The British Game Alliance (BGA) said it has received “huge support” at this year’s Game Fair, as figures reveal over two-thirds of gun owners want to shoot somewhere assured.
New figures from the GunsOnPegs and Strutt and Parker Shoot Census 2018 show that 68% of guns would feel happier shooting on estates that are members of an assurance scheme.
Contrastingly, just 21% of shoot owners think guns are interested in a shoot assurance scheme.
British Game assurance
The British Game Alliance acts as the official marketing board for game meat. Running its ‘British Game’ assurance scheme for participating shoots, it allows members to boast ‘best practice’ whilst accessing new markets and benefiting from the continual increase in the value of game.
The British Game Alliance (BGA) launched in May, meaning The Game Fair was an opportunity for many shoot owners and game shooters to meet the body for the first time.
The British Game Alliance’s standards are policed by Acoura, which also audits Wildlife Estates Scotland.
BGA Managing Director Tom Adams said: “The Game Fair was a brilliant opportunity to meet the shooting community face-to-face, put a lot of concerns to rest and promote what we are really trying to do.
Credible, yet achievable, enforced standards are what we are all about, and they are vital in giving our membership organisations the tools they need to defend shooting from attack.
“But the BGA goes much further than that. We will help boost the profitability of game and we will help shoots raise their standards where that help is wanted.
“It is massively to shooting’s credits that so many guns want to shoot on estates that are part of an assurance scheme, and the BGA is here to provide exactly that.
“We are delighted that over 40 shoots signed up over the weekend; many of those were small ones who, while they utilise all their own game, understand the necessity of being a part of the BGA.”
