The most important job in the COUNTRYSIDE
For those of us who shoot, it is the nature of the sport that you come into contact with that unique and special brand of individual, the gamekeeper. But what do we really know about the men or women who have devoted themselves to the job?
With the increase in recent years of commercial shoots and a great many more people shooting, when a day is taken it is often the case that a Gun never meets the gamekeeper at all on the shoot. The shoot manager is the one who meets and greets the guests, informs them of the programme for the day and deals with the drawing of pegs.
Often as not, the gamekeeper is not even introduced except at the end of the day to receive the tip — and even that’s not always the case. So the most important person on the shoot often goes unnoticed.
On a private shoot, things are usually different. The host makes a point of
