Taking stock of the market
It hardly needs to be said that the aftermath of COVID-19 is going to have a seismic impact on the game market this season. All indications at the moment suggest that the volume of game that is going to be shot and placed into the food chain is likely to be some 60-65% of last season’s total. The effect of lockdown, social distancing and, in some cases, Guns not being able, or not feeling financially secure enough, to pay shoot deposits have contributed to this.
Some shoots will not be shooting at all, others will have reduced both the number of days and the number of birds and many may start later. What is still unclear is the question of grouse, particularly north of
