Fast and furious
Oct 05, 2021
5 minutes
“There is no such thing as a grouse that is too low to shoot”
The Glorious Twelfth marks the start of the UK season. However, I bet a lot less is known about what brings that date to fruition. The management behind a grouse shoot is a 365-days-a-year job involving many different people.
The season starts when it does for good reason; it is all to do with the life cycle of each of the quarry. The grouse, unlike most pheasants and partridges, is a wild bird. The productivity of a moor can be in the making for many years, with no guarantee of owners being able to shoot at all in some years. It is even possible to have too many grouse left at the end of the
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