Shooting hares in large numbers is by no means the choice of everyone, but no one will deny the need for restricting their numbers in the interests of agriculture. Certainly, February hare shoots are avoided by many who during the season are only too willing to shoot their share of game.
While sporting Shots may be the exception, these drives are nevertheless a duty that has to be performed — one that can, with efficient organisation and a meticulous choice of Guns, be friendly, pleasant meetings.
At Heydon and Great Chishill in Cambridge, where the vast, rolling fields provide classic partridge country, I was one