust

The Gamekeepers’ Welfare Trust exists to support gamekeepers, stalkers and ghillies, and their dependants past and present.

The Moorland Association

The Moorland Association is a members organisation who collectively manage over a fifth of the uplands in England and Wales.

The National Gamekeepers' Organisation

The National Gamekeepers’ Organisation represent the gamekeepers of England and Wales. We defend and promote gamekeeping, help gamekeepers and ensure high standards throughout the profession.

The Scottish Country Sports Tourism Group

The Scottish Country Sports Tourism Group is the national representative for country sports tourism in Scotland, promoting & developing Scottish country sports – shooting, stalking, hunting, fishing & more.

The Scottish Gamekeepers Association

The Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) unites all gamekeepers, stalkers, ghillies, wildlife managers and rangers in a strong representative organisation which promotes their professional role in the management of the Scottish environment.

The Scottish Youth & the Countryside Education Trust

The Scottish Youth & the Countryside Education Trust (SYCET) was formed in 1986 with the aim of promoting the wider understanding of the countryside.