The keeper’s view
As I write we are in lockdown; all driven shooting in England has ceased and gamekeepers/shoot owners across the country are more than a little nervous. The best-case scenario by the time you have read is that we have hit the ground running from 3 December, but by then a quarter of the season is lost. Realistically, where pheasants are concerned, even more of the season has gone.
If we are lucky enough to be shooting in December, what about the lost days? Where private shoots or syndicates are concerned the path is a
