Unless you are one of those lofty types for whom an invitation to shoot at Sandringham, Arundel or Hilborough is the norm, most of us have little need to develop our skills and know-how in shooting driven English partridge. This is due to a fairly straightforward reason. The grey requires a host of very special circumstances in order for drives to be dedicated to shooting them.
The sheer scale of land required, the intricate management in terms of food and habitat and the concerted endeavour of ongoing predator control — all need to combine in order to produce a shootable surplus. Such efforts are Herculean and, to be mercenary, somewhat costly.
Little wonder then, with all of these challenges and